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Board approves five-year contract for architectural and engineering services; construction management recommendation presented
Summary
The board approved a five-year contract for architectural and engineering services (recommended vendor Whiteman Associates in packet) by roll-call vote; operations staff also presented construction-management RFQ results and recommended McCarthy & Smith for construction management services.
Operations staff reviewed the district's request-for-qualifications process and the evaluation used to select vendors for architectural/engineering (A/E) and construction-management (CM) services for the district's capital projects list.
Josh (operations) explained the difference between RFPs and RFQs and said RFQs prioritize vendor experience and qualifications over price. He described the public posting procedures (including the state vendor self-service site) and said the evaluation used a predetermined scoring matrix that reduced personal bias by having multiple district reviewers score each respondent.
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