Capitol commission authorizes OA to prepare RFP for owner’s representative for $595M restoration plan
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The Missouri State Capitol Commission authorized the Office of Administration to prepare a request for proposals (RFP/RFQ) to retain an owner’s representative to help manage a proposed capital restoration estimated at $595,000,000, using a qualifications-based selection process and subject to appropriations.
The Missouri State Capitol Commission authorized the Office of Administration to prepare a request for proposals to retain an owner’s representative to oversee a proposed capital restoration project, the commission agreed in a motion passed at its meeting.
The commission’s chair said Parsons Engineering reviewed three conceptual plans and found them feasible and that an owner’s representative is needed to refine concepts, identify risks and coordinate work to keep the project within a stated $595,000,000 budget. The chair said securing an owner’s representative is subject to available appropriations.
Commissioner (unnamed), who made the motion, said the Office of Administration should prepare an RFP/RFQ and return shortlisted candidates to the commission for selection. “I move that the office administration be authorized to prepare an RFP for an owner’s representative in connection with this proposed capital commission improvement,” the commissioner said. A second was recorded (Speaker 6), and the motion passed; the chair said further selection and hiring decisions would proceed only after appropriations were available.
OA staff (unnamed) explained the state’s qualification-based selection method and cited sections 8.28 and 8.291 of state procurement law. The OA representative described the typical sequence: solicit an RFQ, accept open qualifications, score submissions, shortlist a top three, interview and re-score finalists, then present the top candidate to the commission. The staff estimated a roughly 19-week procurement timeline from an April 1 start date.
Commissioners discussed process details, including appointing a three-member scoring committee drawn from the commission to work with OA to screen applicants and reduce responses to a final three candidates to present to the full commission. Several commissioners said they preferred receiving a top-three shortlist rather than receiving all applications for full commission review.
Next steps described by commissioners include having OA prepare procurement documents and the scoring committee evaluate responses; the commission would then choose from the shortlisted finalists, with final action contingent on legislative and gubernatorial appropriations.
The motion to authorize preparation of the RFP was moved by Commissioner (unnamed) (first noted speaking at SEG 221) and seconded by Speaker 6 (first noted speaking at SEG 050); the commission approved the motion on a voice vote.
