To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Issue Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals for Selection of a Design-Build Contractor for Fire Station 9.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, on behalf of the Fire Chief, to issue a Request for Qualifications and a Request for Proposals for the selection of a design-build contractor for the new Fire Station 9, located at 209 Center Ave., Pacheco.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no immediate fiscal impact from these actions. The selection of firms and the awarding of contracts will be presented to the Board for approval at upcoming meetings. It is expected that all contracts will be paid from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District's Capital Construction Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Typically, public projects are awarded competitively to the lowest bidder through a design-bid-build process. In 2015, the state legislature passed legislation permitting local agencies to use a design-build project procurement method. Under this approach, local agencies rank bidders based on the best value criteria specified in a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP). The public contract code that authorizes design-build procurement requires the local agency's governing board to approve its use.
Contra Costa County has successfully used design-build procurement on several projects, most recently the new Administration Building and Emergency Operations Center. The two main advantages of design-build are faster project completion and improved design, as the final design can be modified more easily during the construction process.
Staff will solicit responses to the RFQ for the project and create a shortlist of qualified design-build entities. Then, staff will seek responses to the RFP from those shortlisted entities and rank them ...
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