The Mendocino County Library is seeking proposals from professional architectural firms licensed in the State of California, for the purpose of providing architectural services for County Library projects.  This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is extended to any architectural firms licensed in the State of California (hereinafter ‘Design Consultant Firm’) that meets the minimum qualifications and has the required experience as described below. In the interest of streamlining the procurement process and reducing the burden on consultants making proposals on individual projects, the County of Mendocino is soliciting response proposals and work product samples as described within this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), which will be used to assess consultant skills, knowledge, and abilities to provide services over the next three years.

All qualified Consultants will be included in the County Library’s prequalified list of design consulting firms to be used in future solicitations of specific projects for a period of three (3) years; no further qualification documentation will be required during the three-year period. Consultants will be requested to prepare and submit project-specific work plans and cost proposals to be considered for future individual projects.

Prequalified consultants will be required to submit copies of Certificates of Insurance (General Liability and Automobile naming the County of Mendocino as an “Also Insured”) within 14 days of their notification of qualification. Consultants must maintain these policies or equivalent replacements in force through the end of the three-year period unless they remove themselves from the “Prequalified List”. 

Based on criteria included herein, one or more Design Consultant Firms will be selected as a potential Design Consultant Firm for small and rapid response projects. This contract will be for a term of two years with a renewal option for one additional year.

For more information, please see the Request for Qualifications.

Please see Addendum #1 posted on 11/13/24.

Please see Addendum #2 posted on 12/2/24.

Letters of Qualifications shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly marked: ‘Request for Qualifications (RFQ 035-24)’ to:

Mendocino County Library

Administration

105 N. Main Street

Ukiah, CA 95482

Attn. Barb Chapman

Letters must be received, regardless of postmarked date, no later than December 20, 2024, by 2:00 PM. Late or facsimile proposals will not be accepted. It is the Firm’s responsibility to assure that its proposal is delivered and received at the location specified herein, on or before the date and hour set. Proposals received after the date and time specified will not be considered. Note: The unauthorized use of the County’s official logo is strictly prohibited.