2022 ANNUAL REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (ARQ) FOR DESIGN-RELATED CONSULTING AND SUPPORT SERVICES In keeping with the University s continuing efforts to engage with our design-related consultant community and to deliver successful projects as efficiently as possible, the University of Arizona is updating its consultant qualifications files to ensure we have the most current information entered into our database. As we issue this ARQ, we want to be transparent with our projections of fewer projects and potentially more firms submitting, thus decreasing the opportunity of being selected to perform consulting services. With greatly reduced funding for both building and program, the University is doing all it can to address the facility needs of the campus while utilizing the most efficient and successful project delivery processes. We seek to provide the best match of consultant-to-project and to do so with a desire toward distributing work to the community. During the past year, thirty-nine smaller projects were awarded for services to a consulting pool of seventy-six participants and a number of these projects were only for speculative feasibility studies. We appreciate your interest, your responses, and your understanding relative to the continuing economic climate and our desire to work with the community and make the best of this challenging time. Consulting services near or over the above limit are generally procured by a separately advertised Request for Qualifications (RFQ) pertaining to the particular project. 1. To provide the prospective consultant with the opportunity to indicate interest in being considered for University work and to establish areas of interest, expertise, and experience.
2. To provide the University with an updated and current consultant database (by interest and qualification) that will be used to develop shortlists with no further advertisement related to design consulting services. By submitting data to the University, a respondent agrees to the terms and conditions contained in the Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design Professional (Annual Request For Qualifications Edition), also known as open-end contracts or open-end agreements , for these services. Individual project fees will not exceed $500,000. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.
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