The City of Carson is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFP) from firms interested in providing Professional Architectural Services on an open-order/on-call services (OCS) basis, to manage various Architectural-related projects and prepare construction drawings to implement the City's various capital improvement projects. This RFP describes the required scope of services, the minimum information that must be included in the Request for Proposal (RFP), and the selection process.Should an award be made, the selected firm(s) will enter into a professional services agreement with the City of Carson, attached hereto. The five elected Council members of the City of Carson cater to nearly 100,000 residents. The City is approximately 24 square miles and generally bounded by the 91 Freeway on the north, the 110 Freeway on the west, Sepulveda Blvd on the south and the 710 Freeway on the east. Nearly half of the City is zoned industrial while the other half is zoned for residential with various commercial. The City is serviced by Los Angeles County Sheriff and Fire, and is supported by approximately 350 fulltime staff within six departments. This RFQ is under the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department led by a Public Works Director. The Division is under the management of the City Engineer who is supported by a Traffic Engineer and a number of general engineering staff. The City of Carson reserves the right to make changes in the Request for Proposal as it may deem appropriate. Any and all changes in the Request for Proposal shall be made by written addendum, which shall be issued to all prospective proposers who have been issued or obtained a copy of the Request for Proposal. No oral changes will be permitted. Addendum issued during the proposal process will become a part of the original proposal. All request for proposals must be submitted by the date and time established for the opening of request for proposals. The City of Carson reserves the right to take any action considered to be in the best interest of the City of Carson. No proposal may be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days once proposals have been opened by the Purchasing Manager. No contract exists on the part of the City until the City Council has made the award and a purchase contract has been fully executed. The award, if made, will take place approximately within ninety (90) calendar days after the scheduled proposal opening date. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals received or any parts therein, and to be the sole judge of the merits of each proposal received. This RFP does not commit the City of Carson to award a contract or to pay any cost incurred in the preparation of any response to the RFP. All responses to this RFP become the property of the City. At such time a selection is made, all responses submitted become a matter of public record and shall be regarded as such, with the exception of those elements in responses which are trade secrets or proprietary, marked as such, and otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. Any changes to the RFP requirements will be made by addendum.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, documents must be uploaded in PDF format. It is the Proposer's responsibility to ensure their proposal documents are properly and timely uploaded onto the City's online bid management system. Proposals that are missing pages, cannot be opened, etc. may be considered nonresponsive. It is the Proposer's sole responsibility to contact the City's online bid management provider (at 818-992-1771) to resolve any technical issues related to electronic bidding, including (but not limited to) registering as a vendor, updating passwords, updating profiles, uploading/downloading documents, submitting an electronic bid/proposal, etc. All questions or requests for interpretation regarding this RFP solicitation must be submitted online within the date and time specified. Proposers are not to contact City personnel or Elected Officials with any questions or clarifications concerning this RFP other than through. Any City response for this RFP that is not posted unauthorized and will be considered invalid. Proposer is solely responsible for "on time" submission of their electronic bid. The Bid Management System will not accept late bids and no exceptions shall be made. Proposers will receive an e-bid confirmation number with a time stamp from the Bid Management System indicating that their bid was submitted successfully. The City will only receive those bids that were transmitted successfully. NOTE: E-Bids are sealed and cannot be viewed by the City until the closing date and time. If you need to withdraw your bid, you may do so any time before the bid deadline, by going back into the system and selecting "withdraw". Online Q&A Yes
Q&A Deadline 05/02/2022 2:00 PM (PDT) The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.
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