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Story County Conservation (SCC) seeks proposals for planning and design services for completion of two physical master plans. These include: A) a master plan for Hickory Grove Park, located at 67464 250th St., Colo, IA 50056, and B) a master plan for the Story County Conservation Center, located at 56461 180th Street, Ames, IA 50010. These master plans will aid in directing future investments for these facilities. Master plan deliverables will include: Site plans of proposed park/center improvements Illustrative renderings for future marketing purposes An opinion of probable costs for all proposed improvements A written narrative summarizing the improvements This planning effort will be collaborative with SCC and will illustrate and define proposed improvements at Hickory Grove Park (HGP) and to the Story County Conservation Center (SCCC). Consultant led public engagement processes must be incorporated within the master planning design processes. SCC may award a combined contract for both planning efforts, an independent contract for each planning effort, or may choose to not award for one or both of the planning efforts. The Consultant selected from the RFP may be engaged after competitive evaluation by a qualified committee based on the Selection Criteria set forth in this request. Each proposal will be reviewed by an evaluation team. Each proposal will be scored relative to other proposals on the basis of the evaluation criteria listed in this RFP. Consultants may be contacted during this process to clarify items in their proposals. Questions on this RFP should be directed to Michael Cox, Conservation Director, mcox@storycountyiowa.gov 515-232-2516 The intent is the completed master plan will inform future construction document deliverables for recommended project elements at a future date. The Story County Conservation Board reserves the right to select another consultant for development of any construction documents required for implementation of the plan. Proposals Reviewed and Consultant selection - week of July 25, 2022 Contract approval - August 8, 2022 Effective start of contract - August 15, 2022 A selection committee will analyze and evaluate all properly submitted proposals in response to this request. The selection committee using the Evaluation Criteria listed in this RFP will rank all Consultants. Top scoring Consultants will be chosen for further evaluation, which may include interviews and presentations with those firms. Each proposal will be evaluated based on the Evaluation Criteria listed below. Proposals will be ranked in order of the highest numerical score first. As many of the top ranked Consultants as deemed necessary may be included within the negotiating list. All insurance policies shall be issued by responsible companies who are acceptable to the County. The Consultant shall not cause any insurance to be canceled nor permit any insurance to lapse during the life of the contract with the County. The Consultant shall indemnify and hold the County harmless from any damages, cost, claims or expenses which may arise as a result of any failure on the part of the Consultant to provide accurate and/or complete data and information to the County as outlined and required by the terms and conditions of its contract with the County. The Consultant shall name Story County and Story County Conservation as additional insured on the consultants automobile and commercial general liability insurance with a minimum coverage of $1,000,000.00. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.