Site work and new construction of a municipal facility in Covington, Kentucky. Design plans call for the construction of a municipal facility; and for site work for a municipal facility.

As of February 7, 2023, a design team has been awarded. Construction is expected to start in early 2024 with completion in early 2025. *The previous solicitation is listed below for reference. Covington is looking for an architectural firm to design a new City Hall. The City issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) on Sept. 1 for a "qualified, competent, knowledgeable, and experienced architectural firm" to design a new City Hall that will be a vibrant and open space, accessible to community residents - and that would end local government's "nomadic existence" of the last five decades. "I want this to be a building that the community can really be proud of," said Mayor Joe Meyer. "I want it to represent this generation's aspirations for future generations." Over the last 50 years, the City has had five City Hall locations. The current location at 20 W. Pike St. was intended as a temporary measure when it was selected 10 years ago to allow old offices to be redeveloped into what is now Hotel Covington. Ten years later, the 20 W. Pike location remains home to City government, even though the building's inadequacies are increasingly apparent, and it's too small to meet current and emerging needs. A new City Hall will be built on property that the City purchased at 620-622 Scott St. In 2019, the City completed extensive public engagement to determine what the community would like to see in a new City Hall, creating a task force of residents and workers in Covington to think conceptually about the function and purpose of the building. Meyer, who set the process in motion, said at the time that he wanted Covington to think big. "The opportunity to build a new City Hall is pretty rare," Meyer said at the time. "The temporary home on Pike Street is our fifth since the 1960s. It's time to take the long-term view - planning not for the next decade but maybe for the next century. As Americans, we tend to take the short-term view, but this City is going to be here for 500 years, or as long as the river we're built on. Requests for a copy of the RFQ, or questions about the RFQ, can be sent to Lindy Jenkins at LJenkins@covingtonky.gov. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.