RFP - University Park Campus Sustainable Landscape Implementation Plan - 4918635

This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in State College, Pennsylvania. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is excited to begin the selection a landscape consultant to help develop a Sustainable Landscapes Implementation Plan for the University Park Campus, Penn State's flagship location. Penn State is utilizing our standard qualification-based selection process for this project. Penn State takes great pride in providing a high-quality landscape setting for the approximately 46,000 students and 25,000 faculty and staff who live and work at our 1500-acre University Park campus. These constituents and other members of our university community utilize and revere our heritage trees, iconic lawns, and historic Hort Woods. Considering the growing global climate crisis and shrinking university budgets, we would like to reevaluate and recalibrate our expectations and operations to better meet these demands, while preserving and enhancing the aspects of our campus landscape we value most. The Office of Physical Plant (OPP), in partnership with Eco Action, Penn State's oldest student environmental club, has received a $75,000 matching grant from the Student Fee Board for a total project budget of $175,000 to develop a Sustainable Landscapes Implementation Plan and a first phase of implementation. This funding partnership with the Student Fee Board illustrates student support for a more ecologically healthy campus. This plan will focus and direct the efforts of OPP Landscape Services and University Landscape Architects and provide students with research and service opportunities. Project stakeholders with representation on the steering committee include: Eco Action Student Environmental Club (2-4 from the executive group) Professors representing allied academic departments (2-3) OPP Landscape Services (2-3 incl. Grounds Supervisor, Planner/Estimator, & Manager) OPP Planning, Design, + Properties (3 incl. University Planner, & University Landscape Architects) Feel free to contact myself (dlk153@psu.edu), or Facilities Project Manager, Kurt Coduti (khc3@psu.edu), with any questions. Respectfully, Derek Kalp, RLA Staff Landscape Architect Penn State University Office of Physical Plant 204 Physical Plant Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 571-0152 (mobile) CC: Screening Committee The Screening Committee will review the respondents to this Request for Letters of Interest and determine a long-list of firms which will be posted to this website by the end-of-day on January 13, 2023. Proposal responses from the long-listed teams are due in my office at Noon EST on February 8, 2023. Three short-listed firms will be chosen from the RFP respondents. The short-list results and interview notice will be posted to this website by the end-of-day on February 17, 2023. Online interviews through a video meeting platform will most likely occur during the week of March 13, 2023. The University reserves the right to waive any informality, in any or all submissions, and to reject any submission or portion thereof. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. Project Awarded to STIMSON