Site work and new construction of an educational facility in Santa Cruz, California. Completed plans call for the construction of a 900,000-square-foot, 290-unit educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

LEED Administrator services during the design and construction phases of Student Housing West - Phase 2 Heller Development The project will include replacing the existing family student housing and childcare/early education services complex near the West Campus entrance with a new housing development of approximately 2,400 new apartment and community-living-style beds for continuing upper division undergraduate students. The scope includes site clearance, new development such as parking, roads, pathways, exterior utilities and infrastructure on an approximately 13-acre site in addition to the new building construction. The program proposes a mix of upper division undergraduate beds. The project also proposes support spaces, such as laundry facilities, mail facilities, custodial space, and storage. Centrally sited student "hubs" may include administrative and student services, multi-purpose rooms, study areas, a convenience store, and social spaces for residents and neighboring student communities. The project will be delivered over two phases of approximately 1,200 beds per phase. The selected firm will provide LEED Administration as required by applicable building codes,regulations and standards, project specifications and University of California Policy on Sustainable Practices, through the life of the aforementioned project. LEED has several rating systems, the University of California Policy on Sustainable Practices refers to LEED for Interior Design and Construction, LEED for Building Operations and Maintenance and LEED for Building Design and Construction, current version of the rating systems. The University anticipates using Master Site LEEDv4 and then individual or group LEEDv4 BD+C certifications. The consultant will be expected to work in conjunction with the project design team and applicable architectural or engineering documents, and coordinate with contractors (under a design build project delivery model) to certify the project. Questions about this RFQ or the project shall be submitted by email to the Project Manager, Domenic Gibbs at dogibbs@ucsc.edu no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2025.