The City of Eureka, Missouri, is requesting qualifications from firms to provide professional
consulting architectural services on an ongoing as-needed basis in conjunction with various Parks
andRecreation projectsincluding existing facility renovations,site improvements and development
of new facilities. No minimum amount of work is guaranteed, and the City's relationship with the selected firm shall
be non-exclusive so as to allow the City to use other firms as deemed appropriate.
Coordination with other professional disciplines and contractors, aswell asregulatoryand permitting
agencies may be necessary depending on a particular scope of service.
The selected architectural firm must commit to provide services to the City in a timely manner,
without unreasonable delays.
The selected architectural firm must be located within reasonable proximity to the City of Eureka
to better facilitate providing services and visiting sites.
Both parties will retain the right to terminate the contractual relationship at their discretion without
cause.
The selected consulting architect will be expected to provide the City with copies of all work product
without limitation which shall include reports, analyses, correspondence, plans, drawings and any
other documents produced in connection with the consulting relationship with the City in printed
form as well as in electronic form, as requested. The City shall own all rights, title and interest,
including all copyrights and intellectual property rights, to all documents that are created in
connection with the consulting relationship with the City.
The selected consulting architect must assign to the City a minimum of one (1) staff person who is
licensed or certificated to practice architecture in the State of Missouri. You must note "City Architect RFQ" on the sealed envelope.
No faxed, emailed or late proposals will be accepted. The City will not be responsible for proposals
placed in the mail which do not arrive by the deadline. Proposals received before the time of
opening will be kept by the City Administrator securely and unopened. Proposalsreceived after the
deadline will not be considered.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
All proposals submitted will be evaluated using the following criteria:
1) Previous experience;
2) The professional and ethical reputation of the firm;
3) Qualifications, technical competence and experience of staff assigned to provide required
services to the City; and
4) Capacity and capability of the firm to provide the necessary services to the City.
CONTRACT AWARD
The City of Eureka will evaluate and rank response to the Request for Qualifications based on the
established selection criteria. The recommendation to award a contract will be contingent on the
successful negotiation of contract terms. If a contract cannot be successfully negotiated with the
selected firm at a fee schedule determined to be fair and reasonable, the City reserves that right to
negotiate with another proposer. Afterthe successfulfirm isselected, a proposed Ordinance to enter
into a contract will be considered by the Board of Aldermen. The City reserves the right to reject
any or all responses to this Request for Qualifications.
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