Renovation of an educational facility in Oakland, California. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Low-carbon construction and facilities are a key component of the President's Leading on Climate priority to establish UC as the industry leader in low-carbon construction. Accordingly, the University is seeking a consultant for two scopes of work: Scope A: Identify and document 6-10 projects at various UC campuses and health centers to showcase the benefits of low-carbon and embedded carbon choices, and Scope B: develop a low-carbon capacity-building program that includes intensive training for project managers and staff on best practices, selection, and documentation of low-carbon products. The intent of this scope is to "showcase" 6-10 existing facilities at UC's campuses and medical centers to demonstrate the benefits of low-carbon and embedded carbon choices in the use of advanced timber products, low-carbon concrete, green steel and other materials. Showcase facilities would be identified, documentation would be prepared, potential teaching materials could be generated, and possible future policy recommendations would be developed. The goals of the Documentation of Showcase Projects are to: 1. Identify and highlight 6-10 "showcase" facilities at UC's campuses and medical centers. 2. Prepare a resource document that showcases the finished project, summarizing key points on construction methodologies, project material selection, how design decisions were made, financial and environmental costs and benefits, lessons learned, etc., to educate future UC construction projects as well as the larger community. 3. Prepare content for a webpage summarizing the findings and showcase facilities to be hosted on UC's website 4. Offer 1 hour training for UC community on findings and showcase projects as part of Scope B below. The Consultant must provide all services and labor necessary to identify and document the Showcase Projects. The project team will introduce the Consultant to affiliated campus staff with whom to identify showcase project(s). The Consultant may also need to communicate with project design/construction team and campus project managers to collect details. The final product will be a written document summarizing key points on the Showcase Projects, including materials, how design decisions were made, lessons learned, photo documentation, etc. to educate future UC construction projects as well as the larger community. The Consultant will also develop this information in a website format which will be uploaded onto the UCOP Design and Construction website. The information will also be used as case studies in the capacity-building training included in Scope B below. The Consultant should anticipate 2-3 kick-off and planning meetings with UCOP project staff which will cover both Scope A and B of this project. The first meeting will be in person at UCOP if feasible. The subsequent meetings will be via web-conference. UCOP staff will identify campus contacts whom the Consultant can contact to gather potential Showcase project information. Each project may require additional calls or emails to project staff for details. The consultant will present a draft of both the document and the website at 30% (outline) and 80% for review by UCOP and will incorporate comments. No final printed documents will be required- all submittals will be submitted electronically. Scope B - Low-Carbon Capacity Building Program The intent of this scope is to increase the capacity of campus project management staff and managers to identify, evaluate and utilize low-carbon construction materials in future UC capital projects. This would include information on materials that are the biggest drivers of embedded carbon, creating solicitations that set low-carbon requirements, communicating with design professionals to define goals, evaluating design options, understanding EPDs, evaluating Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), etc. The goals of the Low-Carbon Capacity Building Program are to: 1. Develop a 5-6 hour training series to increase the capacity of UC design and construction staff to incorporate low-carbon construction in future projects; 2. Present two all-day in-person trainings once in Northern California and once in Southern California; 3. Develop written materials in coordination with the training session that can be used as a resource. The Consultant must provide all services and labor necessary to develop the Low-Carbon Capacity Building Program. The Low-Carbon Capacity Building Program should also highlight campus best practices identified through the Showcase work in Scope A above. The final product will be a 5-6 hour training series and two all-day trainings and accompanying written resources. The Consultant should anticipate 2-3 kick-off and planning meetings with UCOP project staff which will cover both Scope A and B of this project. The consultant will present a draft of both the training PowerPoint and written materials at 30% (outline) and 80% for review by UCOP and will incorporate comments. No final printed documents will be required- all submittals will be electronic. b. Requests for Information/Clarification due from vendors (earlier submittals encouraged) Fri. 2/9/2024 (5 p.m. Pacific Time) c. RFI responses provided by UCOP to vendors Wed. 2/14/2024 (5 p.m. Pacific Time) Send all requests for information (RFI) and qualifications by email by the dates below to Sarah Price (Sarah.Price@ucop.edu). Please register your primary contact information (i.e., name, company and email address) with UCOP (via email to Sarah Price sarah.price@ucop.edu) by Friday, February 2, 2024 5 p.m. Pacific Time to express interest in submitting a qualifications statement and be added to the Registration List. Only submitted qualifications statements from those on the Registration List will be considered. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.