Remodeling of an educational facility in Berkeley, California. Design plans call for the remodel of a two-story above grade educational facility.

As of April 22, 2024, an award has been announced by the owner. A timeline for construction has not been determined. Closed solicitation has been included below for reference. ........... The Foothill complex was built on the hillside east of the UCB campus park in the early 1990's and contains multiple residential buildings for student living and a combination administration and dining building, known as Building 4. It is a 2-story wood and steel framed building, and typical of the Foothill complex, is clad in dark wood shingles as a modern nod to one of the City's earliest and most iconic architectural styles. The dining hall feeds all Foothill and Stern Hall student residents throughout the school year, up to 900 at a time, and summer conference groups and sports camps during the summer months. A small convenience store, adjacent to dining, is open all day. Planned replacement of food service equipment, fixtures and counters before their failure is paramount to keeping dining service running smoothly. Furthermore, Cal Dining prides themselves on keeping up with changing dining trends and takes steps to modify their spaces and offerings accordingly. Though typically difficult to shut down to carry out extensive work, advance planning will allow this facility to close during the summer of 2025 for construction. The University of California, Berkeley is seeking an Executive Architect to perform Programming, Design and Construction-Administration for a remodel at the Foothill Dining Servery, refresh at some Dining back of house spaces, relocation of the convenience store within the building, and a major tune-up to the Freight Elevator that serves the Dining Commons. As part of the Architect's design team, their Food Service Consultant will fill a vital role in providing the necessary expertise to implement the vision of Cal Dining's service program at Foothill. General Qualifications The successful consultant team will demonstrate deep experience and expertise in the following general areas: Facilitating stakeholders around a new project, balancing tact, listening with initiative, design leadership, and focus. Aligning stakeholder program needs with compelling architectural designs inside the building. Resolving conflicts with internal and external program or design vision. Managing projects of similar size, complexity, technical requirements, and budget. Designing to the Owner's project budget. Creating engaging design with an economy of means. Understanding relevant regulatory requirements and developing effective code-compliant solutions. Working within the University of California's design and construction process, including reviews and project approval requirements, or other similar institutional clients, with complex capital project approval processes. Developing and coordinating design documents to meet the project schedule. Effectively and efficiently managing sub consultants. o Participating in construction administration, especially technically challenging, public university projects. Expertise with accessibility code for construction. Scope of Services The University anticipates the project delivery method will be design/ bid /build. The selected firm shall work collaboratively with the University to maintain the project budget and scope, participate in value engineering as required, and recommend actions to expedite the schedule. A detailed scope of work will be negotiated with the selected firm and is expected to include the following: Review of existing available information. Detailed site/field evaluations to accurately understand existing conditions. Development of comprehensive design information to identify, coordinate and direct the changes that Cal Dining wants to make to their food service program. Define what modifications to existing MEP and fire safety systems will be required. Identification of accessibility-related scope, including but not limited to Accessible Path of Travel requirements for alterations. Minor structural for equipment anchoring and possibility of walls removed or reduced. Production of and coordination of comprehensive construction design documents. Provision of cost estimates and updated cost estimates to keep the project within budget. Provision of construction administration services. Consultants This request for qualifications concerns the selection of an Executive Architect and the full complement of specialized sub-consultants required to provide completed design services. The University reserves the right to recommend changes and approve sub-consultants to the Consultant team. Submittal Content and Specific Qualifications Submittals shall provide sufficient information to allow the University to evaluate the consultant's approach, experience, staff, and availability. RFQ submittals are not limited to using the format of the forms provided in Attachments A and B; however, the information and signatures listed in this section shall be included in the submittal, in the order specified below, clearly presented such that the screening committee may easily discern that the submittals are complete. Submittals shall not include any appendices. Submittals that do not include all the required information as outlined in this section or do not follow the instructions in this RFQ will be disqualified. At a minimum, submittals shall include the following information. Submittals shall not exceed twenty (20) pages, including the University's Attachment A, Summary of Statement of Qualifications. Covers, a cover letter, separating tabs, and an hourly rate sheet do not count toward the page limit. A page is 8-1/2"x 11". Text shall be no smaller than 10pt. Important: Interested respondents must email UC Berkeley Contract Administration at contractadmin-cp@berkeley.edu and request access to this project Once registered, interested respondents can retrieve the Qualification Documents by the project name and number. Contact Capital Projects Contract Administration at contractadmin-cp@berkeley.edu with any questions regarding. Question Deadline 03/06/2024 at 4:00 PM PT. Submit questions regarding this RFQ through electronically. Interested respondents are expressly prohibited from contacting any other party associated with this project, including but not limited to UC Berkeley employees, representatives, consultants, and donors, during this RFQ process, including interviews and contracting. Such contact will serve as reason for firm disqualification. A screening committee will review the proposals and identify the 3-4 most qualified to provide the services under consideration. A selection committee will conduct discussions with the most qualified firms. The discussions will be conducted as ZOOM interviews. Submittal screening, firm short listing, discussions, and selection of the executive architect consultant is anticipated to be completed by April 4th, 2024. Interviews will be held by video conference. No more than six people from each firm shall attend the interview. The firm team members shall include the key personnel who will be interacting with the University on a regular basis or providing significant technical expertise to the project. Each of the team members attending the interview must participate substantively in the interview. Teams may choose to bring sub-consultants; however, sub-consultants shall count toward the six-person maximum. Firms may bring one marketing staff member to the interview if desired; that staff member does not count towards the limit of six people and may not participate in the interview. Additional instructions regarding interview content and logistics will be provided to the firms selected for an interview. The University shall negotiate with the highest ranked Consultant on the tasks, staffing, schedule, and a maximum not-to exceed fee. Negotiations may be formally terminated if they fail to result in a contract within a reasonable amount of time. Negotiations will then ensue with the second ranked Consultant, and if necessary, the third ranked Consultant. Note: The final selection and appointment is contingent upon Project approval and funding. The successful firm will be required to sign the University's Executive Design Professional Agreement (EDPA). The EDPA is posted for review at electronically. By submitting a response to this RFQ, the eventual successful firm accepts the terms and conditions set forth in EDPA. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer- Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Every effort will be made to ensure that all persons, regardless of race, religion, sex, color, and national origin have equal access to contracts and other business opportunities with the University. Each candidate firm will be required to show evidence of its equal opportunity policy. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.