Prison Yard Enclosure Design - 5436512

Site work for a detention facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Completed plans call for site work for a detention facility.

The County of Chester, Department of Facilities, is requesting Proposals from certified and qualified firms who have the necessary expertise to design recommendations5 for the yard enclosures the Chester County Prison located at 501 South Wawaset Road, West Chester, PA 19382. Firms submitting proposals must have a least five (5) years of demonstrated experience with providing similar services. This is the only opportunity for prospective Proposers to view the Facility. This will also be the only time to view the technical drawings as they cannot be released publicly for security purposes. Failure to attend the pre-bid conference and site visit/walk through, shall constitute acceptance by the bidder of all pre-existing site conditions and shall constitute a waiver of all future claims with regards to said site conditions. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the RFP scope of services. The County will entertain questions, however prospective Proposers must understand that the County's oral response to any question at the Meeting shall be unofficial and non-binding. All questions, comments or other concerns regarding this RFP must be submitted in writing prior to the Question deadline shown below. Public Purchase, a FREE web-based e-Procurement service. In order to begin or continue to receive bid notifications as a current vendor through Public Purchase, you must complete the two-step registration. Please register as soon as possible so that you have uninterrupted access to our bids and the notification of our bids. A. Register with Public Purchase: Use the link below to begin the registration process. It can take up to 24 hours for your account to become active. You will receive an email from notices@publicpurchase.com letting you know your account is activated. Be sure to add this email address to your contacts to avoid the bid notification emails being sent to your junk folder. Respondents shall provide an approach and cost for the following tasks and subtasks: 2.1 Current State Assessment 2.1.1 Conduct a thorough review of the current state of the six (6) exercise yards. 2.1.2 Conduct onsite interviews with Prison officials. 2.1.3 Complete onsite walk-through to obtain an understanding of current limitations with the Prison's architecture. 2.1.4 The Assessment Report will detail the current state including design deficiencies, known issues and stakeholder concerns. 2.2 Design Recommendations 2.2.1 Engineering recommendations of security upgrades of six (6) exercise yards. Security upgrades include enclosing four exterior yards and two (2) interior yards with anti-climb welded wire fencing. 2.2.2 Design recommendation of the enclosure fencing, fencing structural system and integration of structure to building and perimeter yard fence. 2.2.3 The proposed recommendation will address County requirements as well as the remediation of the County concerns and current issues.