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21 August 2026

Integrated Digital Enterprise Accelerator Lab (IDEAL) - Solicitation #2 Integrated Digital Enterprise Accelerator Lab (IDEAL)

21 August 2026

Open 8/21/2026, 8:00 AM MDT Type Request for Proposal Close 9/17/2026, 2:00 PM MDT Number 2027-RFP-873 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 9/17/2026, 2:00 PM MDT

Contacts Cole Collins colec@nmsu.edu

Phone +1 575-914-3744

Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description

90600 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL

92500 ENGINEERING SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL

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OFFICIAL CONTACT ONLY

This sourcing event contains restrictions on contact with Board of Regents, ASNMSU, Faculty and Staff, the University's consultants or others working on behalf of the University. Violation of this policy may lead to disqualification.

Offerors may not contact other University Departments. Any contact with a University Department may automatically result in a rejection of any sourcing event submittal.

CAUTION

Unless otherwise indicated herein, this entire RFP may be obtained from NMSU’s online bidding system. If obtaining this document from any source other than the online bidding system, it is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure a full and complete set of the RFP documents have been obtained. Any addenda or clarification to this RFP shall be issued under the buyer attachments tab in the online bidding system. It is the responsibility of each Offeror to check the online bidding system for any information or addenda to the RFP.

PROJECT SCHEDULE

ACTION RESPONSIBILITY DATE

Issuance of RFP NMSU Procurement Services 08/21/2026

Site Visit

Offeror

08/27/2026 @ 10:00 am Location: NMSU Main Campus - Photovoltaic Center & Labs (3705 Locust St., PVL Las Cruces, NM 88001)

This will be the only available date to conduct a site visit.

Any questions arising from the site visit must be submitted to the Q&A BOARD in the Pistol Pete’s Bidding System.

Deadline for Questions Offeror 09/3/2026 @ 5:00pm (local time)

Deadline for Addendum(s) NMSU Procurement Services 09/10/2026 @ 5:00pm (local time)

Submission of Proposal Offeror 09/17/2026 @ 2:00pm (local time)

Description

Target Issuance of

Notice of Award NMSU Procurement Services 9/22/2026 @ 5:00 PM (local time)

Project Manager Design Professional Name: Michael Vielma

Email: mdvielma@nmsu.edu

Phone: 575-646-3681

Name: TBD

Email:

Phone:

*The selection committee may interview the Offeror(s) of the top rated proposals; however, contracts may be awarded without such interviews and based solely on written offers.

CAUTION!

This entire RFP document may be obtained from NMSU’s on-line bidding system at https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=NMSU. Respondents should not rely upon documents received from any other source. Any addenda or clarification to this RFP will be issued under the attachments tab in the on-line bidding system. Each Respondent is responsible for any information or addenda to this RFP and should check the online bidding system for such information.

Respondents are strongly encouraged to submit all proposals several days in advance of the deadline. Respondent bears sole responsibility for allowing sufficient time for technical problems and taking all other steps necessary to meet the deadline. Proposals not uploaded to the NMSU online bidding system by the deadline will be rejected.

Respondent is advised and informed that the Procurement Code, Sections 13-1-28 through 13-1-199 NMSA 1978, imposes civil and criminal penalties for its violation. In addition, the New Mexico criminal statutes impose felony penalties for bribes, gratuities, and kickbacks.

New Mexico State University (NMSU) is the state’s land-grant university, established under the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, and governed by a five member Board of Regents. NMSU serves the educational needs of New Mexico’s diverse population through comprehensive programs of education, research, extension education, and public service.

NMSU is comprised of a statewide system providing learning opportunities to all the citizens of the state through cooperative extension offices in 33 New Mexico counties; 13 research and science centers located throughout the state;

campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County, Grants, and Las Cruces; and distance education programs.

NMSU is a NASA Space Grant College and a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Enrollment in the NMSU System totals more than 25,000 students.

DEFINITIONS

The following underlined terms have the meaning set forth below when used in this Request for Proposals:

Agreement: a written contract for the procurement of professional services resulting from the RFP Award

Award: an offer by NMSU to enter into an Agreement with a Responsive Respondent, contingent upon negotiation of the final terms of the proposed Agreement

Contractor: a Respondent who has received an Award and has signed an Agreement

Determination: the written documentation of a decision by the NMSU Director of Procurement Services, or designee, including findings of fact required to support that decision. A Determination becomes part of the procurement file to which it pertains

Evaluation Committee: a committee selected by NMSU to evaluate the proposals.

Finalist: a Responsive Respondent whose score on the evaluation factors is sufficiently high to qualify for further consideration by the Evaluation Committee

NMSU: the Regents of New Mexico State University

Request for Proposal or RFP: all documents, including those attached or incorporated by reference, used for soliciting proposals

Respondent: any person, corporation, or partnership who submits a proposal in response to this RFP

Responsive Proposal: a proposal submitted by the upload deadline which conforms in all material respects to the requirements set forth in this RFP

Responsive Respondent: a respondent to this RFP who submits a Responsive Proposal

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

All submissions must conform to the following general instructions:

1. Respondents must submit proposals through the NMSU online bidding system at https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=NMSU and the upload of the proposal must be completed no later than the Submission of Proposal Deadline as indicated in the Project Schedule of this RFP.

2. Respondents should promptly submit request for clarification upon identifying any ambiguity, inconsistency, or error in the RFP. All questions or requests for clarification must be posted to the Q&A board in the Pistol Pete’s Bidding System.

Only NMSU Procurement Services is authorized to answer questions regarding the RFP or other procurement documents. No other NMSU departments or employees have the authority to respond on behalf of NMSU. Any response made by Procurement Services will be provided to all Respondents by written addendum uploaded into the online bidding system.

3. Prior to the notification of the Award(s), Respondents may not communicate with any NMSU personnel regarding the RFP, other than those in the NMSU Procurement Services office. Unsolicited contact with the Evaluation Committee members, or contact with any other NMSU department or personnel is grounds for disqualification of the proposal.

4. Other than an addendum withdrawing the RFP or extending the deadline for submissions, any and all addendum will be issued and available through the online bidding system by the deadline for addendum.

5. NMSU and its agents are not responsible for Internet outages, hardware failures, software failures, downtime, internet slowness, acts of God, power failures, or user errors. Respondents are strongly encouraged to submit all bid responses several days in advance of the deadline. Respondent bears sole responsibility for allowing sufficient time for technical problems and taking all other steps necessary to meet the deadline. Proposals not uploaded to the NMSU online bidding system by the deadline will be rejected.

6. NMSU may, in its sole discretion, extend the time for the submission of offers. Such extensions will only be by written addendum to the RFP which will be uploaded to the NMSU online bidding system.

7. A Respondent may withdraw and upload an amended proposal before the deadline for receipt of proposals.

8. This RFP may be canceled or modified in whole or in part at the sole discretion of NMSU.

9. Any proposal may be rejected in whole or in part when doing so is in the best interest of NMSU.

10. NMSU may waive technical irregularities in the form of the bid or proposal of the low bidder or offeror which do not alter the price, quality or quantity of the services, construction or items of tangible personal property bid or offered.

11. NMSU will select the Responsive Proposal(s) that are most advantageous and in the best interest of NMSU.

12. All costs incurred by a Respondent related to this RFP, including but not limited to the preparation of the Proposal, the evaluation and selection process, and any negotiations with NMSU, will be borne by the Respondent.

13. Neither issuing this RFP nor the selection of a Finalist(s) obligates NMSU to enter into an Agreement.

14. Pursuant to Section 13-1-116 NMSA 1978, the contents of the Proposals will be kept confidential until NMSU enters one or more Agreement(s). At that time, all Proposals will be open to public inspection as required by state law. NMSU will withhold from inspection any information which the Respondent claims is exempt from disclosure as a trade secret and upon which Respondent clearly stamped, marked or imprinted the words “proprietary” or “confidential”. Confidential information is generally restricted to confidential financial information concerning the Respondent’s organization and data that qualifies as trade secrets in accordance with the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, 57-3A-1 to 57-3A-7 NMSA 1978. The price of products or the cost of services may not be designated as proprietary or confidential information. Information claimed by Respondent to be proprietary or confidential will be readily separable from the Proposal in order to facilitate public inspection of the non-confidential portion of the Proposal. In the event of a challenge to the claimed trade secret exemption, NMSU will promptly notify Respondent, and Respondent will then be responsible for seeking court ordered protection at its own expense. Respondent will bear all costs, including attorney’s fees, related to any challenge to a claim of exemption from the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, Chapter 14, Article 2 as it relates to the portion of a proposal that Respondent marked as exempt. NMSU is not required to defend the claimed exemption and will allow inspection within 10 days after notifying Respondent of the challenge, unless Respondent has undertaken to defend the claimed exemption and to indemnify NMSU against any loss, damages or costs associated with the refusal to allow inspection.

15. New Mexico law allows other governmental entities within the State of New Mexico to contract, in accordance with 13- 1-129 NMSA 1978, for services with the Contractor under the terms contained in the Agreement. Should that occur, NMSU will not be a party to any engagements entered into pursuant to this paragraph. Contractual engagements accomplished under this provision will be solely between the Contractor and the subject governmental entity.

16. If the Respondent or any of its principals are presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for award of contract by any federal entity, state agency or local public body, the Respondent will not be considered for an Award.

17. Submission of a Proposal is deemed a certification by Respondent that Respondent has not, directly or indirectly, acted in restraint of competition.

PREFERENCE

When a public body makes a purchase using a formal request for proposals process, and the contract is awarded based on a point-based system, the public body shall award additional points equivalent to:

(1) eight percent of the total possible points to a resident business or Native American resident business; or

(2) ten percent of the total possible points to a resident veteran business or Native American resident veteran business that has annual gross revenues of up to six million dollars ($6,000,000) in the preceding tax year.

PROTESTS

1. Any Respondent who is aggrieved in connection with the RFP (Protester) may protest to NMSU Procurement Services in accordance with the requirements of the State Procurement Code. The protest must be made in writing within no later than fifteen days after the facts or occurrences protested are known or should have been known by the Protester. The protest must be emailed to purchasing@nmsu.edu (All emails must include the RFP# in the subject line.)

2. In the event of a timely protest under this section, NMSU may not proceed further with the procurement, before resolution of the protest, unless the Director of Procurement Services (or designee) issues a Determination that an Award is necessary to protect substantial interests of NMSU.

3. The Director or his designee has the authority to take any action reasonably necessary to resolve a protest; however, the Director does not have the authority to award money damages or attorneys' fees.

4. The Director or his designee will promptly issue a Determination relating to a protest. A copy of the Determination will immediately be mailed to the Protester and other Respondents. The Determination will: a. State the reasons for the action taken or decision made; and b. Inform the Protester of the right to judicial review of the Determination pursuant to 13-1-

183 NMSA 1978

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

All applicable State laws, municipal ordinances, and the rules and regulations of all authorities having jurisdiction shall apply to the contract throughout, and they will be deemed to be included in the contract the same as though herein written out in full. The laws of the State of New Mexico shall govern this Agreement.

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Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

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1. Conflict of Interest

2. Notice of Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity

3. Non-Collusion Form

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Buyer Attachments

1. Scope of Work - RFP 2027-RFP-873.pdf

2. Preliminary_Basis_of_Design_(BOD).pdf

3. EVALUATION+CRITERIA - 2027-RFP-873.pdf

4. Appendix A - 2027-RFP-873.pdf

5. NMSU Standard Terms and Conditions UGC 2.21.24.pdf

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Questions Required Questions

Group 1:

Instructions:

1.1 Specialized Planning & Design & Technical Competence - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.2 Capacity and Capability of Firm - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.3 Past Record of Performance - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.4 Proximity to or familiarity with the area in which the project is located - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.5 Amount of Design work that will be done in New Mexico - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.6 Volume of Work - Please attach your response to this evaluation criterion here.

1.7 Please attach your Letter of Transmittal Here.

1.8 To be considered for award you must agree to NMSU's Terms and Conditions. Do you agree to NMSU's terms and conditions?

1.9 Does your company have a Resident Business or Native American Resident Business Certificate issued by State of New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department?

1.10 Does your company have a Resident Veteran Business or Native American Resident Veteran Business Certificate issued by the State of New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department?

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