COUNTY OF ORANGE

OC PUBLIC WORKS

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION (RFQ)

FOR

PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD FOR NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER

RFQ NO. RFQ-036-3075805-JM

County of Orange RFQ

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County of Orange

OC Public Works

Procurement and Contract Services

601 N. ROSS ST

SANTA ANA, CA

92701

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Release Project Date June 30, 2026

RFQ Pre-Submittal Meeting

(Mandatory)

July 15, 2026, 10:00am

OCSD Facility at 1382 Bell Avenue in Tustin

92780

RFQ Q&A Ends July 24, 2026, 10:00am

SOQ's Due August 3, 2026, 2:00pm

Interviews Conducted (Tentative) September 1, 2026

STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE

Monday, August 3, 2026

2:00 pm

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SECTIONS

1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPONDENTS

2. PROTEST PROCEDURES

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF WORK

4. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

5. SOQ SCORING

6. VENDOR RESPONSES

Attachments:

A - Notice of Inviting Bids RFQ# 036-3075805-JM

B - Final Model Contract RFQ-036-3075805-JM

C - Attachment B Cost Proposal

D - Table_A_-_Cost_Allocation_Matrix

E - Orange_County_District_Attorneys_Office_Public_Works_Unit_2023

F - 20260213_EOC-Tustin-100%_Criteria_Narrative - Signed

G - _Original 1382 Bell Building Plans

H - 2021 Plans

I - EOC-Tustin-Fenestration Study_2026-0610

J - Fenestration Exhibit 2026_0610

K - Geocon - Geotechnical Report - Final

L - Orange County - California_SP-ESSENTIAL_SR 61301338

M - REPORT_Orange County - California_SP-ESSENTIAL_SR 61301338

N - APPENDIX A _ Geotech Report

O - EOC-Tustin-100% Exhibits - All Exhibits

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1. INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPONDENTS

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The County of Orange (County) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from interested and qualified firms “Respondent(s)) to provide design and construction services for the New

Emergency Operations Center (“Project”), to be delivered via Progressive Design-Build (PDB).

Respondents shall be firms that satisfy the definition of a Design-Build Entity (DBE) in Public

Contract Code (PCC) §22185(c). The DBE shall be either a Class B - General Building Contractor or a lead design firm which will serve as the “Designer-in-Charge,” as defined in California

Building Code. Either the General Contractor or the lead design firm (or a joint venture of the two) may serve as the prime contracting entity, which shall be clearly identified in the SOQ. If the

Respondent can perform only one of the two functions described above, Respondent must identify in its SOQ the firm that will fulfill the other function. For example, if the Respondent is a Class B

- General Building Contractor, Respondent must identify the firm it will subcontract with to perform the function of the lead design firm which will serve as the “Designer-in-Charge” in its

SOQ. This firm will be referred to as a member of the Design-Build Team (DBT) and shall be afforded protections described in PCC §22185.6(a).

Respondents may, but are not required to, include engineers, other design firms, and/or special consultants, in their SOQ submission. These firms will also be referred to as members of the DBT and shall be afforded protections described in PCC §22185.6(a).

1.2 PROPOSED TIME SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Schedule Activities Schedule

RFQ Pre-Submittal Meeting (Mandatory) at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 15, 2026

RFQ Q&A ends at 10:00 am Friday, July 24, 2026

SOQ’s due before 2:00 pm Monday, August 3, 2026

This is a proposed schedule that is subject to change.

Any changes to the schedule for the RFQ process will be issued to all Respondents via addenda.

1.3 RFQ PRE-SUBMITTAL MEETING AND JOB WALK

There will be a Mandatory meeting to discuss this RFQ and the delivery process. The meeting will be conducted on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 10:00 am, TBD. Attendance is required no later than

10:10 am. Attendees are asked to RSVP for the meeting no later than 48 hours before the meeting by indicating such on the RSVP feature available within the County's OpenGov Procurement portal page for this project.

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1.4 PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD DELIVERY METHOD OVERVIEW

The successful Respondent will execute an Agreement for the initial design and preconstruction phase services required to develop and validate the Basis of Design and through a target-value continuous-estimating approach begin development of design documents. The DBE may also procure construction subcontracts during this phase as listed in Public Contract Code Section

22185.6.

At approximately 100% Schematic Design (SDs), or when the scope has been developed to the extent that a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) can be established, a draft GMP will be submitted to the County for Board of Supervisors approval. Concurrently with County approval, the DBE will continue to develop the design documents within the scope and program defined in the draft

GMP. If draft the GMP is approved, an amendment may be executed consistent with the approved

GMP and enable the entity to complete the remaining design, preconstruction, and construction activities sufficient to complete and close out the Project.

Once the design drawings are permitted and all other preconstruction activities and deliverables are completed as required to commence construction activity, County will issue a Construction

Phase Notice to Proceed (NTP) to authorize commencement of on-site construction activities.

The GMP is the maximum payment amount agreed upon by the County and DBE for the DBE to complete the final code compliant Project that meets all the program, criteria, and functionality requirements defined in the Basis of Design and other documents included in the solicitation and/or produced during Phase 1. The GMP is not representative of any set of design documents or construction documents at any point in time. The documents are a tool for the DBE to demonstrate code compliance to the Authorities having Jurisdiction (AHJ), trade partner buyout, coordination of trades, and to demonstrate adherence of the build-environment with the design to inspectors. The DBE shall ensure that the drawings are completed to the level of detail required to meet these functional purposes.

1.5 PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD ENTITY SELECTION PROCESS

The County will select the DBE for the Project using a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), to which

Respondents shall submit an SOQ to the County. The County will appoint an evaluation committee to review, evaluate, and score the SOQs. The County may elect to interview one or more

Respondents prior to final selection. Respondents shall submit a Preliminary Cost Estimate if selected for an interview. If interviews are conducted, they will be scored and added to the SOQ scores. The Preliminary Cost Estimate shall not be scored but will be considered in evaluating the

Respondent’s SOQ.

The County intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible

Respondent whose qualifications represents the best-value after evaluation in accordance with the requirements in the solicitation. The judgment of the County in this selection process is not subject to appeal. Respondents shall understand and agree that the County is not obligated to include any

Respondent in any future procurement process, nor is the County obligated to contract with any

Respondent.

There are no stipends for this selection and no compensation will be made to any Respondents even if a contract is not awarded. The County of Orange reserves the right to reject all responses

County Executive Office - Progressive Design Build for New Emergency Operation Center, RFQ-036-3075805-JM to this RFQ. The County may terminate the DBE’s contract prior to completion and seek to complete the Project by other means or abandon the Project. All documents and intellectual property generated prior to termination are the property of the County of Orange and may be used to solicit bids from other Contractors.

1.6 COUNTY HOLIDAYS DURING SOLICITATION PERIOD

During this solicitation period, the OC Public Works will be closed on the following County holidays - https://hrs.oc.gov/employee-relations/employee-resources

1.7 INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPONDENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTAL

A. Responses are to be uploaded via the County's eProcurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ocgov. For assistance on uploading Response via County’s eProcurement Portal, please contact procurement-support@opengov.com or https://help.procurement.opengov.com/en/

B. Examine the Contract Documents and the site of the proposed work carefully before submitting a Response for the work contemplated. Investigate the conditions to be encountered, as to the character, quality, and quantities of work to be performed and materials to be furnished and as to the requirements of all Contract Documents.

C. The County has attempted to provide all information available. It is the responsibility of each Respondent to review, evaluate, and, where necessary, request any clarification prior to submission of a Response. If any person contemplating submitting a response to this

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the solicitation documents attached hereto or finds discrepancies in or omissions from the specifications, they may submit a written request for clarification/interpretation to the

County Deputy Procurement Agent (DPA) via the County’s eProcurement Portal under the bid page for this solicitation.

D. If clarification or interpretation of this solicitation is considered necessary by County, an addendum shall be issued, and the information will be posted via the County’s eProcurement Portal. Any interpretation of, or correction to, this solicitation shall be issued by the DPA. It is the responsibility of each Respondent to periodically check the County’s eProcurement Portal to ensure that they have received and reviewed any and all addenda to this solicitation.

E. The County will not be responsible for any other explanations, corrections to, or interpretations of the documents, including any oral information. If an addendum is issued, Respondents must acknowledge the addendum via the County’s eProcurement Portal.

F. All questions or requests for interpretations must be received within this solicitation by Friday, July 24, 2026, before 10:00 am. The DPA will provide all official communication concerning this solicitation. Any County response relevant to this https://hrs.oc.gov/employee-relations/employee-resources https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ocgov https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/ocgov mailto:procurement-support@opengov.com https://help.procurement.opengov.com/en/

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G. Responses must be valid for a period of at least three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days from the closing date and time of receipt. No Response may be withdrawn after the submission date.

H. Each Respondent must submit their response electronically via the County’s eProcurement

Portal.

I. All pages must be submitted on standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper, numbered and identified sequentially by section. Responses must be organized and indexed as outlined in the

Response Requirements Section. It is imperative that all Respondents comply, exactly and completely, with the instructions set forth herein. All responses to this solicitation shall be type written or word-processed (except where otherwise provided or noted), concise, straightforward, and must fully address each requirement and question. Although not as a substitute for a complete written response, additional material, such as technical documents, may be referenced in any response if the material is included in the same section as additional information.

J. Responses are not to be marked as confidential or proprietary. The County may refuse to consider any Responses so marked. All Responses and supporting documents will be subject to the provisions of the California Public Records Act (California Code

Government Code 7920.000 et seq.) (PRA) and will be disclosed or withheld in accordance therewith. The County shall not be liable in any way for disclosure of any such records.

Additionally, all Responses shall become the property of the County.

K. Respondents should not request that certain information be treated as exempt, and statements in the Responses should not be marked as confidential or proprietary. In the event that any information is marked as confidential or proprietary, as it may be absolutely necessary, Respondents have the sole responsibility of obtaining any applicable injunctive reliefs to prevent the disclosure of such confidential proprietary information in connection with any request made to County pursuant to PRA or a subpoena for disclosure of such information.

L. Each Respondent shall exercise reasonable care and diligence to avoid submitting a

Response that could result in a conflict of interest if Respondent were to be selected. This obligation shall apply to the Respondent, the Respondent’s employees, agents, and relatives, sub-contractors, and third parties associated with accomplishing work and services in response. In the event Respondent has done work for the County on this Project in the past or has reason to believe that a conflict of interest may exist for Respondent in regard to this Project, Respondent should consult with its legal counsel prior to responding to this solicitation. Any Respondent who is found to have an actual conflict of interest may have its response rejected on that ground.

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M. Respondent, its employees and/or consultants may be subject to the provisions of the

California Political Reform Act of 1974 (the “Act”), which (1) requires such persons to disclose any financial interest that may be materially affected by services provided under this Contract, (2) prohibits such persons from making, or participating in making, decisions that could reasonably affect such interest; and (3) may require the filing a Statement of

Economic Interest (Form 700).

If subject to the Act, Respondent shall conform to all requirements of the Act. Failure to do so shall constitute a material breach and is grounds for immediate termination of the

Contract by County. Respondent shall indemnify and hold harmless County for any and all claims for damages resulting from Respondent’s violation of this Section.

N. By submitting a response, the Respondent represents that it thoroughly examined the

County’s requirements, is familiar with the services required under this solicitation and is qualified and capable of providing the services to achieve the County’s objectives.

O. Each Respondent must submit its response in strict accordance with all requirements of this solicitation and compliance must be stated in the response. Deviations, clarifications and/or exceptions must be clearly identified and listed separately as alternative items on additional information section for the County’s consideration as specified in the

Response Requirements Section, “Statement of Compliance.”

Note: Allow sufficient time to upload all required files. The County’s eProcurement Portal will not allow any uploads after the due date and time specified herein, e.g., if Part 1 and 2 uploaded successfully at 1:58:38 P.M. and Part 3 is in progress of being uploaded at 2:00:01

P.M., Part 3 will not upload successfully.

P. Pre-contractual expenses are not to be included in the Cost Proposal, Attachment B, Pricing and Compensation. Pre-contractual expenses are defined as including, but not limited to, expenses incurred by the Respondent in: a) preparing the response to this solicitation; b) submitting that response to the County; c) negotiating with the County any matter related to the Respondent’s response; and d) any other expenses incurred by the Respondent prior to the date of award and execution, if any, of the Contract.

Q. Any response may be construed as non-responsive and ineligible for consideration if it does not comply with the requirements of the solicitation, including but not limited to technical features, acknowledgment of receipt of addenda, and page number limits, etc. These are common causes for deeming a response non-responsive.

R. County does not require and neither encourages nor discourages the use of lobbyists or other consultants for the purpose of securing business.

S. The County requires a valid D-U-N-S number prior to Contract Award. If needed, your company may obtain one at no cost at www.dnb.com. If you are unable to provide/obtain a D-U-N-S number, please indicate so in your submission response.

http://www.dnb.com/

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T. The County requires a valid UEI number and full registration prior to Contract

Award. Your company must obtain one at no cost at www.usfcr.com. If you are unable to provide/obtain a UEI number, please indicate so in your submission response.

U. Effective from the issuance date of this solicitation until a Contract is awarded or the solicitation is withdrawn, all individuals or entities responding—including their employees, agents, representatives, proposed partners, subcontractors, members, lobbyists, or attorneys (collectively "Respondents")—are prohibited from engaging in any direct or indirect communication with County personnel involved in the selection process, except with the designated Deputy Procurement Agent (DPA). Respondents may continue conducting business with the County on matters unrelated to this solicitation and may communicate with County staff, provided the solicitation is not discussed. Any attempt to engage in discussion regarding this solicitation with anyone other than the designated DPA will be presumed to create an unfair competitive advantage and may result in disqualification.

V. After the closing date and time for receipt of Responses, evaluation, and if requested by the County, interviews will commence. Respondents who submit Responses most responsive to the County’s requirements may be asked to give a presentation of their response to County staff. The County makes no guarantee as to the number of Respondents selected for interviews. Selected Respondents should be prepared to make its presentation within five (5) business days after notification and be prepared to discuss all aspects of its response in detail, including technical questions regarding the response. Respondents shall not be allowed to alter or amend its response through the use of the presentation process.

1.8 INSTRUCTIONS FOR COST ESTIMATE

Respondents shall provide a preliminary conceptual project estimate if requested by County. The

Respondent shall use the estimate to demonstrate their understanding of the trade packages that will be required for the project, target budgets for trade packages, and major line items within those packages.

In addition to trade budgets, the PDB shall provide the following below the line budgets elements:

A. General Requirements

B. General Conditions

C. Overhead and Profit

D. Contractor Contingency (5% of trade package subtotal)

See Table A Cost Allocation Matrix (Attached to Solicitation) for clarification on which expenses should be aggregated into each budget category.

The budget shall be organized into the matrix format below to clearly indicates:

A. The order in which the PDB intends to procure trades http://www.usfcr.com/

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B. Which trades are intended to be design-build

C. Which trades are intended to be design-assist

D. Which trades are desired to be self-performed (be sure to also identify if self-performed trades are design-build/assist, as applicable)

E. Which trades are intended to be procured prior to the GMP vs after the GMP. Assume

GMP to be based on validated 100% SDs.

Note that this estimate is not a proposal and will not be directly converted to points for scoring.

However, the budget will be evaluated as part of the selection process and the fees will be used as the basis for negotiating potential Contract award.

1.9 INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN SOQ

Statement of Qualifications must be received by the County of Orange shown herein before the date and time shown in the Proposed Time Schedule above.

Respondents for this Project shall submit an SOQ in accordance with the following instructions:

A. Provide all information requested by this RFQ within a maximum 30 page limit, single sided.

B. Provide requested information in Respondent’s SOQ as it pertains to your design-build team.

C. The SOQ should be well organized and as concise and complete as possible while still providing the requested information.

D. Information you believe is relevant to the selection of your firm for this Project but not requested by the RFQ may be submitted as an appendix to the SOQ, and will be counting with the page limit.

E. Where contact information is requested, include the company name, address and a company representative’s name, phone number, and e-mail address.

F. The SOQs shall be submitted by the date and time indicated in the Proposed Time

Schedule to the via County’s online bidding system. Only electronic SOQs will be accepted, no exceptions. Late SOQs will not be accepted under any circumstances.

G. All information being provided by Respondent shall be certified under penalty of perjury by the Respondent and its general partners or joint venture members.

1.10 THE COUNTY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO:

1. Request revisions and hold discussions with any Respondent as necessary to serve the best interests of the County.

2. Seek publicly available information about the Respondents.

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3. Conduct, or not to conduct, oral interviews and/or presentations with the highest-ranked

Respondent(s) and additional Respondents.

4. Waive, at its discretion, any procedural, non-material defects, irregularity, or informality, which County deems correctable or otherwise not warranting rejection of the bid that do not result in any unfair competitive advantage. Any waiver will not excuse a Respondent from full compliance.

5. Verify and validate any information prior to Contract Award and during the entire term of the Contract.

6. Negotiate the final Contract with any Respondent(s), including pricing/fee schedule, as necessary to serve the best interests of the County.

7. Withdraw or cancel in part or in its entirety this solicitation at any time without prior notice and furthermore makes no representations that any Contract will be awarded to any

Respondent responding to this solicitation.

8. Award its total requirements to one Respondent or to apportion those requirements among two or more Respondents as the County may deem to be in its best interests;

9. Reject any Response if it is conditional, incomplete or deviates significantly from the services requested in this solicitation.

10. Request Best and Final Offer from any Respondent determined to be within the competitive range. Unless requested by the County, late Best and Final Offers will not be accepted by the County for any reason. In addition, negotiations may or may not be conducted with

Respondents.

11. Make multiple awards to Respondent(s) for services requested in this solicitation, at its sole discretion, to serve the best interests of the County.

12. Defer award of this Contract for a period of 365 days after the Bid opening. During this period, Bidders shall guarantee the prices quoted in their Bids. County and the responsive, responsible Bidder may mutually agree in writing to extend this deferral period.

13. If the County of Orange does not award the design-build contract, Respondents will not be entitled to recover any monetary awards of any type whatsoever. The County of Orange reserves the right to reject all responses to this solicitation. The County of Orange may terminate the Respondent’s contract prior to completion and seek to complete the Project by other means or abandon the Project.

Responses submitted shall contain the Respondent’s most favorable terms and conditions, since the selection and award may be made without discussion with any Respondent.

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2. PROTEST PROCEDURES

Any actual or prospective bidder or respondent who alleges an error or impropriety in the solicitation or award of a contract may submit a grievance or protest to Jennifer Mason at jennifer.mason@pw.oc.gov, as set forth herein.

PROTEST PROCEDURES

All protests shall be typed under the protestor’s letterhead and submitted in accordance with the provisions stated herein. All protests shall include at a minimum the following information:

A. The name, address, and telephone number of the protestor;

B. The signature of the protestor or the protestor’s representative;

C. The solicitation or contract number;

D. A detailed statement of the legal and/or factual grounds for the protest; and, E. The form of relief requested.

Protest of Solicitation Specifications:

A. All protests related to solicitation specifications must be submitted to the Deputy

Procurement Agent (DPA), Jennifer Mason at jennifer.mason@pw.oc.gov, no later than five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date of the solicitation. Protests received after the five (5) business-day deadline will not be considered by the County.

B. In the event the protest of specifications is denied, and the protestor wishes to continue in the solicitation process, the protestor must still submit a bid/response prior to the close of the solicitation in accordance with the solicitation submittal procedures provided in this solicitation.

Protest of Award of Contract:

A. Protests related to the award of a contract must be submitted to the Deputy Procurement

Agent, Jennifer Mason at jennifer.mason@pw.oc.gov, no later than five (5) business days after the Notice of Solicitation Ranking Results is provided by the DPA.

B. Protests relating to a proposed contract award received after the five (5) business day deadline will not be considered by the County.

C. If the five (5) business day period expires without the receipt of a protest, the department may move forward with the contract award or if necessary, file the item for approval by the Board of Supervisors.

Protest Process

A. In the event of a timely protest, the County shall not proceed with the solicitation or award of the contract until the DPA issues a decision on the protest.

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B. Upon receipt of a timely protest, the DPA will, within ten (10) business days of receipt of the protest, issue a decision in writing which shall state the reasons for the actions taken.

C. The County may, after providing written justification, make the determination that an immediate award of the contract is necessary to protect the substantial interests of the

County. The award of a contract shall in no way compromise the protester’s right to the protest procedures outlined herein.

D. If the protestor disagrees with the decision of the DPA, the protestor may submit a written appeal to the County Procurement Officer requesting an appeal to the

Procurement Appeals Board, in accordance with the process stated below.

APPEALS PROCESS

A. If the protestor wishes to appeal the protest decision of the Deputy Procurement Agent, the protestor must submit, within three (3) business days from receipt of the Deputy

Procurement Agent’s decision, a written appeal to the Office of the County Procurement

Officer.

Written appeals must be sent by mail to the address below with a courtesy copy by email;

County of Orange/County Executive Office

County Procurement Office

400 W. Civic Center Drive, 5th Floor

Santa Ana, CA 92701

Attn: County Procurement Officer

CPOAppeals@ceo.oc.gov

B. Within fifteen (15) business days, the County Procurement Officer will review all materials in connection with the appeal, assess the merits of the protest and provide a written determination that shall contain his or her decision on whether the appeal shall be forwarded to the Procurement Appeals Board.

C. The decision of the County Procurement Officer on whether to allow the appeal to go forward will be final and there shall be no right to any administrative appeals of this decision.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF WORK

3.1 BACKGROUND

The existing Orange County Emergency Operations Center is located at Loma Ridge, housed in an older facility that no longer meets modern performance, resiliency, or operational requirements.

To improve emergency preparedness and ensure continuity of operations during disasters, the

County is relocating EOC functions to the OCSD facility at 1382 Bell Avenue in Tustin, which underwent seismic upgrades in 2022.

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3.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The proposed Project involves the modernization, expansion, and redevelopment of the Orange

County Emergency Operations Center (OC EOC) at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department

(OCSD) facility located at 1382 Bell Avenue, Tustin, California. The Project will relocate all current EOC functions from the aging Loma Ridge facility into a newly expanded, highly resilient, and mission-critical operational environment that meets modern performance, safety, and emergency-response standards.

To support this relocation and the long-term operational needs of the OCSD campus, the project includes the construction of a new four to five-story, 425 to 520-stall parking structure, major site reconfiguration, and extensive infrastructure improvements. Additionally, the existing building will be expanded with approximately 17,250 square feet of new second-floor EOC space and renovation of affected first-floor areas to house secure storage, mail operations, and supporting functions. The work also includes demolition, utility relocation, circulation improvements, accessibility corrections, and security upgrades.

Designed to maintain full operational continuity throughout construction, the enhanced EOC will support 24/7 emergency activation, including coordination with local and state agencies, disaster response operations, training, and multi-agency communication. The facility is classified as an

Essential Services Building and must meet stringent seismic safety, redundancy, and resiliency requirements under the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act (ESBSSA).

3.3 PROJECT EXPECTED COST RANGE

The Project has a current expected cost range of $45,000,000 to $50,000,000.

3.4 INITIAL PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of the New EOC development is to establish a resilient, code-compliant, and operationally flexible Emergency Operations Center within the existing OCSD campus. Key goals include:

A. Ensuring continuous operational functionality during all phases of construction, including uninterrupted OCSD activities and 24/7 EOC emergency activation capability.

B. Expanding and modernizing the facility through new second-floor EOC space, renovated ground-floor areas, and critical infrastructure upgrades aligned with ESBSSA requirements.

C. Delivering a secure, technologically advanced environment that supports multi-agency emergency coordination, training, communication, and disaster response.

D. Providing additional parking capacity through a four to five-story, 425 to 520-stall parking structure designed to meet fleet requirements, circulation needs, and potential EV-readiness.

E. Enhancing site resiliency and redundancy, including backup systems, mechanical upgrades, and strategic phasing aligned with essential services operations.

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F. Complying with the County A&E Guide and all applicable codes.

G. Maintaining schedule and budget discipline, ensuring timely delivery of all scopes, and incorporating future CEQA mitigation measures when finalized.

3.5 SCOPE OF PROGRESSIVE D-BE'S WORK

The work to be performed by the selected Respondent will be specified in the Contract. By submitting a SOQ, the Respondent represents that it is qualified and capable to perform the requirements of the Project. The following is a brief overview of the services the Respondent will be required to perform if awarded the Progressive Design-Build contract:

A. Provide cost estimates per County of Orange requirements, review and confirm the initial budget, and provide continuous cost management to assure the design and construction costs remain within the budgeted cost estimate.

B. Commit to a GMP.

C. Validate, verify and refine detailed Project Program.

D. Verify the schedule is appropriate for the Project.

E. Confirm Project criteria are appropriate.

F. Develop the schematic design deliverables per the County of Orange requirements.

G. Develop the design development deliverables per the County of Orange requirements.

H. Develop the construction documents deliverables per the County of Orange requirements.

I. Provide design phase services per County of Orange guidelines and as necessary to construct the Project. Procure all agency review, peer review and local agency approvals, and obtain permits as required. At each phase comply with design review and approval process per the County of Orange requirements.

J. Provide construction planning, phasing, and scheduling, and execution during design and through construction completion and closeout service.

K. Develop and maintain a Project schedule that incorporates all tasks and approvals of all involved parties necessary to complete the Project within the contract durations.

L. Provide quality control and quality assurance.

M. Publicly advertise for trade subcontractors and prequalify trade contractors to comply with

County of Orange requirements.

N. Develop Trade Contractor Bid Packages and receive bids in the most logical, competitive, and seamless manner.

O. Pay prevailing wages and comply with prevailing wage laws.

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P. Manage and administer the Project construction phase to achieve construction completion within the contract time and budget and with high-quality workmanship.

4. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

The following information shall be included in your Response.

A. Identify Respondents full legal name, type of business entity, address, phone, e-mail address and website.

B. Identify the contact information of the person responsible for this SOQ (name, e-mail, phone number).

C. General Contractor: provide the address of the office that will manage this project. General

Contractor must possess a current CSLB ‘B’ license.

D. Lead Design Firm: identify design of record information, including full legal name, type of business entity, address, phone, fax and website.

E. General Contractor must hold an active B license issued by the California State

Contractor's License Board.

F. If the Respondent is a privately held corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or joint venture, a listing of all of the shareholders, partners, or members known at the time of SOQ submission who will perform work on the Project.

G. If the Respondent is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity, a copy of the organizational documents or agreement committing to form the organization.

H. Copies of the licenses, registration, and credentials required to design and construct the

Project, including, but not limited to, information on the revocation or suspension of any license, credential, registration, General Contractor California License, Registration for professional architects and engineers in the appropriate technical disciplines.

I. A notarized statement from an admitted surety insurer (approved by the California

Department of Insurance) and authorized to issue bonds in the State of California, which states that your current bonding capacity is at least $50,000,000 and the bonding company name, address and telephone number. (This information should be submitted on the Surety letterhead)

J. Provide information on any pending litigation, including court and case number, liens, or claims involving the Respondent, or any company the Respondent holds a controlling interest in, or any company that holds an interest in Respondent, or any of the principal officers of the Respondent’s firm in the past five (5) years.

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K. Provide an enforceable commitment to County that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of PCC 22185.3(b)(1). Public Contract Code 22185.3(b) will not allow

Respondent to be shortlisted unless this commitment is made.

5. SOQ SCORING

The County evaluation committee will score against the maximum number of points possible, as indicated herein. When describing experience, indicate if the experience is of the firm and/or the individuals proposed for the Project. If all information is not provided, the SOQ may not be considered. The County may, at its discretion, call the contacts provided or others as may become known for reference checks. SOQs should be organized with numbered tabs corresponding to the following questions. Provide concise and complete responses; non-requested information and lengthy responses are discouraged.

The County will review the SOQs and rate the responses against each evaluation factor. After all proposals are rated, the County will compare the ratings and relative advantages and disadvantages of proposals against each other in order to determine which Respondents are the most highly qualified under this RFQ.

PROGRESSIVE DESIGN-BUILD ENTITY INFORMATION

Identify Respondent’s full legal name, type of business entity, address, phone, e-mail address, and website. Provide a brief profile of Respondent including the year founded; form of the organization

(corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship); number of, size, and location(s) of office(s) and number of employees.

• Identify the contact information of the person responsible for this RFQ (name, e-mail, and phone number).

• General Contractor: provide the address of the office that will manage this project.

• Lead Design Firm: identify “Designer-in-Charge,” including full legal name, type of business entity, address, phone, and website.

• If the Respondent is a privately held corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or joint venture, provide a listing of all of the shareholders, partners, or members known at the time of SOQ submission who will perform work on the Project.

• If the Respondent is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, or other legal entity, provide a copy of the organizational documents or agreement committing to form the organization.

• Copies of the licenses, registration, and credentials required to design and construct the

Project, including, but not limited to, information on the revocation or suspension of any license, credential, registration, General Contractor California License, Registration for professional architects and engineers in the appropriate technical disciplines.

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• Provide information on any pending litigation, including court and case number, liens, or claims involving the Respondent, or any company the Respondent holds a controlling interest in, or any company that holds an interest in Respondent, or any of the principal officers of the Respondent’s firm in the past five (5) years.

• During the past five (5) years, was the Respondent required to pay penalties for failure to pay prevailing wages? If yes, please explain.

• An acceptable safety record. A respondent's safety record shall be deemed acceptable if its experience modification rate for the most recent three-year period is an average of

1.00 or less, and its average total recordable injury or illness rate and average lost work rate for the most recent three-year period does not exceed the applicable statistical standards for its business category or if the proposer is a party to an alternative dispute resolution system as provided for in Section 3201.5 of the Labor Code.

• During the past five (5) years, has the Respondent been assessed CAL-OSHA fines in the serious, repeat, or willful category? If yes, provide circumstances, number of instances, and the amount of fine(s).

SOQ’s that do not include the above minimum information may not be accepted and/or scored.

The County has final discretion on the classification and waiver of minor irregularities.

5.1 SOQ SCORING FORMAT

No. Evaluation Criteria Scoring Method Weight (Points)

1. Qualification and Related

Experience/Technical Expertise - General

Contractor

• Provide firm’s description, technical capabilities and type of services.

• Describe at least three projects in the past ten (10) years of similar type, size, cost (initial and actual), schedule

(initial and actual start and completion) and complexity, including design-build, that demonstrate qualifications. Ideally projects that are in the same region for a similar public client.

• Describe any special qualification(s) rendering firm’s capabilities to lead the design-build team for this Project.

Points Based 60 (10% of Total)

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2. Qualification and Related

Experience/Technical Expertise - Lead

Design Firm

• Provide firm’s description, technical capabilities and type of services.

• Describe at least three projects in the past ten (10) years of similar type, size, cost (initial and actual), schedule

(initial and actual start and completion), and complexity, including design-build, that demonstrate qualifications (highlight

Southern California projects).

• Describe any special qualification(s) rendering firm’s capabilities to partner on a design-build team for this Project.

Points Based 60 (10% of Total)

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3. Qualification and Related

Experience/Technical Expertise -

Respondent’s Project Specific Experience

• List and describe the experience of the primary team member(s) on similar emergency operation center projects including location, size, cost, and year of completion.

• Identify project team with expertise related to the above project type, including but not limited to:

o Geotechnical engineering, o Survey services, o Utility services, o Regulatory permit agency coordination and compliance, o Cost benefit analysis, o Construction sequence planning, o Constructability, o Project schedule, o Project report preparation, o Project risk and Construction risk assessment, o Public relations, o Project design seminar

(presentation of the 35% level design).

• Identify project team with expertise related to the above project type, including but not limited to:

o Structural analysis o Plans and specifications, o GMP proposal(s) / Engineer’s estimate(s), o Water quality management plan, o CEQA/Regulatory Permit compliance, o Construction Management Plan

Points Based 50 (8.3% of Total)

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• Identify project team with expertise related to the above project type, including but not limited to:

o Compliance with the

Department of Industrial

Relations, o Pre-construction survey, o Construction schedules, o CEQA/Regulatory

Permit/National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System compliance

4. Qualification and Related

Experience/Technical Expertise - Design-

Build Team Performance History

Prior experience of the General Contractor and

Lead Design Firm together as a team.

• Describe previous experience, if any, of members of the proposed design-build team (General Contractor and

Lead Design Team) working together on projects. A project/staff matrix may be included for visual clarity.

Points Based 50 (8.3% of Total)

5. Key Personnel/Proposed Staffing - General

Contractor

Names, titles and resumes of primary team who will be assigned to Project. Provide licenses & certifications, years of related experience in design-build or progressive design-build as the delivery method and length of time with firm. Respondent’s experience utilizing subcontractors.

Points Based 50 (8.3% of Total)

6. Key Personnel/Proposed Staffing - Lead

Design Firm

Names, titles and resumes of primary team who will be assigned to Project. Provide licenses & certifications, years of related experience

(Professional Engineer, Floodplain Manager, PMP etc.) and length of time with firm.

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7. Key Personnel/Proposed Staffing -

Progressive Design-Build Teaming

Arrangement/Organization

Provided:

• A visual organization chart that indicates how the Progressive Design-

Build Entity will be structured.

• Titles, names, and positions of all individuals listed.

If desired, Progressive Design-Build Team members may also be included in addition to the

Design-Build Entity if identified prior to submission of the SOQ. Additional team members could include engineers, designers, specialty equipment consultants, and/or other firms that the PDBE will be partnering with on the design and procurement of the project.

**NOTE: Subcontractors may not be proposed as part of the Progressive Design-

Build Team.

Points Based 50 (8.3% of Total)

8. Project Work Plan Approach and

Management - Management of Design Phase

Process

Progressive Design-build requires designing to a target budget and target date while still complying with all Project criteria, obtaining regulatory approvals, and building permits.

• Describe the team’s process for managing the design phase to meet

Project requirements while maintaining the budget and schedule.

• Describe experience with designing parallel project elements and ongoing design efforts during construction.

• Name the design phase Project manager and provide his/her resume.

Points Based 40 (6.7% of Total)

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9. Project Work Plan Approach and

Management - Construction Management

• Describe techniques General

Contractor has employed for specific projects to ensure that design services, construction workers, subcontractors, materials and labor are available to meet the design-build construction schedule. Describe specific project experience your team members may have had in commencing with earlier phases of construction while completion of the design was still underway for the total project.

• Provide past project examples/case studies of how project construction was managed to adhere to cost and schedule targets.

• Project Specific Requirements - This

Project will include construction on an urban site adjacent to existing buildings. Describe any project experience your team members have had with these construction conditions.

• Name the construction phase project manager and provide his/her resume

Points Based 40 (6.7% of Total)

10. Project Work Plan Approach and

Management - Proposed Schedule

Provide a schedule that is based on your firm’s delivery strategy. Assume 3 months for board approval between Notice of Apparent Successful

Proposer and Phase 1 Contract NTP and assume

3 months for board approval of the Phase 2 GMP which can be concurrent with other Phase 1 activities. Schedules will be scored based on logic, practicality of durations, thoughtful sequencing of trades, crews, & activities, and inclusion of activities that demonstrate understanding of the Progressive Design-Build delivery method and the County’s permitting and approval process.

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11. Project Work Plan Approach and

Management - Progressive Design-Build

Experience and Partnering

This is one of the pilot projects for the County using the Progressive Design-Build Delivery method. The County is looking for a team to partner with that has extensive experience in

Progressive Design-Build to ensure the initial implementation is successful, to be accommodating to evolution and development of the documents and processes utilized through the project, and to provide candid constructive feedback on improvements to the documents and processes to help develop the pilot documents into a more polished set of standard documents intended to be used for future projects.

• Provide information that demonstrates the PDBE’s deep understanding and experience leveraging the Progressive

Design-Build delivery method.

• Provide examples of how the PDBE will partner with the County to ensure the pilot documents enable successful project outcomes.

• Provide a statement of commitment to the County that the PDBE will participate in serving as an active partner in this initiative and that the

PDBE will not take advantage of pilot circumstances by attempting to exploit any “loopholes” or inconsistencies in the documents to justify financial compensation or delays. Any material clarifications on the delivery documents shall be requested in writing during the shortlist Q&A phase.

Points Based 50 (8.3% of Total)

12. Project Work Plan Approach and

Management…