RFQ_2025-11_Notice_of_Intent_to_Award.pdf

This document is a Notice of Intent to Award issued by Valencia College in Florida for RFQ 2025-11, Architectural Services for a Nursing Simulation Lab Design. The college completed Phase II interviews and ranked five architectural firms, with HuntonBrady Architects emerging as the top-ranked firm. Valencia College intends to award the contract to HuntonBrady Architects and will enter into price negotiations in accordance with Florida Statute 287.055. The project involves designing a comprehensive 16,000 square foot nursing simulation laboratory within the Health Sciences Building at Valencia College's West Campus in Orlando, which will include a ten-bed simulation classroom, anatomage classroom, lecture classroom, ICU simulation rooms, control rooms, immersive learning rooms, and administrative spaces.

The ranked architectural firms include HuntonBrady Architects, Little, The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Harvard Jolly, Inc., and Baker Barrios Architects. The notice provides a link to Valencia College's protest procedures and stipulates that failure to file a protest within the prescribed time will constitute a waiver of proceedings. While specific contract value details are not provided in this document, the notice indicates that the selection process has progressed to the point of intent to award, with the top-ranked firm selected for subsequent price negotiations. The procurement appears designed to select a qualified architectural firm capable of delivering a sophisticated healthcare education facility design through a competitive and structured evaluation process.