AE RFQ 2027-017M26 Modernize SOB RR

The Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration is requesting qualifications for architectural and engineering services to modernize restrooms at the State Office Building (SOB), 1525 Sherman Street, Denver, with qualifications due July 27, 2026, and a mandatory pre-submittal conference and site tour on July 13, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. MT.

The project scope encompasses comprehensive renovation of restroom facilities across all five floors of this historically designated building to achieve accessibility code compliance, update fixtures and finishes, and incorporate gender-neutral restroom options as required by state legislation. The estimated project cost is $2.5 million. Colorado labor must comprise at least 80 percent of the workforce. The project is subject to Colorado's Buy Clean Colorado Act, which mandates Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for eligible materials within specified global warming potential limits.

Minimum qualifications require respondents to demonstrate a history of at least two projects exceeding $1 million in hard costs of similar scope and complexity, continuous operation under the same name for two years, and no prior termination by the State for non-performance. The State will use a Design/Bid/Build delivery approach and execute the standard State Architect/Engineer Agreement (SC-5.1), with compensation allocated across pre-design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding, and contract administration phases; reimbursable expenses are capped at a maximum to be negotiated.

Evaluation involves a two-step selection methodology: initial qualification submittal scoring followed by mandatory oral interviews for the three to five highest-ranked firms, anticipated for August 2026. Short-listed firms will be announced July 31, 2026. Design work is anticipated to commence in September 2026, with construction scheduled from February 2027 through July 2027.