A&E Services, USD Wellness Center Expansion

The State of South Dakota, specifically the Office of the State Engineer, is seeking professional Geotechnical Construction Testing services for the USD Wellness Center Expansion project located in Vermillion, Clay County. The procurement is a Request for Statement of Interest (SOI) targeting firms capable of providing comprehensive construction testing services, including earthwork observations, concrete testing, rebar observations, weld inspections, and other miscellaneous testing requirements. The project involves constructing an approximately 45,000 square foot addition to the University of South Dakota's Wellness Center, with a targeted Green Globes Two-Globe rating and construction anticipated from Spring 2023 to Summer 2024. Statements of Interest must be submitted by 4:00 PM CT on April 6, 2023, and should comprehensively outline the firm's qualifications, experience, resources, past performance, availability, familiarity with the project locale, proposed management techniques, and ability to handle project constraints. The state will evaluate submissions based on the qualifications and capabilities demonstrated in the SOI documents, with a focus on technical expertise and project understanding.

The procurement has specific ownership and citizenship requirements, mandating that the selected firm must have American ownership and all project employees must provide documentation of American citizenship. Firms are required to submit their cost proposal in a separate sealed envelope, with only the cost proposal of the selected firm being opened, and unopened proposals from unselected firms being destroyed. While no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are explicitly mentioned, the procurement appears to be open to qualified geotechnical testing firms meeting the stated criteria. No incumbent vendors or existing infrastructure integration requirements are noted in the available documentation. Though a specific budget range is not disclosed, the project's scale (45,000 square foot expansion) and comprehensive testing requirements suggest a significant professional services contract value for the selected geotechnical testing firm.