Anderson Pool Design

The City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is issuing a Request for Proposals for a multidisciplinary consultant team to provide professional planning, public engagement, design, and construction documentation services for the replacement of the outdoor community pool at Anderson Park (4355 Field Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033). The scope encompasses all pool-specific infrastructure, expansion of staff offices and storage space, and analysis and design recommendations for post-2019 renovation issues affecting the adjacent Anderson Building's water supply, sewer lines, electrical systems, heating, and air conditioning. Deliverables include a structured nine-phase design process consisting of project initiation, existing conditions assessment, concept development, community engagement rounds, preliminary design options, schematic design (30%), design development (60%), construction document development (90%), and final construction documents suitable for bidding and construction. Qualified consultants must demonstrate project understanding and approach, provide a detailed work plan and methodology, develop a comprehensive public engagement strategy, present a project schedule, clearly define consultant team organization and roles, document relevant project experience, and submit a fee proposal with references. The RFP was issued April 2, 2026, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal conference on April 9, 2026, a question acceptance deadline of April 14, 2026, and proposals due by April 30, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Evaluation will follow a best value procurement model, scoring proposals on project understanding and approach (20%), relevant experience (20%), project team qualifications (15%), public engagement strategy (15%), project schedule and management (10%), and fee proposal (20%). The anticipated contract start date is June 1, 2026, with a projected design timeline of approximately 14 to 16 months.

There are no identified set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises in this procurement; however, the City requires compliance with the Keep Jobs in Colorado Act, which mandates 80% Colorado labor. The City of Wheat Ridge is exempt from sales and use taxes under certificate 98-03515, and all contract products become the sole property of the City. Responding consultants must maintain professional liability and errors and omissions insurance of $1,000,000 per claim and $1,000,000 aggregate, as well as commercial general liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate. The RFP documents reference a sample agreement and billing form as informational guidance, establishing that pricing must be firm for one year following acceptance and exclude applicable taxes, with invoices submitted monthly and payable within thirty days via Electronic Funds Transfer. Price escalation requests are limited to one adjustment per contract term and cannot exceed ten percent without rebidding. Although a specific budget or award value is not explicitly stated in the procurement documents, consultants are encouraged to provide optional pricing for ongoing or as-needed design services beyond the initial project award, with funding contingent upon City Council appropriations and no guarantee of approval beyond January 1 of the succeeding year.