Design Services for Fire Station and Fire Administration Building

Denton County, Texas, is seeking professional architectural design services for a new Fire Station and Fire Administration Building located on approximately 2.83 acres at Parcel #122594 George Owens Drive in Ponder, Texas. The Request for Supplier Qualifications (RFSQ) solicits a qualified architectural firm to provide comprehensive design services spanning all project phases, including programming, conceptual designs, schematic designs, design development, construction documents, and construction administration through project close-out. Respondents will be evaluated using a 100-point scoring system, with 40 points allocated to Firm Qualifications and 60 points to Technical Qualifications. Key project dates include a pre-submission conference on December 8, 2025, at 2:30 P.M., a deadline for submitting questions on December 11, 2025, at 2:00 P.M., and a submission deadline on December 18, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. Submissions must be made electronically through the Denton County Bonfire Hub portal, with materials organized into two required tabs: Firm Qualifications and Technical Qualifications, each submitted as PDF files.

The county encourages participation from Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) and will make good faith efforts to award contracts to qualified small, minority, and women-owned business enterprises. Respondents must comply with multiple state statutory requirements, including disclosure of interested parties, conflicts of interest, compliance with Iran and Sudan sanctions provisions, firearm non-discrimination certification, and Israel boycott verification. While no specific award value or budget range is explicitly stated in the documents, the solicitation indicates that pricing should not be submitted with the qualification statements. The contract term will extend from execution until project completion, with the final selection to be made by the Denton County Commissioners Court following negotiations conducted in accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter 2254. The selected architectural firm will be required to maintain comprehensive insurance, including Errors and Omissions Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per claim and $1,000,000 annual aggregate, and will be responsible for various project deliverables including schematic design alternatives, preliminary design plans, construction documents, and transition and occupancy services.