EXT MOH | Various Design and Eng. Subconsultants

LMSa is requesting proposals from design and engineering subconsultants for the 249 Pennsylvania Avenue affordable housing project in San Francisco, with proposals due August 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM PST. A mandatory 25% Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation goal applies to professional services subcontracting; SBE certification under San Francisco's program, state DBE program, or federal DBE program is required.

The project is a joint development by Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and Young Community Developers, with LMSa and Suffolk Construction as design-builders. The scope encompasses a 127-unit affordable multifamily residential building at Pennsylvania Avenue and Mariposa Street, designed as a nine-story mid-rise structure utilizing State Density Bonus provisions within Urban Mixed Use zoning. The project is located on an already-excavated site adjacent to I-280 and a Caltrans right-of-way.

LMSa solicits proposals for ten discipline areas, each to be awarded separately: Lighting Design, OSHA/OPOS Exterior Building Maintenance Design, Trash Management Design, Waterproofing Consulting, Greenpoints/Sustainability/Energy Modeling/T24 Compliance, Corrosion/Cathodic Protection Design, Methane/Vapor Mitigation Design, Building Code Consulting, Specifications Writing, and Signage/Graphics Design. Civil Engineering, Joint Trench Design, Landscape Architecture, Structural Engineering, and Acoustical Engineering have already been procured and are excluded. The contract period extends from September 2026 through June 2029 project completion.

Evaluation criteria by point allocation: firm experience with comparable 100+-unit projects (20 points), project approach (15 points), proposed personnel experience (20 points), design-build experience (10 points), San Francisco permitting familiarity (10 points), project capacity (10 points), competitive fee and terms (15 points), and SBE goal contribution (15 points). Insurance compliance is pass/fail. Minimum Professional Liability coverage is $2 million per claim / $4 million aggregate; Commercial General Liability is $1 million per occurrence / $2 million aggregate. Project funding is through the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development. Contact Ian Ashcraft-Williams at 415-495-1700 x309 or iashcraft-williams@lmsarch.com.