GIT_J-458-DP Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology, under the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, is requesting qualifications for design professional services on Project No. J-458-DP, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering in Atlanta, Georgia, with qualifications packages due July 7, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The owner encourages participation by minority-owned, woman-owned, and small business enterprises and reserves reciprocal preference for Georgia resident proposers.

The scope encompasses comprehensive architectural and engineering design services for a new 200,000-square-foot aerospace engineering facility. The building will include state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, collaborative research spaces, a multistory drop tower, high-bay spaces for wind tunnels and flight laboratories, flight simulation environments, clean rooms, and mission control facilities. The design professional must be an individual firm or two firms in partnership performing a minimum of 50% of architectural design services in-house. Services are anticipated to commence in September 2026 with material completion targeted for March 2030. The selected firm must comply with Georgia construction and procurement standards, Board of Regents procedures, Georgia Tech design guidelines, and sustainability requirements including Georgia Peach certification and commissioning.

The estimated design professional base fee is approximately $9 million and shall include basic design and construction administration services. The preliminary stated cost limitation for the construction project is approximately $163.7 million. The project will utilize Construction Manager at Risk delivery with a commissioning agent.

The selection process is two-step: Step I evaluates statements of qualifications on firm stability (25%), relevant project experience and previous performance (45%), and apparent suitability for the project (30%). Mandatory pre-proposal site visits for finalist firms are scheduled for July 21, 2026. Step II involves fee proposal submission and finalist interviews on July 30, 2026, with evaluation criteria of design team qualifications and experience (50%), design plan and methodology (25%), and team communications and project solutions (25%). Fee proposals are due July 29, 2026. Qualifications packages are limited to 50 pages and must be submitted electronically in PDF format.