Jail Addition Architecture RFQ (Phase I)

Bulloch County, Georgia is conducting a two-phase procurement for architectural design professional services for a new jail addition project. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeks Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) from architectural firms to design a comprehensive jail expansion at a 50-acre site in Statesboro. The project involves creating 524 new jail beds across multiple security classifications, including a 288-bed male general population housing building, a 160-bed correctional institution building, and a 128-bed female housing unit. Evaluation criteria will focus on firm stability (25%), relevant project experience and qualifications (45%), and apparent project suitability (30%), with considerations for past performance, workload capacity, and office proximity. Key procurement dates include a question submission deadline of December 1, 2025, at 2:00 PM EST, with County responses issued by December 3, 2025, at 5:00 PM EST. The SOQ submission deadline is December 19, 2025, at 3:00 PM EST, with firms required to submit one original and five copies of their response package, not exceeding 50 pages.

The procurement requires the selected Design Professional to be an individual firm performing at least 75 percent of architectural design services in-house, with associated firms permitted to provide up to 25 percent of services. The project demonstrates a commitment to inclusion, with consideration given to minority-owned and woman-owned business enterprises. The Design Professional must maintain professional liability insurance of not less than $5,000,000 per occurrence and commercial general liability of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence, with Bulloch County named as an additional insured. The total project cost is estimated at approximately $167.4 million, broken into three construction phases with individual phase costs of $61.58 million, $39.46 million, and $66.37 million. The project will utilize a Construction Manager at Risk (CM/GC) delivery method, with design anticipated to commence in April 2026 and construction documents to be completed by December 2026. Mandatory submittals include notarized Non-Collusion Affidavits, Respondent's Declarations, Contractor E-Verify Affidavits, and Subcontractor Affidavits in compliance with Georgia law.