Request for Qualifications: On-Call Specific Consultant Disciplines

The County of Sacramento Department of General Services is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to establish a pre-qualified list of specialty consulting firms for on-call projects across four specific discipline areas: Environmental Special Services, Environmental Assessment and Oversight Services, Special Inspection Services, and Geotechnical Engineering. These consultants will provide support on various County-owned and operated facilities including jails, youth detention facilities, courthouses, administration buildings, libraries, medical facilities, and parks and recreation facilities as identified in the DGS Capital Improvements Plan. Required qualifications include location within a 75-mile radius of the Architectural Services Division office, a minimum of five full-time employees, a SAM.gov Unique Entity ID, and a valid California professional license in the applicable discipline. Deliverables encompass project management, coordination, design, preparation of drawings and specifications, cost estimates, studies, reports, quality assurance and quality control plans, monthly progress reports, design documents at multiple phases (50%, 95%, and 100%), construction administration support, and as-built record drawings utilizing Autodesk applications (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Revit). The evaluation will be conducted by a County staff panel using the following weighted criteria: office location (10 points), years of professional practice (10 points), staff qualifications (20 points), public-sector experience in California (20 points), references from the past five years (20 points), and hourly billing rates (pass/fail). Statements of Qualifications must not exceed twelve pages using 12-point font and shall include a cover letter, firm profile, staff resumes and qualifications, California public-sector project experience, and minimum three references, with hourly billing rates submitted separately. Questions are due by March 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., and completed Statements of Qualifications must be submitted electronically through the OpenGov Procurement portal by April 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The resulting three-year on-call agreements will be used for projects with estimated consultant fees under $250,000.

There are no specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organizational types identified in the procurement documents. The solicitation does not identify any incumbent vendors or current contractors, nor does it specify any existing infrastructure or technology requirements beyond the mandatory use of Autodesk applications (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Revit) for CAD standards compliance and SpecLink Cloud format for specifications. The County reserves the right to award multiple contracts, reject any or all responses, and waive irregularities at its sole discretion. No guaranteed work is implied or promised to pre-qualified consultants, and all contracts must receive approval from the County Board of Supervisors before becoming effective. Specific budget or award values are not disclosed in the solicitation materials; instead, compensation will be provided on a time and expenses basis at hourly rates established in each consultant's cost proposal, with rates including direct salary costs, employee benefits, overhead, and fee. Billing rates must remain valid for the three-year contract term unless prevailing wage requirements change, and funding sources may include the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and Federal Highway Administration depending on individual project assignments.