RFQ for Owner Advisor Consultant for the Pierce County 2002 Jail Renovation and Juvenile Justice Center Projects.

Pierce County Facilities Management Department (County) is soliciting Statement of Qualifications from experienced firms or teams to provide Owner Advisor (OA) and Construction Administration (CA) services to Pierce County on yet-to-be designed Renovation of the 2002 Jail and new Justice Center. This includes but is not limited to initially consulting on alternative delivery and later construction administration services dependent upon County’s need for execution of the following two projects. Project 1: Pierce County 2002 Jail Renovation located at 701 Nollmeyer Lane, Tacoma, WA 98402 Tacoma, Washington. Project 2: Reimagining Juvenile Justice, a new Juvenile Justice and Detention Center located in Tacoma Washington on the site of the current Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center, 5501 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406 The selected firm/team for the Owner Advisor (OA) / Construction Administration (CA) contract will bring deep expertise and strength in Washington State’s Alternative Design Process/ Project Delivery processes to guide the County from pre-design through project closeout. The County seeks a partner with experience in advising public agencies in recommendations of preparation, training, processes, next steps throughout the project, and experience in construction administration and third party scope, schedule, and cost reviews on large capital project of similar size and nature as indicated above. Pierce County will separately be soliciting for qualified Architect/Engineer firm/teams to conduct a pre-design phase for each project, and dependent upon final procurement recommendation, this separate contract may continue on through other phases of design and project execution. At the end of pre-design, the Owner Advisor will make a recommendation to the County regarding the project delivery method for achieving the County’s project implementation goals. The Owner Advisor should be capable of identifying the pros and cons of each method to determine the best overall value in scope, schedule and budget. If Alternate Delivery is selected by the Owner, the Owner Advisor from this RFQ will be listed on the Project Review Committee (PRC) application as the Owner Advisor for the County for the duration of the alternate delivery for said project(s) per RCW 39.10.280 (C). The Owner Advisor and any subconsultants shall not be part of an alternative delivery A/E or design-build team. Alternative delivery options include, but are not limited to the following: • Design Bid Build (DBB) • Design Build (DB) • Progressive Design Build (PDB) • General Contractor/Construction Management (GC/CM)