FDC-500-825

RETENTION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONAL FIRMS PROJECT REFERENCE NO. FDC-500-825 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (“Department” or “DCNR”), is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) from interested and qualified design professional firms (“Consultant” or “Offeror”) for an Open-End Contract or Contracts for various architectural, landscape architectural, and engineering design services. The contract or contracts will be for a 12-month period with four 12-month extensions possible. Projects will be assigned on an as-needed basis to ensure proper and safe operations of the Department’s infrastructure and facilities. The contract or contracts will be managed by the Department’s Bureau of Facility Design and Construction (“Bureau”). The number of Open-End Contracts and the dollar amount of each contract will be at the discretion of the Department for the first year. The extent of the work for the subsequent four years of the contract will be dependent on the availability of additional funds and additional projects for those years, also at the discretion of the Department. Proposals will only be accepted from individuals, firms, or corporations duly authorized to engage in the practice of architecture and/or engineering. If an individual, firm, or corporation not authorized to engage in the practice of architecture and/or engineering desires to submit a proposal said individual, firm, or corporation may do so as part of a joint venture with an individual, firm or corporation which is permitted under state law to engage in the practice of architecture and/or engineering in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The design professional firm may be an architectural/engineering firm, an engineering/architectural firm, an architectural firm with landscape architectural and engineering sub-consultants, or an engineering firm with architectural and landscape architectural sub-consultants.