Request for Statement of Qualifications Storey County Sheriff's Office McCarran Substation P5-16

INTRODUCTION and OWNER INFORMATION

Storey County is seeking Statements of Qualifications from design firms or teams for a design-bid-build project in Storey County.   The objective of the request is to select a highly qualified team of full-service Architectural design expertise capable of producing documents and services for design, bidding and construction in accordance with public safety infrastructure standards.

The “Scope of Work” will be proposed by the selected consultant team for review and consideration by Storey County during the negotiation process.  The final “Scope of Work” will be collaboratively developed and agreed upon by the selected Consultant and Storey County but at a minimum will include planning, design, drawing, detailing, bidding support, and construction support for a tenant improvement of a sheriff’s office substation in the TRI Government Center in McCarran, Nevada.

Project Owner:            Storey County

Funding Agency:         This project is partially funded by the USDA-RD.

Project Location:         1705 Peru Drive, McCarran NV 89437

Storey County will be accepting Statements of Qualifications for the above referenced project “McCarran S.O. Substation”, from consultants interested in providing Architectural Consultant services for the tenant improvement of a portion of the Storey County TRI Government Building at 1705 Peru Drive, McCarran NV for use as a sheriff’s office substation.

OVERVIEW OF PROJECT

The purpose of this project is to build out a tenant space at the facility to provide amenities and spaces to serve a growing law enforcement presence in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

The project proposes to provide reception, offices, squad room, evidence room, interview room, open work area and holding cells within a 3,800 sq.ft. tenant space.

The project estimated budget is approximately $850,000.  Selected firm will advise and work within the budgeted amount.

PROCUREMENT PROCESS

The Procurement will be in accordance with CFR Title 7, Subtitle B, Chapter XVIII, Subchapter H, Part 1942, Subpart A, Sec 1942.18 and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, and Owner policies and procedures.

Consultants who assisted the Owner in the RFQ preparations may not propose or participate in this Request.  Owner specifically waives this prohibition if the following apply:

1. The role of the Consultant was limited to provision of preliminary design, reports, or similar “low-level’ documents that will be incorporated into the Procurement and did not include assistance in development of instructions to Respondents or evaluation criteria, and;
2. All documents and reports delivered to Owner by the Consultant are made available to all Respondents.

Respondents are required to conduct the preparation of their SOQs with professional integrity and free of lobbying activities.   Communication with the Owner regarding this Request shall be via email or regular mail and directed to the following Owner’s Representative:  Mike Northan, For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. P.O. Box 435, Virginia City NV 89440.   Do not communicate about the Request or the Procurement with any other Owner employees, representatives, or consultants.  Such communication may result in the Respondent to be disqualified from submitting under this Request.  Any verified allegation that a Respondent (or agent thereof) has made such contact or attempted to influence the evaluation, ranking, and/or selection of short-listed Respondents may be cause for Owner to disqualify the Respondent from submitting an SOQ and/or to discontinue any further consideration of such Respondent.

All costs associated with responses to this Request shall be the sole responsibility of the Respondents.

All documents or materials submitted pursuant to this Request shall become publicly available information unless specifically indicated by Respondent at the time of submittal as “Confidential”.

PROCEDURE

The date of publication of this Request for Qualifications is August 1, 2025.  Statements must be received by no later than August 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM local time.  Statements received after this date and time will not be accepted and will be returned to the sender.  Statements must be clearly marked on the outside of a sealed envelope or in the subject line if submitted by email.  Storey County reserves the right to reject any Statement or to accept the Statement which is deemed to be in the best interest of the County.  An Evaluation Committee will evaluate submitted statements, along with the firm’s qualifications and experience with similar projects and select not more than two firms for further evaluation and possible solicitation of additional information.  The Committee will then select a successful firm and will invite the selected firm to enter into negotiations with Storey County to develop a detailed technical and business proposal plan with specified not-to-exceed costs.

Submitting firms will demonstrate the ability to fulfill the following tasks or provide the following deliverables.

1. Programmatic approach to design with stakeholder input.
2. Review and evaluation of existing preliminary architectural plans, provide specific critiques with alternative solutions (if any).
3. Collection and assimilation of requirements from stakeholders and relevant agencies with jurisdiction.
4. Demonstrate familiarity with design conventions for law enforcement and detention facilities.
5. Demonstrate experience with design in historic districts and compliance with Nevada State Historical Preservation Office.
6. Provide three (3) examples of similar projects to include new construction and expansion or renovation of existing facilities.
7. Demonstrate ability to deliver biddable construction documents to include drawings and specifications.
8. Demonstrate experience in and ability to provide support during construction including RFIs, submittal review, periodic inspection, punch list and closeout.
9. Provide any experience with federally funded projects and an understanding of compliance with federal funding agencies’ reporting and contractual requirements.
10. Provide specific examples of cost saving measures that resulted in significant savings to the project budget.
11. Provide brief resumes of key personnel and their general availability for a project of this nature.

Submittals shall be limited to 15 print pages not including the cover.

All interested parties must be qualified to submit Statements and Proposals in accordance with Nevada Revised Statutes.

All hard copy submittals should be sent to:

‘Storey County McCarran SO Substation RFQ’

Storey County Capital Projects

Mike Northan, Project Manager

P.O. Box 435

26 South B Street

Virginia City NV 89440

All electronic submittals should be sent to:

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Subject Line: ‘McCarran S.O. Substation”

Mike Northan

Operations and Projects Coordinator

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775 230 4255

Publication date: August 1, 2025