OSU-CASCADES (OSU-C) PHASE 3 REMEDIATION DESIGN-BUILD (D-B) SERVICES
| Location: | Oregon |
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| Posted: | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Due: | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Agency: | Oregon State University |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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Description
Oregon State University (“OSU” and/or “Owner”) is conducting a competitive TWO-STEP Request for Proposal (RFP) process to o retain one (1) Civil Construction Design Build (“DB”) team for the OSU Cascades Remediation Phase 3 (the “Project” or "Phase 3”).
The terms “Design-Build Contractor” and “Design-Build” team may be used interchangeably and are generally defined as the proposing firm with whom OSU may contract with to provide professional design, management and construction services to design, remediate and construct the Project.
All firms that are submitting a response to this RFP must submit a single response. OSU will only enter into an Agreement with ONE (1) firm.
OSU is seeking Proposals from General Contractors only with the selected Design-Builder conducting a qualifications-based selection of a Design Professional as part of its initial Preliminary Services. The OSU Project Manager will be required to be the sole OSU representative in that procurement process as an advisory member to the selection committee. The Design-Builder will facilitate the procurement process of a Design Professional in accordance with the Design-Build Agreement. It is anticipated that this procurement process along with site-investigation and a collaboration meeting with OSU-Cascades and their environmental consultant team will comprise the bulk of the initial Preliminary Services Sum as defined in the Design-Build Agreement. This Preliminary Services Sum proposal will be requested of the short-listed firms and help to inform the scoring and selection in the second step with further information being provided following the short-listing.
OSU WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING SEALED RESPONSES ELECTRONICALLY - Responses are to be submitted to bids@oregonstate.edu by the Due Date/Time.
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCES & SITE VISIT- A Mandatory informational meeting will be held on January 27, 2026, at 10:30 AM PT on campus (1500 SW Chandler Ave – Bend, OR) in the Ray Hall 202 Boardroom followed by a site visit.
All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to constructioncontracts@oregonstate.edu by the Question Deadline in order to be addressed. The email subject line should contain the Solicitation Number/Name and Firm Name.
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The terms “Design-Build Contractor” and “Design-Build” team may be used interchangeably and are generally defined as the proposing firm with whom OSU may contract with to provide professional design, management and construction services to design, remediate and construct the Project.
All firms that are submitting a response to this RFP must submit a single response. OSU will only enter into an Agreement with ONE (1) firm.
OSU is seeking Proposals from General Contractors only with the selected Design-Builder conducting a qualifications-based selection of a Design Professional as part of its initial Preliminary Services. The OSU Project Manager will be required to be the sole OSU representative in that procurement process as an advisory member to the selection committee. The Design-Builder will facilitate the procurement process of a Design Professional in accordance with the Design-Build Agreement. It is anticipated that this procurement process along with site-investigation and a collaboration meeting with OSU-Cascades and their environmental consultant team will comprise the bulk of the initial Preliminary Services Sum as defined in the Design-Build Agreement. This Preliminary Services Sum proposal will be requested of the short-listed firms and help to inform the scoring and selection in the second step with further information being provided following the short-listing.
OSU WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING SEALED RESPONSES ELECTRONICALLY - Responses are to be submitted to bids@oregonstate.edu by the Due Date/Time.
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCES & SITE VISIT- A Mandatory informational meeting will be held on January 27, 2026, at 10:30 AM PT on campus (1500 SW Chandler Ave – Bend, OR) in the Ray Hall 202 Boardroom followed by a site visit.
All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to constructioncontracts@oregonstate.edu by the Question Deadline in order to be addressed. The email subject line should contain the Solicitation Number/Name and Firm Name.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #2026-020512
OSU-CASCADES (OSU-C) PHASE 3 REMEDIATION DESIGN-
BUILD (D-B) SERVICES
ISSUE DATE: January 21, 2026
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE & SITE
VISIT:
January 27, 2026, at 10:30 AM Pacific Time (PT) at
OSU Cascades Ray Hall 202 Boardroom
RFP DUE DATE/TIME:
February 12, 2026, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (PT) via
electronic submission to bids@oregonstate.edu
QUESTION DEADLINE: February 3, 2026, at 12:00 PM Pacific Time (PT)
PROJECT NUMBER: 2563-25B
APPEALS:
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR:
Hanna Emerson, Assistant Vice President & Chief
Matt Hausman, Construction Contracts Officer
Procurement Officer
Construction Contracts Administration
Office of Procurement, Payment & Travel
Oregon State University
Oregon State University
644 SW 13th Street
644 SW 13th Street
Corvallis, OR 97333
Corvallis, OR 97333
Email: constructioncontracts@oregonstate.edu
Email: hanna.emerson@oregonstate.edu
It is the Offeror’s responsibility to continue to monitor the OSU Business and Bid Opportunities website for
Addenda. Failure to acknowledge any Addenda in the Transmittal Letter may cause your Proposal to be
considered non-responsive.
OSU standards and policies govern this solicitation (Procurement Thresholds and Methods, Procurement
Solicitations and Contracts) unless otherwise referenced or stated.
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Due Date/Time: 2/12/2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Oregon State University (“OSU” and/or “Owner”) is conducting a competitive TWO-STEP
Request for Proposal (RFP) process to o retain one (1) Civil Construction Design Build (“DB”) team for
the OSU Cascades Remediation Phase 3 (the “Project” or "Phase 3”).
The terms “Design-Build Contractor” and “Design-Build” team may be used interchangeably and are
generally defined as the proposing firm with whom OSU may contract with to provide professional
design, management and construction services to design, remediate and construct the Project.
All firms that are submitting a response to this RFP must submit a single response. OSU will only
enter into an Agreement with ONE (1) firm.
OSU is seeking Proposals from General Contractors only with the selected Design-Builder
conducting a qualifications-based selection of a Design Professional as part of its initial Preliminary
Services. The OSU Project Manager will be required to be the sole OSU representative in that
procurement process as an advisory member to the selection committee. The Design-Builder will
facilitate the procurement process of a Design Professional in accordance with the Design-Build
Agreement. It is anticipated that this procurement process along with site-investigation and a
collaboration meeting with OSU-Cascades and their environmental consultant team will comprise
the bulk of the initial Preliminary Services Sum as defined in the Design-Build Agreement. This
Preliminary Services Sum proposal will be requested of the short-listed firms and help to inform
the scoring and selection in the second step with further information being provided following the
short-listing.
OSU WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING SEALED RESPONSES ELECTRONICALLY - Responses are to be
submitted to bids@oregonstate.edu by the Due Date/Time.
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCES & SITE VISIT- A Mandatory informational meeting will
be held on January 27, 2026, at 10:30 AM PT on campus (1500 SW Chandler Ave – Bend, OR) in the
Ray Hall 202 Boardroom followed by a site visit.
All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to constructioncontracts@oregonstate.edu by the
Question Deadline in order to be addressed. The email subject line should contain the Solicitation
Number/Name and Firm Name.
1.2 Background. Founded in 1868 as Oregon’s land grant institution, OSU serves the state, the
nation and the world as a premier 21st-century research university. OSU is committed to exceptional
research, discovery, innovation and engagement — and to integrating its research and engagement
mission with the delivery of a high-quality, globally relevant and affordable education for the people
of Oregon and beyond. OSU is one of only four land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
and is the only university in Oregon to have earned both Carnegie Classifications for Very High
Research Activity and Community Engagement. In 2013, the Oregon Legislature allocated the first
phase of capital to build an OSU campus in Bend, offering a range of undergraduate and graduate
degrees.
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Oregon State University - Cascades in Bend, Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of
the Wasq'u (Wasco) and Tana'nma (Warm Springs) people who legally retain customary hunting,
fishing and gathering rights to the region, and who have been stewards of this land since time
immemorial. Numu (Paiute) peoples were forcibly relocated to this region from the area of Lake,
Harney, and Malheur counties in Oregon. Today, the living descendants of these people are a part of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. It is OSU-Cascades' intent and responsibility to work with
tribes to recognize Indigenous rights in the region. Indigenous people are valued, contributing
members of the Oregon State community and represent multiple sovereign tribes among students,
faculty, staff and alumni.
Oregon State University accepts its responsibility for understanding the continuing impact of that
history on these communities. Oregon State is committed — in the spirit of self-reflection, learning,
reconciliation, and partnership — to ensure that this institution of higher learning will be of enduring
benefit, not only to the state of Oregon, but also to the people on whose ancestral lands it is now
located.
The first OSU-Cascades (“OSU-C”) building opened in fall 2016 on a 10-acre site adjacent to a former
pumice mine (now owned by the university) and a former construction demolition landfill. Through
long range development planning (“LRDP”) and master planning processes over the next few years
that followed, the university had evaluated both the pumice mine and landfill for future campus
development and expansion to accommodate up to 5,000 students. In April 2018, after significant
planning and remediation/redevelopment investigations, OSU acquired the former Deschutes County
Demolition Landfill, a brownfield site, for remediation and redevelopment for future use as the
university campus.
The LRDP process included a commitment to sustainably developing a triple Net-Zero campus. Triple
Net-Zero means the campus will balance energy use, water consumption, and waste generation with
energy generation, water reuse, and material recycling. The LRDP net zero energy plan has been
further developed into an energy master plan for the campus allowing each future capital project to
leverage the energy study recommendations and design guidelines that will incrementally move the
campus along the net zero energy path. The net zero water goal has been further studied, and a
subsequent water master plan has been developed as well.
In 2018, the university began the first work to reclaim the pumice mine and remediate the first
section of landfill. Over the course of 18 months over 500,000 cubic yards of waste and native earth
were moved to fill in the pumice mine and remove waste from the landfill area transforming a once
blighted landscape into a college campus with parking, trails, and walk paths. In 2019 OSU started
construction on Edward J. Ray Hall (“Ray Hall”), a 50,000 SF net-zero energy ready prototypical mass
timber academic building supported by a new open loop geo-exchange. In 2025, OSU completed the
Student Success Center, a 17,500 SF Net-zero energy ready mass timber student services and
engagement focused building and opened the District Utility Plant 2 (DUP2), the beginning of the
campus’ 4th generation district energy system. Additionally, OSU completed the Innovation District
Phase 1 remediation and infrastructure project which now includes 11 acres of developable land for
the first 5 Innovation District Buildings and new roads, utilities, stormwater facilities and pathways.
OSU-C is now ready to move forward with the third phase of remediation, redevelopment, and civil
construction that will open up the middle of campus. OSU-C’s concept for this work involves
minimizing offsite haul of waste and import of material by reusing the soil that can be harvested
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from the waste. Additionally, OSU-C will harvest native soil from the site and use a common fill as the
bottom of the landfill is brought back up to elevation.
The area in which this next phase of remediation and redevelopment will occur contains landfill
waste. The area is owned by OSU but is “operated” as a closed landfill by Deschutes County Solid
Waste under a solid waste disposal permit issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ). That permit authorizes OSU to redevelop the area consistent with and pursuant to a
separate agreement with DEQ contained in the 2018 Consent Judgement Prospective Purchaser
Agreement (Exhibit 2) that OSU negotiated with DEQ. The Consent Judgement outlines the general
requirements for remediation as approved by the DEQ. The pumice mine has been reclaimed
pursuant to DOGAMI requirements but the operating permit for the pumice mine is still in place.
Finishing the work in the bottom of the pumice mine by bringing up the elevation is one key goal `of
this project.
1.3 Location. The Project will be located on the OSU-C campus at 1500 SW Chandler Ave, Bend,
Oregon 97702.
1.4 Summary of Work. Although, the services within this contract will include but are not
limited to civil design, survey, contamination abatement, pyrolysis specialist (as needed),
geotechnical design/observation (contracted under the General Contractor), landfill waste removal
from Cell 2 (“Area 2” and “Cell 2” are interchangeable names), sorting of waste for reclaimed soil,
finish filling in the pumice mine and finally build out roadways, utilities, and other infrastructure to
support the development of the site. This work will be led by a civil construction services general
contractor and OSU-C is seeking to begin this team with only the civil construction services general
contractor. Then the selected general contractor will lead a solicitation to select their design firm and
subconsultants to complete their DB team.
1.5 Scope of Services.
1.5.1 Project Team Behavior
1.5.1.1 The OSU approach to construction involves intense collaboration and we
request that Proposers assess their readiness for this level of cooperation. The
Successful Proposer will need to commit to working with OSU and our supporting
consultants to achieve optimum results given the budget and constraints. Missing or
overlooking minimum Project requirements, exceeding the budget or late delivery
are not options; we, as a team, will succeed.
1.5.1.2 OSU is seeking a team with whom we can partner to develop the ultimate
solutions for this Project. The combination of DB team (inclusive of design
professional, consultants and contractor) ideas with early trade partner input is a
powerful tool in project delivery and we intend to incorporate all the value we can
from these creative groups. OSU has selected a master environmental consultant,
Maul Foster & Alongi (MFA) out of Portland, Oregon. It is OSU’s intent that MFA will
provide all environmental consulting and monitoring support for the Project.
Additional details about MFA’s scope of work with OSU can be found in Exhibit 13.
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1.5.2
Preliminary Project timeline (dates are tentative and subject to change)
Contract Execution for Prelim Services 1
Preliminary Evaluation of Project Criteria
Preliminary Services 2 Design Execution
Final Design Report Submission to DEQ
Final Design Report Approval by DEQ
Begin Construction Phase Services (GMP 1)
Begin Construction Phase Services (GMP 2)
Begin Construction Phase Services (GMP 3)
Substantial Completion
Final Completion
April 24, 2026
May 8, 2026
June 19, 2026
July 3, 2026
July 31, 2026
August 3, 2026
November 9, 2026
July 9, 2027
February 2028
April 2028
1.5.3 Project description and goals are generally described below:
1.5.3.1 The Project will involve execution of the following activities, pursuant to the
Consent Judgement Document (see Exhibit 2), as outlined below: (Scope assignments
to Preliminary Service and each GMP are estimates and are subject to change.)
Additionally, the timing of each scope or GMP will be subject to funding availability.
(a) Preliminary Service 1 anticipated scopes: The General Contractor will work with
OSU to refine and execute their design-build partner procurement process that is
submitted in Step 2 of this RFP; collaborate with the owner and environmental
consultant team to survey the site and further develop the documentation for
the overall approach to the Project (see first draft design and specs submitted to
DEQ in May 2025 in Exhibit 12). This work will include but is not limited to
further developing the required DEQ work plans for the overall project;
developing plans for low likelihood but possible scenarios such as handling any
unauthorized waste, high temperature waste, asbestos containing materials
(ACM); and considerations for site laydown work areas, mass excavation and
haul routes in the different areas. Lastly, any job site specific safety training
(HAZWOPR, Landfill Fire Training, etc.) for crews should also occur during this
phase in preparation for the upcoming construction work.
(b) Preliminary Service 2 anticipated scopes: onboarding of the selected design
partner, kickoff of the design and permitting of the roads and utilities for Bowl
Road, Metolius Drive and Innovation Way to connect to the OSU-C Campus
infrastructure and possible new roundabout design at the intersection of the 3
roads mentioned above. Finally, the team will plan the approach to the City of
Bend permitting process and design scope for the infrastructure that will be built
within budget. Possible utilities and infrastructure may include but are not
limited to: Reclaimed water, domestic water, natural gas, power, data, low temp
hot water and cooling water lines, condenser line, ground water lines, gravity
and pumped sewer and supporting pump station, storm water facilities and
conveyance and final landscaping.
(c) GMP 1 anticipated scopes: excavation of cover soil from Landfill Area 3 to be
stockpiled for reuse as cover soil and/or mixed with the Reclaimed Soil.
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