Architect-Engineer Green Infrastructure Services -Task Orders

The County of Orange (County), consisting of 22 agencies and departments and Orange County Flood Control District (District), delivers a broad range of services throughout Orange County. Services provided include public protection, public health, infrastructure maintenance, and community and social services. As the District relies on County staff to carry out its duties, the District will also be included as a party to any contract(s) resulting from this solicitation. It is the primary responsibility of the County’s public works department (OC Public Works) to enrich the community through efficient delivery and maintenance of public works infrastructure, planning, capital improvement and development services.

OC Public Works intends to pre-qualify firms to provide services for Architect-Engineer (A-E) and A-E related County-wide services for their various maintenance and capital projects. To satisfy this need, this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process will enable the County to establish Qualified Vendor Lists (QVL) for A-E disciplines to provide those services. The Qualified Vendor List (QVL) will be established through this RFQ process and will result in Board of Supervisors awarded contracts with a term of three (3) years. At the conclusion of the contract term, the County may issue a new solicitation to provide additional Respondents the opportunity to compete for future services

The County reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make multiple awards to respondents for services requested in this solicitation.

OC Public Works, on behalf of the County of Orange (County) and requires supplemental professional services to meet workload demands and project scheduling commitments in relation to Architect-Engineer (A-E) Design, Project Administration and Management Services for various projects. A-E is defined as an Architect or Engineer for design and/or engineering of a project. To supplement existing resources, County intends to issue “Architect-Engineer Green Infrastructure Services Task O rders” for use by Cou nty on an "as-needed" basis. No specified amount of work is guaranteed to Respondent. However, the amount of negotiated contracted work that will be required on an "as-needed" basis.