RFQ #26-04 - AHS BLD F REPLACEMENT AND VARIOUS CAMPUS MODERNIZATIONS PROJECT

Location:	California
Posted:	Apr 2, 2026
Due:	Apr 29, 2026
Agency:	Martinez Unified School District
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities Z - Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property
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MARTINEZ UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

FOR DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES

ALHAMBRA HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING F REPLACEMENT AND VARIOUS CAMPUS

MODERNIZATIONS PROJECT

RFQ # 26-04

Martinez Unified School District (“District”) is seeking to prequalify design-build entities or

design-build teams to submit proposals to design and construct the District’s Alhambra High

School Building F Replacement and Various Campus Modernizations Project

(“Project”), in accordance with the design-build statute, Education Code section 17250.10 et

seq. Only respondents that have been prequalified by the District in response to this Request

for Qualifications (“RFQ”) will be eligible to submit proposals in response to the District’s

subsequent Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the Project.

Respondents to this RFQ shall submit a fully completed and sealed Statement of Qualifications

(“SOQ”), using the District’s standard prequalification template for design-build projects, as

further described herein, to:

MARTINEZ UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

921 Susana Street

Martinez, CA 94553

ATTN: Andy Cannon, Chief Business Official

RFQ # 26-04

ALL SOQS ARE DUE BY 2:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026. Oral, telegraphic,

facsimile, telephone, or email SOQs will not be accepted. SOQs received after this date and

time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. Two (2) printed Sets and one (1)

electronic file are required to be submitted.

District reserves the right to waive irregularities and omissions in the information contained

in any SOQ, and to make all final determinations. District may use other sources of

information outside of the SOQs to investigate respondents or to verify answers.

Each SOQ must be certified under penalty of perjury by the respondent. If any information

provided by a respondent becomes inaccurate, the respondent must immediately notify

District and provide updated, accurate information in writing, under penalty of perjury. District

reserves the right to suspend or rescind prequalification at any time based on subsequently

learned information.

Questions regarding this RFQ may be directed in writing to the Project Manager, Patrick Walsh,

at Patrick.walsh@cumming-group.com, and must be submitted on or by 2:00 PM,

Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

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RFQ SCHEDULE SUMMARY

The District may change the dates on this schedule without prior notice.

DEADLINE

April 1, 2026

April 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM

April 22, 2026

April 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM

TBD

Anticipated June 2026

ACTION ITEM

Release of RFQ.

Last day to receive written questions from

respondents.

Last day for District to issue addenda or

answer questions.

Deadline for submissions in response to RFQ.

Notice to prequalified short-listed

respondents.

Release of RFP to prequalified short-listed

respondents.

II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

Pursuant to Education Code section 17250.10 et seq., the District is seeking a design-build

entity or team (“Design/Builder”) to design and construct the District’s Alhambra High School

Building F Replacement and Various Campus Modernizations (“Project”). The Project is further

defined in the attached APPENDIX A, along with the District’s expected cost range and

schedule for the Project. The District’s performance specifications, which the selected

Design/Builder must adhere to in delivering the Project, will be made available to prequalified

respondents at the RFP stage.

The selected Design/Builder must be appropriately licensed and registered in the State of

California for architectural, engineering, and construction services as needed to complete the

Project. In addition, the selected Design/Builder shall have experience with both design and

construction of public school facilities and in working with the Office of Public School

Construction (“OPSC”), the Division of the State Architect (“DSA”), and Title 24 of the

California Code of Regulations.

All contractors who are part of the design-build team must be registered with the Department

of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) as required by law. The selected Design/Builder will be required

to comply with the Labor Code prevailing wage requirements, skilled and trained workforce

requirements, the District’s Project Labor Agreement, and the District’s bonding and insurance

requirements. The selected Design/Builder shall be required to work cooperatively with

District staff, the Governing Board, all other technical consultants, the bridging architect, the

project inspector, and any program and/or construction manager, if any, retained by the

District for the Project, citizens’ oversight committee, other District committees, and the

community to facilitate timely and professional completion of the Project.

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III. DESIGN-BUILD PROCUREMENT PROCESS

Pursuant to Education Code section 17250.25, procurement of a Design/Builder will follow

two (2) phases:

1. Prequalification – First, by this RFQ, the District will prequalify respondents using a

standard template request for statements of qualifications. The significant factors the

District reasonably expects to consider in evaluating qualifications are identified in

Section VIII, below. The District intends to short-list Design Build Teams based on the

evaluation.

1. Design-Build Proposals – Second, the District will issue an RFP, inviting only

prequalified short-listed respondents to submit competitive sealed proposals for the

Project. The District will use a best value selection method for evaluating proposals.

The procedure for final selection will be as follows:

a. The District will evaluate responsive proposals using only the criteria and

selection procedures specifically identified in the RFP.

b. The District may, at its discretion, request proposal revisions and hold

discussions and negotiations with responsive proposers. The RFP will define

applicable procedures to ensure that discussions or negotiations are conducted

in good faith.

c. The District will rank responsive proposers based on a determination of value

provided, but shall not be required to rank more than three (3) proposers.

d. The District will award the contract, if at all, to the responsible Design/Builder

whose proposal is determined by the District to be the best value.

Per Board policy, any person or entity that has performed or is performing services for District

relating to the solicitation of this design-build project will not be eligible to submit a proposal

as a design-build entity or to join a design-build team.

IV. FULL OPPORTUNITY

No Respondent will be discriminated against on the basis of race, religious creed, color,

national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision-

making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity,

gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status of any person in any

consideration leading to the award of the contract. District also affirmatively ensures that

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“DBE”), Small Local Business Enterprises (“SLBE”),

Small Emerging Local Business Enterprises (“SELBE”), and Disabled Veterans Business

Enterprises (“DVBE”) shall be afforded full opportunity to respond to this RFQ.

V. LIMITATIONS

This RFQ is neither a formal request for bids, nor an offer by the District to contract with any

party responding to this RFQ. The District reserves the right to add additional prequalified

respondents for consideration after distribution of this RFQ, if it is found to be in the best

interest of the District. All decisions concerning selection of the Design/Builder will be made

in the best interests of the District. The issuing of a subsequent RFP and awarding of the

contract pursuant to the subsequent RFP, if at all, is at the sole discretion of the District.

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The District makes no representation that participation in this RFQ process will lead to an

award of contract or any consideration whatsoever. The District shall in no event be

responsible for the cost of preparing any response to this RFQ.

SOQs submitted by respondents are not public records and are not open to public inspection.

All information provided will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. The contents,

however, may be disclosed to third parties for purposes of verification or investigation. State

law requires that the names of respondents applying for prequalification status shall be public

records subject to disclosure.

VI. RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING AND CONTACTS

From the period beginning on the date of the issuance of this RFQ and ending on the date of

the award of the contract, no person, or entity submitting in response to this RFQ, nor any

officer, employee, representative, agent, or consultant representing such a person or entity

shall contact through any means or engage in any discussion regarding this RFQ, the

evaluation or selection process/or the award of the contract with any member of the District,

Governing Board, selection members, or any member of the Citizens’ Oversight Committee.

Any such contact shall be grounds for the disqualification of the respondent submitting a SOQ.

VII. STANDARD TEMPLATE FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Attached hereto as APPENDIX B is the District’s design-build prequalification template.

Respondent must complete the prequalification template, certify its answers under penalty of

perjury, and attach all information requested therein. The completed, certified prequalification

template, together with all attachments, constitutes respondent’s SOQ.

Each SOQ must be certified under penalty of perjury. If any information provided by a

respondent becomes inaccurate, the respondent must immediately notify District and provide

updated, accurate information in writing, under penalty of perjury.

VIII. EVALUATION

The District will evaluate all timely submitted SOQs. Each SOQ must be complete. Incomplete

SOQs will be considered nonresponsive and grounds for disqualification. The District retains

the sole discretion to determine issues of compliance and to determine whether a respondent

is responsive and qualified.

Significant factors the District reasonably expects to consider in evaluating qualifications are

as follows:

• All required licenses and registration to design and construct the Project, with no

recent revocations or suspensions;

• Established performance history, including an absence of criminal or civil violations or

significant disputes;

• Capacity to obtain required bonds and insurance for the Project;

• Design expertise and experience;

• Construction expertise and experience;

• Acceptable safety record;

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• Enforceable commitment to use a skilled and trained workforce for the Project, as

applicable; and

• Financial capacity to complete the Project.

District may use other sources of information outside of the SOQs to investigate respondents

or verify answers. District’s investigation may extend beyond contacting project references

identified in SOQs.

After completing its evaluation, the District will notify respondents selected for

prequalification.

IX. FINAL DETERMINATION

Prequalification is at the sole discretion of the District. The District reserves the right to waive

irregularities and omissions in the information contained in any SOQ, and to make all final

determinations. The District further reserves the right to suspend or rescind prequalification

at any time based on subsequently learned information.

The District makes no representation that participation in this RFQ process will lead to an

award of contract or any consideration whatsoever. The District reserves the right to seek

proposals from or to contract with any firm not participating in this process. The District shall

in no event be responsible for the cost of preparing any SOQ or other response to this RFQ.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT’S PROJECT!

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