RFQ FOR BUILDING COMMISSIONING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California requests Statements of Qualifications on or before 2 p.m. Monday, April 6, 2026, from qualified consulting firms interested in providing commissioning services for the Facilities Planning & Development department.

The Sacramento campus has many projects that were recently completed or will come online in the following years. This includes the California Hospital Tower and the expansion of the campus Central Utility Plant. These projects will benefit from aligned system requirements during construction and at operational handoff. As a result, UC Davis Health seeks consulting services to initiate a Building Commissioning Program and provide interim commissioning management support. This program would reflect the complexity of commissioning in an acute care environment and maintaining essential systems while working with HCAI oversight, complying with NFPA 99, managing infection control during testing, and transitioning systems in a live 24/7 hospital.

This a three-year initiative to establish standardized commissioning practices that ensure functional, maintainable, and reliable building systems across all hospital projects.

The strategic intent of this effort is to:
¿        Drive consistency and quality across capital projects.
¿        Reduce overall project costs by eliminating bidding uncertainty.
¿        Support smooth transitions from construction to operations

This selection process will identify the most qualified firm to provide UC Davis Health with Building Commissioning Program development services. These services will include, but are not limited to:

1.        Developing work plan and schedule for Building Commissioning Program

2.        Stakeholder alignment and requirements development

3.        Building commissioning specifications and standards development

4.        Creation of commissioning documentation templates, including:
a.        Owner project requirement templates tailored to acute care
b.        Basis of design review checklists
c.        Integrated systems testing protocols
d.        Functional performance test scripts

5.        Building commissioning program playbook development, including:
a.        Project initiation
b.        Design phase requirements
c.        Construction phase requirements
d.        Post-construction operational requirements
e.        Ongoing monitoring and feedback

6.        Internal stakeholder training

7.        Building commissioning program launch support, including acting as interim building commissioning manager during design, construction, and operation of select projects. This includes design review, witnessing functional testing, issue tracking, coordination with contractors.

8.        Future onboarding of internal commissioning manager

The RFQ package with additional information and attachments can be downloaded directly from our website at https://health.ucdavis.edu/facilities/work-with-us/consultants/rfq starting Monday, March 9, 2026. Statements of qualifications shall be specifically tailored to this RFQ, responding directly to the screening criteria (See RFQ document and Consultant Qualification form available on the above link). After Qualification Statements are received, a Screening Committee will review, conduct reference checks and recommend a short list of firms for additional discussions. A Selection Committee will conduct the discussions prior to selecting the successful firm.

Statements of qualifications must be submitted electronically no later than 2 p.m. Monday, April 6, 2026, to the link to be provided by UC Davis Health. No hard copies will be accepted. Firms interested in responding to this RFQ must notify the University by Friday, April 3, 2026, to be provided a link to upload their Qualifications package. Questions and requests for the link to upload statements may be addressed via email only to Cori Costanza, Contracts Administrator, at cruggiero@health.ucdavis.edu. Statements of Qualifications will not be accepted after the date and time stipulated above.

Every effort will be made to ensure that all persons have equal access to contracts and other business opportunities with the University within the limits imposed by law or University policy. Each firm may be required to show evidence of its equal employment opportunity policy. The successful firm and their subconsultants will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the Agreement documents and to pay prevailing wages at the location of the work. The work described in the Agreement is a public work subject to section 1771 of the California Labor Code.

Consultant/Design Professional shall pay all persons providing services and/or any labor on site, including any University location, no less than UC Fair Wage and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local working condition requirements.

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA                                                          MARCH 2026