NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS: Campus Master Planning and Related Pre-Design Consulting Services

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	Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Florida State University
NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS: Campus Master Planning and Related Pre-Design Consulting Services
NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS: Campus Master Planning and Related Pre-Design Consulting Services
Florida State University announces that Professional Services in the discipline of Architecture/Engineering will be required for the project listed below. Selection will be based on qualifications submitted in response to the RFQ and subsequent interviews, as described in the complete solicitation documents.
RFQ NUMBER: 6853-J (HYPERLINK "https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU"
FSU Procurement Portal)
PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION:  Campus Master Planning and Related Pre-Design Consulting Services for Tallahassee and Panama City Campuses
Project Description:  Florida State University seeks statements of qualifications from qualified firms to provide professional campus master planning services for the development, review, and adoption of the University's 2030-2040 Campus Master Plan for the Tallahassee and Panama City campuses. The anticipated services include planning, analysis, stakeholder engagement, GIS and technical support, development of planning alternatives, Campus Master Plan preparation, governmental and agency coordination, implementation planning, and related services. Interested firms should review the complete RFQ available through FSU's Public Procurement Portal.
Interested firms must review the complete RFQ, including all minimum eligibility requirements, licensing requirements, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and instructions available through FSU's Public Procurement Portal.
PROJECT SOLE POINT OF CONTACT for the RFQ will be:
Mitchell L. Jermyn, CPSM 
Strategic Category Manager
Florida State University 
Office: 850-644-9730
HYPERLINK "mailto:mjermyn@fsu.edu"
mjermyn@fsu.edu 
Respondents to this RFQ or persons acting on their behalf SHALL NOT contact any employee or officer of FSU, Board of Trustees, or a University Direct Support Organization concerning any aspect of this RFQ, except in writing to the Sole Point of Contact or Chief Procurement Officer or as provided in this RFQ document, from the date of release of this RFQ through the end of the 72-hour period following FSUs posting of the notice of intended award, in accordance with Board of Governors (BOG) Regulation 18.002. Violation of this provision may be grounds for rejecting a proposal response.
INSTRUCTIONS: 
Firms desiring to provide professional services shall utilize the online electronic sourcing portal to submit the required information for which they are applying. Firms shall complete all of the questions and provide a copy of the applicant's current Professional Registration Certificate from the appropriate governing board via the online electronic sourcing portal as described below. Documents must be uploaded to the portal and the substantive Project Proposal may not exceed forty (40) numbered pages, equivalent to twenty (20) double-sided sheets. Certain front matter and appendix materials are excluded from the page limit as specified in the complete RFQ. All information intended to respond to the Proposal Deliverables or receive evaluation credit must be included within the forty-page Project Proposal. Respondents must review and comply with the complete page-limit, appendix, organization, and submission requirements stated in the main RFQ document available through FSUs Public Procurement Portal.
All applicants must be properly licensed and registered in the State of Florida to practice the required services at the time of application. If the applicant is a corporation, it must be properly chartered by the Florida Department of State to operate in Florida.
The University reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the selection process at any time and return or reject any or all submissions of proposals without obligation to the respondent. 
The Florida State University Project Fact Sheet (main RFQ document) and amendments may be obtained online at HYPERLINK "https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU"
https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU.
The plans and specifications for campus service projects are subject to reuse in accordance with the provisions of Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. 
SELECTION SCHEDULE:
The anticipated schedule for selection, award and negotiation is as follows:
TaskDateFSU Releases (FSU Public Procurement Portal Open Date) RFQ9/10/2026Question Submission no later than 5 pm ET9/21/2026Answer Submission (estimated)9/28/2026Submittals Due (FSU Public Procurement Portal Close Date) from Respondents no later than 3 pm ET10/12/2026Shortlist Interviews (estimated)TBDNegotiations Begin on or aboutTBDFSU Posts Intent to Award on or aboutTBDUnless otherwise revised by a subsequent addendum to this RFQ, the dates and times by which stated actions should be taken or completed are listed above. If FSU determines, in its sole discretion, that it is necessary to change any of these dates and times, it will issue an Addendum to the RFQ. All times listed are Eastern Time (ET). It is the Respondents responsibility to check FSUs Public Procurement Portal for any updates or addendums to this RFQ.
****PLEASE CAREFULLY NOTE NEW SUBMITTAL INFORMATION****
FSU utilizes an online electronic sourcing portal for accepting qualifications submittals digitally. We do not accept hard copy submissions or submissions through other medium other than through HYPERLINK "https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU"
https://bids.sciquest.com/apps/Router/PublicEvent?CustomerOrg=FSU
Your submission must be uploaded prior to the closing date and time as indicated above. Note: We strongly recommend that you give yourself sufficient time and at least ONE (1) hour before the Closing date/time to begin the uploading process and to finalize your submission. Late submissions due to electronic uploading delays will not be considered.
 Each item of requested information is instantly sealed (no one from FSU can review) and will only be visible after the closing date/time. You may edit your submission as needed up to the closing date/time.
 Responders may elect to utilize the import/export feature to export questions into Excel in order to work on responses offline and import into the system upon completion. 
 Keep in mind that when answering questions in the provided text box within the system (if applicable) there is a limit to the number of characters you can use in your response. The dynamic character limit counter at the bottom of each text box will display the remaining characters available.
 Uploading large documents may take significant time, depending on the size of the file(s) and your Internet connection speed. The maximum upload file size is 50 MB. 
 Please do not embed any documents within your uploaded files, as they will not be accessible or evaluated.
 Information submitted that is not requested by FSU or in the specific format requested will be considered to be supplemental and not subject to evaluation. 
 All sourcing event-related communications between vendors and FSU is managed and tracked through a Question-and-Answer Board within the RFQ event on the Public Procurement Portal. Any issues or questions related to logging in or technical issues, including attachments, can be submitted to our third-party software host, Jaggaer via a Support form: HYPERLINK "https://www.jaggaer.com/service-support/supplier-support/"
https://www.jaggaer.com/service-support/supplier-support/ or by calling (800) 233-1121.
Responses that do not comply with the solicitation requirements may not be considered.