SCRA Pool Deck Resurfacing : Estimated Construction Cost: $1,500,000 Golden Bear Pool Renovation and Maintenance: Estimated Construction Cost: $750,000 The University of California, Berkeley is seeking an Executive Architect to perform Design, and Construction-Administration for the renovation projects at Strawberry Canyon Pool and the Golden Bear Pool. These projects will provide accessible path of travel improvements to the pools, new gutters, pool refinishing, as well as new concrete landings at two restrooms and locker rooms adjacent to pool decks and miscellaneous repairs at each of the pool facilities. The project will require cost estimating and civil, electrical, structural, landscaping, recreation sports, and aquatic systems consultants. General Qualifications The successful consultant team will demonstrate deep experience and expertise in the following general areas: o Facilitating stakeholders around a new project, balancing tact, listening with initiative, design leadership, and focus. o Aligning stakeholder program needs with compelling architectural designs at each scale - site, building, interior, and campus. o Resolving conflicts with internal and external program or design vision. o Managing projects of similar size, complexity, technical requirements, and budget. o Designing to the Owner's project budget. o Creating engaging design with an economy of means. o Understanding relevant regulatory requirements and developing effective code-compliant solutions. o Working within the University of California's design and construction process, including reviews and project approval requirements, or other similar institutional clients, especially campus recreation and wellbeing institutions, with complex capital project approval processes. o Developing and coordinating design documents to meet the project schedule. o Effectively and efficiently managing sub consultants. o Participating in construction administration, especially technically challenging, public university projects. o Additional general qualifications as appropriate to the Project. The University anticipates the project delivery method will be design/ bid /build. The selected firm shall work collaboratively with the University to maintain the project budget and scope, participate in value engineering as required, and recommend actions to expedite the schedule. A detailed scope of work will be negotiated with the selected firm and is expected to include the following: o Review of existing available information. o Detailed site/field evaluations to accurately understand existing conditions. o Development of comprehensive design information to identify and coordinate MEP and life-safety scope with the existing building systems. o Identification of accessibility-related scope, including but not limited to Accessible Path of Travel requirements for alterations, and Accessible Routes. o Production of and coordination of comprehensive construction design documents. o Provision of cost estimates and updated cost estimates and collaboration with the University's consulting cost estimator who will act as a cost peer reviewer. o Provision of construction administration services. This request for qualifications concerns selection of an Executive Architect and the full complement of specialized sub-consultants required to provide completed design services. The University reserves the right to recommend changes and approve sub-consultants to the Consultant team. This request for qualifications concerns selection of an executive architectural consultant and only those specialized consultants identified above Sub-consultants shall be selected in consultation between the University and the executive architect. Deadline for questions: no later than 2:00p.m. Pacific, 09/25/2024 Submit questions regarding this RFQ through Electronically. A screening committee will review the proposals and identify the 3-4 most qualified to provide the services under consideration. A selection committee will conduct discussions with the most qualified firms. The discussions will be conducted as interviews. Submittal screening, firm short listing, discussions, and selection of the executive architect consultant is anticipated to be completed by November 18, 2024. Interviews will be held by video conference. No more than six people from each firm shall attend the interview. The firm team members shall include the key personnel who will be interacting with the University on a regular basis or providing significant technical expertise to the project. Each of the team members attending the interview must participate substantively in the interview. Teams may choose to bring sub-consultants; however, sub-consultants shall count toward the six-person maximum. Firms may bring one marketing staff member to the interview if desired; that staff member does not count towards the limit of six people, and may not participate in the interview. Additional instructions regarding interview content and logistics will be provided to the firms selected for an interview. The University shall negotiate with the highest ranked Consultant on the tasks, staffing, schedule, and a maximum not-to exceed fee. Negotiations may be formally terminated if they fail to result in a contract within a reasonable amount of time. Negotiations will then ensue with the second ranked Consultant, and if necessary, the third ranked Consultant.