26RFP07012026K-DB Design Professional Services for the Fulton County Jail Special Purpose Faciity

Fulton County, Georgia is soliciting proposals for design, architectural, and engineering services to develop a new approximately 1,800-bed, 780,000-square-foot Special Purpose Detention Facility on the Rice Street campus in Atlanta, with delivery to be executed through the Construction Manager at-Risk method. The procurement mandates that all proposals be submitted by a joint venture of at least two independently qualified firms, with each member identified and committed at the time of submission; single-firm bids are nonresponsive. The project requires strict adherence to Georgia Building Codes, American Correctional Association standards, National Commission on Correctional Health Care guidelines, ADA accessibility requirements, and life safety and fire protection codes, with an emphasis on trauma-informed design principles coordinated closely with the Construction Manager at-Risk. The contract is structured around a series of internally defined Articles—not federal FAR clauses—that govern all aspects of performance, including compensation, invoicing, insurance, indemnification, confidentiality, data security, compliance with federal and state laws, equal employment opportunity, intellectual property rights, record retention, audits, site access, quality assurance, subcontracting, termination, dispute resolution, and sovereign immunity. Evaluation of proposals will be based on a best-value trade-off approach, prioritizing project approach (30%), team qualifications (20%), relevant experience (20%), availability of key personnel (13%), local preference (5%), service-disabled veteran preference (2%), and cost proposal (10%), with no award guaranteed to the lowest-priced offer. Proposers must submit a single PDF technical proposal not exceeding 50 pages, excluding resumes and exhibits, along with six mandatory forms and four exhibits including affidavits for Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance, professional licenses, local preference certifications, service-disabled veteran status, a promise of non-discrimination, subcontractor utilization schedules, insurance documentation, and a non-disclosure agreement. All individuals accessing facility plans must sign an NDA due to security concerns. Local preference is a mandatory criterion requiring proposers to demonstrate a physically staffed office in Fulton County for at least one year, with failure to meet this condition resulting in zero points. Proposals must be submitted electronically via BidNet Direct by the deadline of August 27, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., with no late submissions accepted. The estimated project timeline anticipates design completion by spring 2028 and substantial construction completion by spring 2031. Invoicing must be directed to Fulton