Contra Costa County Fire Station 90 & District 3 Youth Center Project

The contract involves the progressive design-build delivery of two public-service facilities on a 4.68-acre site in Brentwood, California: a new one-story, 12,822-square-foot Fire Station No. 90 and a separate 15,000-square-foot District 3 Youth Center, designed to enhance emergency response capabilities and provide community programs for youth in East Contra Costa County. The project includes all associated site work, landscaping, parking, and outdoor recreational infrastructure, with an estimated total contract value of $43 million covering design, construction, and site improvements. Proposals are solicited through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) under California Public Contract Code Section 22185, requiring design-build teams to demonstrate technical competence, fiscal accountability, and compliance with state and local regulations. Evaluation is based on a best-value trade-off model, with the total score composed of a 400-point weighting for preconstruction cost/fee and 600 points distributed equally across six technical sub-factors including integrated project understanding, design quality, regulatory compliance, cost management, constructability, and schedule strategy. Additional scoring applies to subcontractor lists and questionnaire responses related to past performance, litigation, and criminal history, with mandatory pass/fail criteria including valid licensure and an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) not exceeding 1.00. All submissions must be submitted electronically as a single PDF not exceeding 20MB to Margaret Thorp of the Contra Costa County Public Works Department by August 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM PDT, with financial information submitted as a separate PDF. Offerors must comply with California prevailing wage laws, maintain active Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) registration, and demonstrate good faith efforts to subcontract with minority, women, small, other, and disabled veteran business enterprises. The County retains full authority for inspection and acceptance, with design-build teams required to submit detailed resumes of key personnel, project profiles, and written safety policies aligned with OSHA and Cal-OSHA standards. No formal federal contract clauses, CLINs, or federal acquisition regulation provisions are applicable; instead, compliance is governed by state statutes and local procurement protocols. The County Project Manager and Capital Projects Division Manager serve as the primary administrative contacts with oversight responsibility, and all proposals must be certified under penalty of perjury for accuracy.