Performing Arts Theater, AcCEL Center, and Library Project

The project is located at the southwest corner of Avenue 264/Liberty Road and N Mooney Boulevard/State Route 63 in unincorporated Tulare County, California, within Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 149-030-005 and 149-030-008, near Visalia, with a postal code of 93274. It will entail the construction of a 24,442 square foot AcCEL Center designed to serve students with multiple or profound disabilities, a 12,000 square foot library, and a 31,000 square foot performing arts theater, alongside associated outdoor spaces, landscaping, driveways, drive aisles, and walkways. The construction schedule is segmented into key phases: building construction from May 23, 2026, to May 6, 2027; paving from May 7, 2027, to June 3, 2027; and architectural coating from June 3, 2027, to June 30, 2027. The project is being managed by the Tulare County Office of Education, with Jeff Ramsay, Director of General Services, serving as the primary point of contact, and Mariana Zimmermann of PlaceWorks as a secondary point of contact. Proposal submissions must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025, and may be delivered by mail or hand to the Tulare County Office of Education at 6200 S. Mooney Boulevard, Visalia, CA 93277, or emailed to jeff.ramsay@tcoe.org. No formal contract value has been disclosed, and while construction activities are defined, pricing details, contract type, and specific contractual clauses such as FAR provisions, evaluation factors, or special requirements are not available in the provided materials. Environmental compliance and inspection criteria are governed by the DTSC’s PEA Guidance Manual, with acceptance thresholds including a cancer risk below one in one million and a hazard index below 1.0, and inspections must adhere to a 12-point chain-of-custody checklist to ensure sample integrity and regulatory compliance. The contractor responsible for field sampling and analysis is PADRE ASSOCIATES, INC., with oversight provided by the Tulare County Office of Education and the California Department of