REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS:(RFQ No. DPW2025-003)Project Management / Owners Representative / Construction Administration Servicesfor a new Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) Project #170261 Please refer to attached RFQ document for complete details and description of requirements. Statement of Purpose:The County of Humboldt (“County”), by and through its Public Works Department – Facilities Management Division, is issuing this request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) to retain an experienced and qualified consulting firm to provide professional project management / owner’s representative / construction administration services (“Services”) for a new Psychiatric Health Facility Project (“Project”). The Successful Consultant will serve as the County's primary representative and lead project manager, providing comprehensive oversight and management of all project phases from current schematic design through commissioning, closeout, and warranty periods. Given the County's limited internal capital project management staffing, the Consultant will fill critical gaps, providing expert leadership, technical guidance, and administrative support to ensure the project's successful, on-time, and on-budget delivery, while adhering to all grant requirements, County policies, California Public Contract Code, and relevant regulations. The Successful Consultant must have the ability to provide trained and experienced personnel and staff to perform the Services set forth in this RFQ, which include, without limitation, project management services as an owner’s representative through the design, construction and closeout processes. This RFQ is being issued specifically for the purposes of supporting the design and construction of the Project under the grant funding awarded to the County under the California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP). Project Background:The County has been awarded grant funding to design and construct a new stand-alone Behavioral Health building with provisions for a 16 beds Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) and a +/- 4 bed Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) clients on County-owned land located on 5th Street between I & J Streets in Eureka, California. The project will be a fully sprinklered building and may include, without limitation, all of the following: concrete; masonry; metals; carpentry; casework; thermal and moisture protection; doors and windows; finishes; specialties; elevator; furnishings and equipment (as determined by staff and design team); electrical; plumbing; mechanical; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; security systems; site improvements; fencing; site utilities; supplemental photovoltaic (solar) power and storage; emergency power; and fire protection systems. Process Overview:Information received as part of the Statements of Qualification (“SOQ”) submitted in response to this RFQ shall be objectively evaluated to identify the Consultant that is best qualified to provide the Services set forth in this RFQ. At the conclusion of the review, evaluation, selection, contract negotiation and approval processes set forth in this RFQ, a Consultant Services Agreement pertaining to the provision of Services set forth in this RFQ will be awarded to the Successful Consultant. The final Consultant Services Agreement will have a term of forty-eight (48) months unless, prior to its expiration, such term is extended through written amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement. The maximum total amount payable by the County pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Consultant Services Agreement for Services described in this RFQ is currently estimated at One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,350,000.00). SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:The following schedule of events represents the County’s best estimate of the schedule that will be followed with regard to this RFQ process. Unless otherwise specified, the time of day for the following events shall be between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (“PST”). The County hereby reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify this tentative schedule as it deems necessary, including, without limitation, extending the deadline for submission of SOQs. EVENTDATERFQ Issued by the County:October 7, 2025Deadline for Submission of Questions:October 14, 2025Deadline for Responses to Questions:October 17, 2025Deadline for SOQs to be Received:October 21, 2025, 5:00 p.m. PSTConsultant Interviews (if necessary - virtual):TBDCompletion of Review and Evaluation Process:October 24, 2025Finalization of Consultant Services Agreement:October 31, 2025 (Tentative) Recommendation of Award to Board of Supervisors:November 4, 2025 (Tentative)Start Date of Consultant Services Agreement:November 10, 2025 (Tentative) Submission of Statements of Qualifications:Consultants shall prepare and submit an electronic copy of their SOQ in PDF format and delivered via email by 5:00 p.m. PST, on October 21, 2025. SOQs shall be signed by an authorized agent of the Consultant. SOQs that are not signed by an individual authorized to bind the Consultant will be rejected. SOQs shall be emailed to:COUNTY: Humboldt County Department of Public WorksAttention: Jake Johnson, Interim Deputy DirectorFor security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address.707-268-2665SOQs submitted to any other email address will be rejected. Time is of the essence, and any SOQs received after the above-referenced date and time for submittal will be rejected. It is the sole responsibility of the Consultant to ensure that its SOQ is received before the submittal deadline. However, nothing in this RFQ precludes the County from extending the deadline for submission of SOQs or from requesting additional information at any time during the evaluation process.Please refer to attached RFQ document for complete details and description of requirements.
