PRE-APPROVED ADU CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Summit County is seeking an experienced consulting firm or individual design professional to develop a catalog of pre-approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) construction plans to be owned by the Summit County Housing Authority and made available to residents to streamline permitting and construction. The project requires the preparation of a minimum of four distinct ADU plan sets, including configurations for 500 SF studio or one-bedroom units, 650 SF one-bedroom units, and 1,000 SF one- or two-bedroom units, each incorporating complete architectural and engineering documentation such as floor plans, elevations, sections, structural calculations, mechanical and plumbing layouts, fire sprinkler hydraulic designs, energy compliance documentation, and an option for roof or balcony solar integration. All designs must comply with the Snyderville Basin and Eastern Summit County Development Codes, state building codes, and structural snow load requirements specific to the region. The work is to commence in October 2026 and be fully completed by March 2027, with final deliverables and invoices due by that deadline. Proposals must address a comprehensive scope including project management, conceptual and draft design development, coordination with the county team, and final plan sets suitable for public use and building department pre-approval, along with a detailed cost proposal broken down by task and per plan set, including labor, expenses, and sub-consultant fees. Offerors are required to submit a one-page signed letter of interest, evidence of project team qualifications and experience with comparable projects, a clear project approach and schedule, design strategies focused on affordability, energy efficiency, and neighborhood integration with two work samples, a timeline for deliverables, at least three references from two prior projects, and a completed Acknowledgement and Release form. Proposals will be evaluated on a weighted basis with the highest priority given to project approach and scope (30%), followed by experience and qualifications (25%), design strategies (20%), cost proposal (10%), timeline (10%), and letter of interest (5%), with mandatory pass/fail gates for references and the acknowledgement form. Contractors must maintain specified insurance coverages including workers’ compensation, commercial general liability with limits aligned to Utah Code §63G-7-604, commercial automobile liability, professional liability (errors and omissions), and technology errors and omissions insurance, naming Summit County as an additional insured. Contractors are subject to E-Verify compliance, must certify they are not debarred or in conflict of interest, and must adhere to