Soledad Unified School District seeks qualifications for design-build services for a classroom project.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES Statements of qualifications will be received at the office of the: SOLEDAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 1261 Metz Road Soledad, CA 93960 ATTN: Sarah Doherty, Chief Business Officer RFQ #03-2026-01 no later than May 12, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. Soledad Unified School District ("District") is seeking to prequalify design-build entities or design-build teams to submit proposals to design and construct one (1) classroom building at two (2) separate sites for the District's Gabilan and San Vicente Elementary School Classroom Project ("Project"), in accordance with the progressive design-build statute, Education Code section 17250.60 et seq. Only respondents that have been prequalified by the District in response to this Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") will be eligible to submit proposals in response to the District's subsequent Request for Proposals ("RFP") for the Project. A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held virtually on April 14, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Please email mcgonzalez@soledad.k12.ca.us for the meeting invite. Pursuant to Education Code section 17250.62, procurement of a Design/Builder will follow two (2) phases: 1. Prequalification First, by this RFQ, the District will prequalify respondents using a standard template request for statements of qualifications. The significant factors the District reasonably expects to consider in evaluating qualifications are identified in Appendix B of the RFQ. 2. Design-Build Proposals Second, the District will issue an RFP, inviting only prequalified respondents to submit competitive sealed proposals for the Project. The District will use a best value selection method for evaluating proposals. Prequalification is at the sole discretion of the District. The District reserves the right to waive irregularities and omissions in the information contained in any SOQ, and to make all final determinations. The District further reserves the right to suspend or rescind prequalification at any time based on subsequently learned information. The District makes no representation that participation in this RFQ process will lead to an award of contract or any consideration whatsoever. The District reserves the right to seek proposals from or to contract with any firm not participating in this process. The District shall in no event be responsible for the cost of preparing any SOQ or other response to this RFQ. Any person or entity that has performed or is performing services for the District relating to the solicitation of this design-build project will not be eligible to submit a proposal as a design-build entity or to join a design-build team. The District expects a price in the range of $13,2000,000, which includes entire fee for design-build entity All questions relative to this Project shall be directed to sdoherty@soledad.k12.ca.us. No telephone calls will be accepted; submit email questions only. 4/2/26 & 4/9/26 Soledad Unified School District