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Public Legal Notices
Oakland Unified School District
Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street Oakland CA 94601 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS (RFQ/P) Environmental Site Assessment Consulting Services for Oakland Living Schoolyards Planning Project at 14 District School Sites OUSD Project No. 24102 July 19, 2024 (Issued) Responses must be received August 8, 2024, no later than 2:00 p.m. The Oakland Unified School District (“District”) is requesting proposals from experienced firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, persons or professional organizations (“Consultants”) to provide environmental site assessment consulting services to conduct soil characterization investigations associated with the site improvements at 14 District school sites that includes outdoor classrooms, picnic areas, planting trees and vegetated landscapes, pollinator gardens, natural play areas and nature-based play structures, and raised beds for edible food gardens. Interested firms are invited to submit a completed Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) along with the Fee Proposal (collectively “RFQ/P Packet”) as described herein, in PDF format addressed to: Oakland Unified School District Kenya Chatman, Executive Facilities Director Department of Facilities Planning and Management 955 High Street, Oakland, CA 94601 Oral, telegraphic, facsimile or telephone RFQ/P Packets will not be accepted. RFQ/P Packets received after this date and time will not be accepted. The District reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the RFQ/P. The District also reserves the right to reject any and all RFQ/P Packets and to negotiate contract terms with one or more Respondents. The District will only accept electronic Proposals sent via email in lieu of hard copies. Proposals received by the District no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on August 8, 2024 via email will be accepted (to Juanita Hunter at juanita.hunter@ousd.organd the contact persons below). If you have any questions regarding this RFQ/P please email Kenya Chatman at kenya.chatman@ousd.org, and cc: to Colland Jang at colland.jang@ousd.org. LOCAL, SMALL LOCAL AND SMALL LOCAL RESIDENT BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM District Modification: Based on the availability analysis conducted for this specific RFQ/P, the District is waiving the entire 25% SLBE/SLRBE requirement. The minimum local business utilization requirement of 50% is still applicable for this RFQ/P and can be met with a 50% LBE participation. The Local Business Utilization Policy 7115 requires that there is a mandatory fifty percent (50%) LBU participation with a 25% or less Local Business (LBE) participation and a 25% or more Small Local or Small Local Resident Business (SLBE/SLRBE) participation for all capital program/construction-related contracts and professional services agreements. See District Modification above. On April 28, 2021, the Board of Education amended the Local Business Policy which had named the City of Oakland as the singular agency to certify local businesses to include five additional local business certifications. For businesses located in Oakland, Local Business and Small Local Business certifications may also be accepted from the Port of Oakland, Alameda County Transportation Commission, Alameda County Department of General Services, US Department of Transportation California Unified Certification Program, and the California Public Utilities Commission. The District will follow the City of Oakland Small Business size standards in recognizing Small Local and Small Local Resident Businesses. The full version of OUSD’s latest Local, Small Local and Small Local Resident Business Enterprise Program can be found at the following link: https://www.ousd.org/facilities-planning-management/opportunities/lbu-policy Full Opportunity The District hereby affirmatively ensures that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (“DBE”), Small Local Business Enterprise (“SLBE”), Small Emerging Local Business Enterprise (“SELBE”) and Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (“DVBE”) firms shall be afforded full opportunity to submit qualifications in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, gender, transgender status, political affiliation, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. No qualified disabled person shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise by subjected to discrimination in any consideration leading to the award. Oakland USD - Environmental Site Assessment Consulting Services for Oakland Living Schoolyards Planning Project at 14 District School Sites OUSD Project No. 24102 Email To Friend« Go Back |
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