Public Higher Education Bulletin

University of Illinois at Chicago

QBS #PSS699C18017

Request for Professional Services Qualifications (QBS): UIC Center for the Arts

Award Info Published Thursday January 3, 2019

Awarded to:

Consultant: KOO, LLC, Chicago, IL
Amount: $50,000
Section/Division: Professional Service (Unsuccessful, Responsive Respondents: 19)
Terms: One-time transaction

Consultant: STL Architects, Inc, Chicago, IL
Amount: $50,000
Section/Division: Professional Service (Unsuccessful, Responsive Respondents: 19)
Terms: One-time transaction

Consultant: UrbanWorks, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Amount: $50,000
Section/Division: Professional Service (Unsuccessful, Responsive Respondents: 19)
Terms: One-time transaction

Number of Unsuccessful, Responsive Respondents: 19

Comments:

There is a two-phase Architecture/Engineering Team Selection process for this Project. The first phase will award contracts to the three(3) chosen firms @ $50,000 for each contract to participate in the Concept Design competition. The successful firm of these three will be awarded a separate contract to complete the project.

The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now John Knittle.

The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.

First published Friday, November 10, 2017

Project Description
The University of Illinois at Chicago is seeking professional services teams to design an architecturally significant Center for the Arts?the program for which currently includes a main stage theater and a concert hall, which serves as a gateway and bridge between UIC and the world, and as a destination for innovative arts and cultural production. The Concept Design Competition Phase will produce compelling conceptual and visual material that provokes discussion about the roles of arts, design, and architectural production in contemporary culture, represents the cutting-edge work of the Schools in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts (CADA).

There will be a two-phase Architecture/Engineering Team Selection process for this Project. The University will review the responses to the QBS Advertisement and will schedule Skype interviews with a long-list of approximately eight firms in January 2018. Following the interviews, the University will invite three firms to participate in a Concept Design Competition. The three firms will be asked to develop and present a design concept for the Center for the Arts based on the Project brief provided by the University. Design concepts will be presented through appropriate visual documentation that will include renderings but not a model. A concept design construction estimate will also be required. Compensation for this phase of work will be $50,000 per team.

See the attached file for more information.

Letter Submission

Qualifications and supporting materials will be accepted at the address below until 4:00 PM, Thursday December 14, 2017:

Office of Capital Planning and Project Management - UIC
1140 South Paulina, M/C 892
Attention: William Bradford, Associate Director, 312-996-9101, wdbrad1@uic.edu
Chicago, IL 60612

State Purchasing Officer - John Knittle

Only those firms which meet the following qualifications will be considered:

There is a BEP goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details.
The contract(s) for this solicitation could exceed $50,000 annually.

Selection will be consistent with the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act (30 ILCS 535/1).

This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.

The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.

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