Project Description
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign requests statements of qualifications from Professional Services Consultants interested in providing the Urbana-Champaign campus with structural engineering services on a retainer basis. The University has a target of five (5) firms to be selected, but reserves the right to award more or fewer based on the qualifications of the submitting firms.

It is the intent of the University of Illinois to adhere to the aspirational goal delineated in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women and Persons with Disabilities Act (BEP Act) 30 ILCS 575/4f(1)(c) to contract with minority-owned business enterprises (MBE), women-owned business enterprises (WBE), persons with disabilities-owned business enterprises (PBE) for not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of the award(s), and to contract with veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB, SDVOSB) for not less than 3% of the total dollar amount of the award(s).

Selected firms will be awarded an initial two-year agreement (beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2023). Each agreement will have the option for one (1) two-year renewal (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025). The total term with the ability to renew will end at June 30, 2025. At each renewal, there will be an opportunity to make adjustments in the scheduled hourly rates.

Structural engineering services provided under this contract may include, but are not limited to, structural design, forensic structural investigation, existing structural condition assessment, structural analysis, structural repair recommendations, failure assessment and static and dynamic analysis vertical / gravitational and lateral analysis for applicable loads and systems for planned demolitions, new and existing buildings, bridges, utility infrastructure, tunnels and equipment mounting supports primarily composed of steel, concrete, masonry, wood, aluminum, and composite materials soil mechanics, earth retention and foundation system design coordination with other disciplines project schedules and cost estimates and other related activities as required.

For reference, a video recording of the pre-submittal conference and powerpoint presentation for professional services consultant retainer selections, along with general information including templates, directory structure, logos, question and answer document, etc., has been posted on the following ftp site:

Project ftp site: https://fssecure.fs.illinois.edu/thinclient/Login.aspx

username: FY22UIUC
password: 673TCdtif

Services will be performed on an as-needed basis during the contract period. Consistent with the dollar limits on actions requiring Board of Trustees authorization, retainer agreements may be used on individual projects with total project costs up to $5,000,000 or with professional fees up to $750,000 per project. Each consultant will be limited to an aggregate of $1,000,000 in fees per fiscal year. There is no guarantee that any work will be assigned.

See attached file for complete details.