- David Mason & Associates of Illinois, Ltd.Chicago, ILAn estimated $0
- GSG Consultants, Inc.Schaumburg, ILAn estimated $0
- Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC.Champaign, ILAn estimated $0
- Primera Engineers, Ltd.Chicago, ILAn estimated $0
- Rubinos and Mesia Engineers, Inc.Chicago, ILAn estimated $0
- SmithGroup, Inc.Chicago, ILAn estimated $0
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
QBS #PSSU25R04
Request for Professional Services Qualifications (QBS): FY25 Civil Engineer Retainer
Renewal Info
Published Thursday, June 11, 2026
Renewal entered into with:
Consultant: Farnsworth Group Inc.
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Pricing Changes:
Not-to-exceed 1M per fiscal year
Service/Product Changes:
None
Potential Future Renewals:
None
Consultant: RTM Engineering Consultants LLC
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Pricing Changes:
Not-to-exceed 1M per fiscal year
Service/Product Changes:
None
Potential Future Renewals:
None
Consultant: TERRA Engineering Ltd.,
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Renewal: 1st of 1, 7/1/2026 through 6/30/2028
Pricing Changes:
Not-to-exceed 1M per fiscal year
Service/Product Changes:
None
Potential Future Renewals:
None
The University has taken into account 30 ILCS 575/8i of the BEP Act in conducting this renewal.
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
Amendment
Published Thursday January 29, 2026
Consultant: TERRA Engineering Ltd.,
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
Consultant: RTM Engineering Consultants LLC
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
Consultant: Farnsworth Group Inc.
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
Amendment Amount: $0
The Board of Trustees has increased the total project costs of individual projects from less than $5,000,000 to $7,500,000. The award posting to the Farnsworth Group, Inc., RTM Engineering Consultants LLC, and TERRA Engineering Ltd. is being amended to allow use of retainer agreements on individual projects with total project costs up to $7,500,000.
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
Award Info Published Monday October 21, 2024
Farnsworth Group Inc.Champaign, IL
- Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
Not-to-exceed $1M per fiscal year
- Terms: An estimated start date of 10/17/2024 through 6/30/2026
- Renewals: 1 two-year
- Potential Future Renewals: $2,000,000
- Kaskaskia Engineering Group (subcontractor)BEP [12% / $0]
- Lin Engineering (subcontractor)BEP [12% / $0]
- Terra Engineering (subcontractor)BEP [8% / $0]
- Juneau Associates (subcontractor)VBP [5% / $0]
RTM Engineering Consultants LLCSchaumburg, IL
- Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
- BEP [85% / $0]
Not-to-exceed $1M per fiscal year
- Terms: An estimated start date of 10/17/2024 through 6/30/2026
- Renewals: 1 two-year
- Potential Future Renewals: $2,000,000
- CCS International, Inc. (subcontractor)BEP [3% / $0]
- Kuhn & Trello Consulting Engineers, LLC (subcontractor)VBP [3% / $0]
- Batir Architecture Ltd. (subcontractor)BEP [3% / $0]
- Jacobs/Ryan Associates (subcontractor)BEP [3% / $0]
TERRA Engineering Ltd.,Peoria, IL
- Amount: An estimated $2,000,000
- BEP [77% / $0]
Not-to-exceed $1M per fiscal year
- Terms: An estimated start date of 10/17/2024 through 6/30/2026
- Renewals: 1 two-year
- Potential Future Renewals: $2,000,000
- Nest Builders, Inc., dba dbHMS (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- Middleton Construction Consulting of Illinois, LLC (subcontractor)VBP [3% / $0]
- Environmental Design International, Inc. (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- GSG Consultants, Inc. (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- KOO LLC (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- McKay Landscape Architects (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- Calor Design Group, Ltd (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- Henneman Engineering Inc. (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- Virtual Energy Solutions, Inc. dba VES (subcontractor)VBP [1% / $0]
- CCS International, Inc. (subcontractor)BEP [2% / $0]
- site design group, Ltd. (subcontractor)BEP [1% / $0]
- Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC (subcontractor)BEP [5% / $0]
Unsuccessful respondents (6)
Summary
Respondents
9 total
3 successful respondents
6 unsuccessful respondents
2 BEP consultants
0 VBP consultants
0 Small businesses
Buyer for this procurement: Karen Brown, (217) 330-2901
Chief procurement officer for this procurement: Bridget McHatton
State purchasing officer for this procurement: Caleb Adams
The University award process may be delayed as this award goes through a state approval process.
This notice has been modified
Published Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Addendum 01 supplements the original Request for Professional Services Qualifications and shall be taken into account when preparing the Professional Services Consultant Submittal. This addendum corrects the project contact’s email address only, and does not alter the previously published Qualifications Submittal due date.
First published Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Project Description
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign requests statements of qualifications from Professional Services Consultants interested in providing the Urbana-Champaign campus with civil 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.
Selected firms will be awarded an initial two-year agreement (beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026). Each agreement will have the option for one (1) two-year renewal. The total term with the ability to renew will end at June 30, 2028. At the renewal, there will be an opportunity to make adjustments in the scheduled hourly rates.
Civil Engineering Services required under this contract include, but are not limited to: land surveying, topographic and utility site surveying, environmental engineering, building demolitions, geotechnical and foundation engineering, hydrology and hydraulic engineering, engineering analysis, planning and design of sanitary sewer systems, storm water systems, water distribution systems, green infrastructure, low impact development (LID), traffic control, signage, roads and streets, parking lots, and other site and/or civil infrastructure improvements. The Professional Services Consultant should have access to consulting resources that provide diverse experience and expertise to include but not necessarily be limited to incidental architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, landscape, and hazardous material remediation as may be necessary to successfully complete each Civil Engineering Retainer project.
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 for complete details.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign requests statements of qualifications from Professional Services Consultants interested in providing the Urbana-Champaign campus with civil 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.
Selected firms will be awarded an initial two-year agreement (beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026). Each agreement will have the option for one (1) two-year renewal. The total term with the ability to renew will end at June 30, 2028. At the renewal, there will be an opportunity to make adjustments in the scheduled hourly rates.
Civil Engineering Services required under this contract include, but are not limited to: land surveying, topographic and utility site surveying, environmental engineering, building demolitions, geotechnical and foundation engineering, hydrology and hydraulic engineering, engineering analysis, planning and design of sanitary sewer systems, storm water systems, water distribution systems, green infrastructure, low impact development (LID), traffic control, signage, roads and streets, parking lots, and other site and/or civil infrastructure improvements. The Professional Services Consultant should have access to consulting resources that provide diverse experience and expertise to include but not necessarily be limited to incidental architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, landscape, and hazardous material remediation as may be necessary to successfully complete each Civil Engineering Retainer project.
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 for complete details.
Letter Submission
Qualifications and supporting materials will be accepted below until 4:00 PM, Thursday March 7, 2024:At the following address:
via PRZM electronic bidding per bidding documents
Facilities and Services - UIUC
Attention Chris Anzelmo
1501 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
via PRZM electronic bidding per bidding documents
Facilities and Services - UIUC
Attention Chris Anzelmo
1501 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Officially recognized timestamped submittal date will be the electronic copy of the packet, organized and with electronic bookmarks as indicated above, shall be submitted in pdf format, using the URL https://przm.apps.uillinois.edu/przm/ocpweb.nsf/projectsuiuc to complete and submit the information. The electronic copy shall be submitted using the web at the URL listed and will not be accepted via email.
The electronic submittal is the official submittal of record. Firms shall be disqualified if an electronic submittal is not received. Firms shall notify contact person above of any technical problems PRIOR to the time/date the submittal is due.
The electronic submittal is the official submittal of record. Firms shall be disqualified if an electronic submittal is not received. Firms shall notify contact person above of any technical problems PRIOR to the time/date the submittal is due.
Contact Information:
Facilities and Services - UIUC
Attention Chris Anzelmo
1501 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 300-6572
E-Mail:canzelmo@illinois.edu
Attention Chris Anzelmo
1501 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 300-6572
E-Mail:canzelmo@illinois.edu
For instructions on how to obtain a comprehensive purchase description, disclosure or contract forms, contact:
Chris Rogan
Chief Procurement Officer - Bridget McHatton
State Purchasing Officer - Caleb Adams
Only those firms which meet the following qualifications will be considered:
- There is a 30 percent BEP goal for this procurement. See solicitation documentation for details.
- There is a 3 percent Veteran-owned business 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.