City of Golden Fire Station 22 Reconstruction

The City of Golden is seeking proposals for City of Golden Fire Station 22 Reconstruction. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, August 10, 2026. Questions must be submitted no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, August 3, 2026. Proposals and Questions must be submitted through the E-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cityofgolden.

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Background

The proposed Fire Station 22 Reconstruction will be located on an existing City owned parcel of land addressed as 1201 Ulysses Street. The proposed structure is a one-story structure of up to 7,000 square feet in area. The City is seeking sufficient information to evaluate the opportunity and feasibility of the potential project. The conceptual design and cost estimates provided will allow the City to determine whether or how to proceed.

Project Details

• Department: City Managers Office
• Department Head: Scott Vargo (City Manager)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-08-03T23:00:00.000Z
• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-08-03T20:00:00.000Z — 1445 Tenth Street, Golden, CO 80401

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualifications of Firm and Project Team (25 pts) —

  Briefly discuss firm and project team qualifications that are being proposed for the Project. Discuss previous experience of the submitting firm in working with municipal governments in projects of similar size, scope and nature. Identify project references that may be contacted in regard to the Consultant’s performance on past projects. Describe the firm’s ability to provide the breadth of competencies required by the City, either with its own staff or via the use of Subconsultants in specialty areas. Resumes of key personnel shall be provided as an Appendix to the RFP response.

• Project Approach (25 pts) —

  Describe your team’s proposed course of action to accomplish the work identified. Identify critical issues to accomplishing the work. Submitters shall provide a detailed scope of services outlining the work required to complete the Project as presented in this RFP. Describe any innovative ideas, critical issues, and/or alternative approaches that may benefit the Project.

• Schedule of Services (10 pts) —

  Provide a detailed schedule that is well coordinated with the developed scope of services and identify milestones your firm thinks are critical for the project. Allow two weeks for City of Golden staff review at each submittal milestone (30/60/90).  Discuss the approach your project team will take in order to maintain schedule, and discuss any obstacles that could impact the schedule.

• Project Management , Cost Controls, and Availability to Perform Work (15 pts) —

  Discuss methods/concepts that your team uses for schedule, scope and budget management and how these methods will be employed. Describe the team members’ current and projected workloads and anticipated time dedicated to the work during the course of the Project.

• Experience of Subconsultants - Relevant experience and resumes of key personnel of the proposing firm’s Subconsultants. (10 pts)
• Fee Proposal (15 pts) —

  Provide hourly rates for involved personnel and a preliminary fee proposal for the suggested services. The actual fee will be negotiated with the selected concultant team.

Submission Requirements

• Proposal (required) —

  Please upload proposal per Proposal Elements and Format Section.

• Statement Submittal (required) —

  A completed Acceptance of Conditions Statement is required. This Statement affirms the acceptance of all conditions or requirements contained in the Request for Qualifications, and lists the names of any of the submitting firm’s employees, and any proposed subconsultant’s employees, who are spouses or children of City employees or the spouse of a City employee’s child. 

  Please download the document, complete, and upload.

• Does firm commit to DBE requirements? (required) —

  Failure to commit to DBE requirements will result is rejection of proposal.

• DBE Goal Compliance - Affidavit (required) —

  CDOT Affidavit of Small Business Participation must submitted with the proposal. Failure of the proposer to submit the affidavit will result in the consultant being deemed non- responsive and ineligible for award. 

  Please download the below document, complete, and upload.

• Is your business located in Golden, Colorado —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• Is your business located in the Denver Metro Region? —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• Do you have any small business certifications from the City and County of Denver? —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• Does your business qualify as a small business under the SBA size standards at https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards? —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• Is your business majority owned (at least 51%) by women or minorities? —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• How many full time employees does your business employ? —

  For information only and not to be used as part of evaluation

• Will you be using the systems electronic pricing table? (required)
• Which contract will you be using? (required)
• Does the project have DBE requirements? (required)