Design Services for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)

The City is seeking Qualification Statements from interested Firms registered in the State of Florida to provide professional designs for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) to be featured on the City of Orlando website. The goal is to provide a library of pre-designed ADU plans to ease the design process for property owners and encourage ADUs within allowable zoning districts. Interested parties will be able to contact firms directly to select the design and enter into a purchase contract.

Selected design plans will be pre-approved to create master files* in the City Permitting Office to streamline the administrative regulatory process associated with permitting an ADU. This solicitation is one component of an overall plan to create an incentive program to encourage the construction of ADUs within the City of Orlando. Respondents which are business organizations must be filed with and registered in the State of Florida to provide Design Services pursuant to Section 471.023 of the Florida Statutes as of the due date for submission of Qualification Statements.

* Master Files are designs that are pre-approved by Permitting and will not have to have other Permitting approvals unless the designs are altered.

Project Details

• Reference ID: RQS26-0319
• Department: Economic Development
• Department Head: Lillian Scott-Payne (Economic Development Deputy Director)

Important Dates

• Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-05-26T14:00:00.000Z — JOIN THE VIRTUAL PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE. Online: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_ZDEyNGFjOTAtNTc4Yy00NjM1LTk5M2ItODU3Zjc3MGNhNWVm%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%25227594da9b-294b-4acf-913b-d159ae921564%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522385cb248-c330-4435-a71e-09af2b540b01%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=6886f85d-fd52-48b3-b138-2e4e0868cb85&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true Or, call into the virtual meeting by dialing this phone number: +1 321-247-7568 Once dialed-in and prompted, enter the Conference ID: 239 194 632#

Evaluation Criteria

• Must have a Florida license as an architect or engineer. (16.67 pts)
• Must have the ability to sign and seal submitted plans. (16.67 pts)
• Identification of a direct contact at the Respondent design firm with responsibility over each submitted plan. (16.67 pts)
• Initial submission must include plan and elevation sketches, and any additional details the designer deems necessary. (16.67 pts)
• At least one (1) design was 500 sqft or less. (16.67 pts)
• At least one design has the ability to incorporate ADA-accessible construction. (16.67 pts)
• The design did not exceed 1,000 sq ft. (33.33 pts)
• Submission of at least one design (33.33 pts) —

  Either:

  1. Detached garage with second-story ADU 
  2. Accessible one-story attached to garage 
  3. Detached one story 
• The style/design utilizes one of the following architectural styles (33.33 pts) —
  1. Classical revival 
  2. Colonial revival 
  3. Florida vernacular 
  4. Mediterranean revival 
  5. Minimal traditional 
  6. Florida ranch 
  7. Craftsman 
  8. Midcentury modern 
  9. Other styles identified in industry-accepted guidebook 

Submission Requirements

• ADDENDUM RECEIPT VERIFICATION (required) —

  Respondents must acknowledge all issued addenda by confirming below. Failure to acknowledge may result in a non-responsive submittal.

  The failure of a Respondent to submit/confirm acknowledgment of any addenda that affects price(s), is considered a major irregularity and will be cause for rejection of the Submittal.

  The undersigned acknowledges receipt of all issued addenda:

• CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION EXEMPTION FORM (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• VETERAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION FORM (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFFIDAVIT (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, sign, notarized, and upload.

• Foreign Country of Concern Attestation (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, sign, and upload.

• W-9 Form (required) —

  Upload signed copy of Respondent's most current W-9 .

• Proof of Insurance (required) —

  Upload copy of Respondent's Certificate of Insurance.

• Please upload your complete Qualification Statement through the City's e-Procurement Portal. (required) —

  Respondents are solely responsible for ensuring that their submittals are complete, uploaded, and submitted in the City's e-Procurement Portal by the due date and time.

• Type of RQS (required)
• Describe the Type of Work being Solicited (required)
• Type of Work being Solicited (required)
• Type of license required (required)