Active SLED Opportunity · COLORADO · COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER
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The Colorado Convention Center seeks proposals for a new professional-grade audio system for Bellco Theatre, including design, installation, commissioning, and training. This is a formal RFP with mandatory job-walk and electronic bid submission, due by August 7, 2026.
The Colorado Convention Center is soliciting proposals for the design, procurement, installation, commissioning, and training associated with a new professional-grade audio system for the Bellco Theatre. **Solicitation Type**: RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal) **Source ID**: PU.AG.USA.2684604.C18271701 **Piggyback Contract**: No **Question Acceptance Deadline**: 07/30/2026 07:00 PM EDT **Questions are submitted online**: Yes **Bid Submission Type**: Electronic Bid Submission **Owner Organization**: Colorado Convention Center **Solicitation Number**: RFP 2026-2300-1649384 **Reference Number**: 0000431662 **Pricing**: In attached document **Bid Documents List**: | Question Name | Question Description | Mandatory | |---|---|---| | Delivery/Start Date | What is your best or earliest possible delivery/start date? | Yes | | Warranty | What kind of warranty is included, if any? | Yes | **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Respondent Information | Respondent Information | Yes | Yes | | Response to Solicitation | Response to Solicitation | Yes | Yes | | Respondent Qualifications | Respondent Qualifications | Yes | Yes | | Vendor Certification Form | Vendor Certification Form | Yes | Yes | | Pricing/Bid Information | Pricing/Bid Information | Yes | Yes | | W9 and Certifications | W9 and Certifications | Yes | Yes | | Financials (if requested) | Financials (if requested) | No | Yes | | Respondent Subcontractors | If Respondent intends to use subcontractors, Respondent must identify in the Proposal the names of the subcontractors and portions of work the subcontractor will perform | No | Yes | | Respondent Joint Venture Agreement | If submitting a Proposal as a joint venture, Respondents must submit a copy of the joint venture agreement | No | Yes | | References for each Respondent | References for each Respondent | Yes | Yes | **Pre-Bidding Events**: Event: Job-Walk Visit | Date: 07/28/2026 12:30 PM EDT | Location: Colorado Convention Center Security Office | Mandatory: True **Line Items**: | description | quantity | uom | |---|---|---| | the cost of the entire project Brand Preference Not Applicable - Service Item Delivery Location 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80202 | 1.0 | Lump-Sum | **Questions and Answers**: | Question | Answer | |---|---| | Could the soundvision file be made available for review? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | The RFP includes an explicit, mandatory L-Acoustics Bill of Materials (BOM). Will the venue provide the baseline Soundvision file used to identify equipment and quantities in the RFP to all bidders for design verification purposes? Access to this file allows proposers to accurately verify that the specified system configuration meets the mandatory acoustic performance criteria, including the requirement to meet or exceed a sound pressure level of 105 dBA LEQ across all audience seating areas. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Will the venue provide supplementary design drawings detailing the preferred cable backbone, connection infrastructure, and signal flow schematics? Alternatively, is the contractor expected to independently design the complete routing, conduit pathways, and signal workflow from the FOH console through to the XTA, P1, Q-SYS, and L-Acoustics amplifiers (including specifying the preferred drive format, such as AES, Analog, or Dante)? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Does the venue require all new cabling to be routed through dedicated conduit, or are existing cable ladders, J-hooks, and free-air routing methods acceptable where code permits? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please clarify who bears operational responsibility for the decommissioning and physical removal of the venue's legacy equipment no longer being used in the new system. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Are stamped electrical engineering services required as part of the contractor's submittal? Additionally, will the venue assign a preferred electrical contractor for this project, or must the proposer secure their own licensed electrical subcontractor to handle the high-voltage work? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | The pre-bid walk indicated structural weight maximums for flown elements. Has the mandatory L-Acoustics BOM already been pre-vetted against these facility load restrictions? Will the venue make all structural ratings and maximum load calculations available to bidders, and is a stamped structural engineering sign-off required as part of our proposal response? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Is the requested motor control system intended to be a permanently installed infrastructure or a portable deployment? If portable, where is the designated power disconnect located? If permanent, what is the intended power source, and will it be the contractor's responsibility to locate and run power to it? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please confirm that this motor control system will operate completely standalone and will not interface or communicate with the venue's existing rigging motor controls. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please clarify the exact emergency override behavior required for the new PA system. Is the system only expected to receive a global mute command from the fire alarm system, or must emergency paging audio actively route and broadcast through the new L'Acoustics system? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Can the venue provide comprehensive architectural and structural drawings of the Bellco Theatre, preferably in a .dwg format? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | The RFP states that Legends Global is not a tax-exempt entity. Please confirm that bidders must include all applicable state and local sales taxes within their itemized pricing sheets. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | The RFP stipulates a Performance and Payment Bond requirement of $100,000. Given that the total capital expenditure of the mandated equipment list exceeds this threshold, please confirm that a bond value of exactly $100,000 is requested. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Exhibit B requests that all costs be itemized on a bid sheet. Will the venue be issuing a standardized spreadsheet template/bid form on BidNet, or are proposers expected to generate their own custom bid sheets? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Is there an outside third-party theatrical consultant or specifier involved in the design and specification for this RFP, or was the design and specification done entirely in-house and then put out to public bid? If outside consultation was used, who was the firm? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please confirm whether city, county, and state sales tax applies to this RFP. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please provide the applicable sales tax for this RFP. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Based on comments from the walk-through, please confirm that the CCC will not pay a deposit nor will it pay an invoice until equipment has arrived at CCC facilities. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please confirm that Motors and Motor control is not part of the base bid. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Does the venue have a preferred brand of motors and motor control? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Do the motors require cases for storage? Or will the motors stay in place when the PA is removed? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please confirm that the base bid does not include an outside electrical contractor and that the CCC in-house electricians shall cover the required electrical scope for this RFP. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Based on the documentation provided and the site walk there is not enough information to provide a detailed cost for the MEP services requested as an alternate. Would an allowance be acceptable with some explanation for the allowance amount? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | What level of support/maintenance is the venue looking for? Is there a specific response time for issues that airse? Does the venue want a technician to be onsite for a certain number of shows a quarter? Does the venue want the system to be re-certified once a year? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Is the CCC a union house? If yes, does the scope of this project fall under the union's jurisdiction? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please provide additional context for the Q-sys Core Flex 8 and how it is to work with the Audia and the fire alarm system? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | The RFP ask for panel connectors for the HL, HR, and HC clusters. Should the base bid include panels for the grounds subs and front fills? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | What does the venue want the contractor to do with the existing loudspeakers and electronics that are being removed? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Please provide structural load rating information and documentation for the 36’ PA locations as well as the adjacent bays where outfills will be installed. | Answered in Addendum 1 | | Is there a specific Luminex 10i switch to be included with the FOH Drive Rack? | Answered in Addendum 1 | | There is a request for the delay system to be permanently hung but able to be relocated. Where does the venue want to relocate the delay speakers? | Answered in Addendum 1 | **Addendums**: | Addendum | Date | Note | |---|---|---| | Addendum No. 1 | 08/04/2026 02:24 PM EDT | |
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