Active SLED Opportunity · ARIZONA · CIP
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The Town of Queen Creek seeks qualified architectural firms for on-call professional architectural services via RFQ 26-017. The goal is to establish a pre-qualified list for various projects. Submission deadline is April 28, 2026, with evaluation based on firm experience, personnel, approach, and completeness.
The Town is requesting statements of Qualifications from qualified architectural firms for professional architectural and related services on as “as-needed” basis at various locations within the Town. The Town intends to use the Request for Qualifications to create a pre-qualified selection list for On-Call Architectural Services.
Addendum 1
Has the Respondent read through and confirm that they meet all of the proposal requirements?
By agreeing to the below, the Respondent hereby certifies that:
They have read, understand, and agree that acceptance by the Town of Queen Creek of the Respondent’s Response by the award and execution of a contract will create a binding contract; and
They agree to fully comply with all terms and conditions as set forth in the Town’s Purchasing Policy, and amendments thereto, together with the specifications and other documentary forms herewith made a part of this specific procurement;
The person submitting the Response certifies that he/she is the person in the Respondent’s organization responsible for, or authorized to make, decisions.
The Respondent is a corporation or other legal entity.
No attempt has been made or will be made by the Respondent to induce any other Respondents or person to submit or not to submit a Response in response to this RFQ.
The price (if any) and terms and conditions in this Response are valid for 180 days from the date of submission.
Please Upload your COMPLETE SOQ here. Response contents are located in Section 6 of the RFQ Document.
Please upload signed and notarized Attachment #1- Non- Collusion Affidavit
Please upload completed (there are 5 check boxes) and signed Attachment #2- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Proposed Debarment and Other Responsibility Matters
Please acknowledge compliance with insurance requirements outlined in Attachment 4
As required by A.R.S. § 41-4401, the Town of Queen Creek is prohibited from awarding a contract to any Professional who fails, or whose consultants fail, to comply with A.R.S. § 23-214(A). The undersigned entity warrants that it complies fully with all federal immigration laws and regulations that relate to its employees, that it shall verify, through the employment verification pilot program as jointly administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration or any of its successor programs, the employment eligibility of each employee hired after December 31, 2007, and that it shall require its consultants and sub-consultants to provide the same warranties to the below entity.
The undersigned acknowledges that a breach of this warranty by the below entity or by any consultant or sub-consultant under any Contract resulting from this solicitation shall be deemed a material breach of the Contract, and is grounds for penalties, including termination of the Contract, by the Town. Town retains the right to inspect the records of the below Respondent, consultants and sub-consultants employee who performs work under the Contract, and to conduct random verification of the employment records of the below entity and any consultants and sub-consultants who works on the Contract, to ensure that the below entity and each consultant and sub-consultant is complying with the warranties set forth above.
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-394, Contractor hereby certifies to Town and agrees for the duration of this Contract that Contractor will not use: 1) the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China; 2) any goods or services produced by the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China; and/or 3) any contractors, subcontractors or suppliers that use the forced labor or any goods or services produced by the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in the People's Republic of China. If Contractor becomes aware during the term of the Contract that Contractor is not in compliance with the above written certification, Contractor shall notify Town within five business days after becoming aware of the noncompliance. If Contractor does not provide Town with a written certification that Contractor has remedied the noncompliance within one hundred eighty days after notifying Town of the noncompliance, this Contract will terminate, except that if this Contract termination date occurs before the end of the remedy period, this Contract terminates on the Contract termination date
Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
In accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), 52.203-11:
(a) The definitions and prohibitions contained in the clause, at FAR 52.203-12, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions, included in this solicitation, are hereby incorporated by reference in paragraph (b) of this certification.
(b) The offeror, by signing its offer, hereby certifies to the best of his or her knowledge and belief that on or after December 23, 1989:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the awarding of this contract;
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds (including profit or fee received under a covered Federal transaction) have been paid, or will be paid, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with this solicitation, the offeror shall complete and submit, with its offer, OMB standard form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to the Contracting Officer; and
(3) He or she will include the language of this certification in all subcontract awards at any tier and require that all recipients of subcontract awards in excess of $100,000 shall certify and disclose accordingly.
(c) Submission of this certification and disclosure is a prerequisite for making or entering into this contract imposed by section 1352, Title 31, United States Code. Any person who makes an expenditure prohibited under this provision or who fails to file or amend the disclosure form to be filed or amended by this provision, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000, and not more than $100,000, for each such failure.
Since the Town of Queen Creek is subject to Arizona’s Public Records Act, Title 39 Chapter 1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Respondent is advised that any documents it provides to the Town in response to a solicitation will be available to the public if a proper Public Records Request is made, except that the Town is not required to disclose or make available any record or other matter that reveals proprietary information provided to the Town by a Respondent that is from a non-governmental source. See A.R.S. § 48-5541.01(M)(4)(b).
Any specific documents or information that the Firm deems to be proprietary and/or confidential must be clearly identified as such in the firm along with justification for its proprietary and/or confidential status.
The Firm may not claim that the entire Response or the entire submission is proprietary and/or confidential. It is the Firm’s responsibility to clearly identify each document and each piece of information in their submission that is proprietary and/or confidential. The final determination of nondisclosure, however, rests with the Procurement Officer.
Firms should be aware that if a Court determines that the Firms information is not proprietary and/or confidential; Town will be required to disclose such information pursuant to a public records request. In such cases, the firm understands and agrees that the Town shall comply with the Court’s determination and Respondent shall not hold the Town liable for any costs, damages or claims whatsoever related to releasing the information.
This is the only notice that will be given to Respondents regarding the Firm’s responsibility to clearly identify its proprietary and/or confidential information. If a public records request is submitted to the Town and the Respondent did not clearly identify its proprietary and/or confidential information at the time their Response is submitted, the Town will not provide Firm with any subsequent notice or opportunity to identify proprietary and/or confidential documents or information.
I hereby certify that I acknowledge acceptance of the terms above and that I have:
Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?
Q (Interviews): Will this be a one-step process or is there a possibility of interviews for selection?
A: There is a possibility that interviews may be conducted.
Q (SOQ page count): Is there a page count for the SOQ?
A: Please limit your response to eight pages. Reference Addendum 1.
Q (SOQ Format and Length): Is there a page count maximum?
A: Please limit your response to eight pages. Reference Addendum 1.
Q (No subject): In Section IV, under number 1 A. it states to provide "fully completed Vendor Questionnaire and completed Attachments 1-3". We didn't see these items included in the RFQ or under downloads. Please clarify where these documents are located.
A: The vendor questionnaire is completed in the procurement portal and will allow upload of your completed attachments.
Q (Completed Project): What constitutes a completed project? If we were only engaged for renderings or pre-design services, would that be considered complete? Or are you looking for completed construction?
A: A completed project is based on contracted services. If the contracted services were only for renderings or pre-design and the obligations were completed, this would be considered a completed project.
Q (Firm Experience): Section IV C 1 requests examples of at least 5 completed projects. Is there a maximum number of completed projects that responses should adhere to?
A: There is no maximum as long as the overall SOQ does not exceed the maximum page count identified in Addendum 1.
Q (Subconsultants): Section IV, 1.C.2.d. "Experience of the Key Personnel" requests that we identify "any proposed sub-consultant". Given that the scope of the projects is unknown at this time, is there a defined set of subconsultant services that should be included in the response?
A: No. If there are sub-consultants that you have utilized regularly for architect design work they may be listed however, the focus should remain on the prime firm.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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