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Santa Cruz County
· County
· California
Consulting Various On-Call Services for Capital Projects
PROPOSALS DUE
October 16, 2026, 4:00 pm PDT
Due today
WHAT THEY WANT
(Summarized from the RFP)
Santa Cruz County's Department of General Services, Capital Projects Section is seeking qualified consulting firms to be placed on on-call lists across 29 professional disciplines supporting the development and maintenance of County facilities and infrastructure. Disciplines include: Archaeologist, Architecture, Arborist, Biologist, Civil Engineering, Community Outreach/Survey Consultant, Construction Cost Estimating, Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Consulting, Facility Condition Assessment Services, Geotechnical Engineering, Grant Writing Consultant, Hazardous Material Testing, Information Technology/Data/Low Voltage Designer, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Plan Review/Inspection, Property Inspection (Pre-Sale), Real Property Appraiser, Relocation Services, Right of Way Consultant, Security System Design, Special Inspection, Space Planning, Structural Engineering, Traffic Engineering, and Utility Locating.
DOCUMENT SET
2 documents
· 847.4KB
CHANGES SINCE PUBLISHED
1 change
WHAT OTHERS ASKED
65 questions answered
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Could you please advise which consultant(s) currently hold, or most recently held, contracts for Environmental Consulting and Hazardous Materials Testing Services? If available, could you also provide the previous contract pricing, fee schedules, or applicable hourly rates for these services?
Incumbent
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Does the County want the SOQ response to include a separate Fee Schedule file? Is the Fee Schedule included in the total page count of 20?
Compliance · Submission
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For firms submitting a single SOQ covering multiple disciplines, what is the preferred method for indicating all applicable services? Specifically, beyond declaring the discipline(s) in the Introductory Letter and Executive Summary
Submission
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Please advise if the County is open to revising Section 7 "Indemnification for Damages, Taxes, and Contributions" of Appendix C – Sample Contract Agreement for insurability purposes under a design professional's insurance policies and for compliance with California Civil Code section 2782.8.
Award & contract
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The insurance limits included on pgs. 6-7 of the RFQ are different than what is included in Section 8 of Appendix C – Sample Contract Agreement. Can the County please advise which sets of policies and policy limits will be required upon contract award?
Award & contract
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If the CONTRACTOR hires a subcontractor who will not access the County's systems would the County be open to waiving the Cyber Liability requirement for that subcontractor?
Award & contract
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ABOUT THIS RFP
RFP number
2021-GEN-078
Budget
Not Assigned
Published
Entity type
County
State
California
Summarized from the Santa Cruz County portal.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions must be made electronically as a single PDF file uploaded to the OpenGov e-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/santacruzcounty. No hard copies will be accepted. Vendors must first create a free account at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup and subscribe to Santa Cruz County bids. The SOQ must be clearly labeled with the discipline name in all capital letters (e.g., 'Professional Consulting for Capital Project, On-Call Services -- CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES'). If submitting for multiple disciplines, indicate this clearly in the cover letter; only one SOQ per firm is required. Submittals must be limited to no more than 20 pages and addressed to Nicole Steel, Project Manager, Department of General Services, Capital Projects, 701 Ocean Street, Room 330, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Submittals not signed by an individual authorized to bind the Consultant, or submitted without a signature, will be rejected. Questions must be submitted through the OpenGov portal only — email inquiries are not accepted.
NAICS CODES & TAGS
541330
541310
541620
541370
Architecture and Engineering Design
Environmental Consulting
Construction Management and Owner Representation
Capital Improvements Planning
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