Description
The City of Charleston is seeking qualified civil engineering and landscape architecture firms (or joint teams) to provide comprehensive design, permitting, and construction‑administration services for the Eastern Peninsula portion of its large‑scale affordable‑housing “Project 3500.” The award will cover a primary site at 899 Morrison Drive and optional alternate parcels, requiring grading, storm‑water management, utility layout, streetscape, open‑space, and planting design that align with the city’s Classical‑neighborhood aesthetic and low‑impact development goals. The scope also includes community‑engagement planning, regulatory approvals (BAR, SCDHEC, SCDOT, FEMA), and full construction‑document production, followed by construction administration through certificate of occupancy. Proposals must be submitted as sealed hard copies by 2:15 PM ET on 21 Sept 2026; attendance at the mandatory pre‑proposal site walk on 24 Aug 2026 is required. The contract is expected to commence in Q4 2026 with a design period of roughly two years.
• Mandatory pre‑proposal site walk (24 Aug 2026) – attendance required for eligibility.
• Scope: grading, drainage, storm‑water, utilities, paving, streetscapes, landscape design, planting, irrigation, flood‑plain documentation.
• Deliverables: design intent summaries, schematic & design‑development sets, construction‑document sets, permitting packages, community‑engagement plan, local/SBE participation plan.
• Evaluation criteria: design quality (25 %), relevant experience (20 %), community‑engagement approach (20 %), technical qualifications/team capacity (25 %), fee competitiveness & schedule (10 %).
• Required submission: 20‑page hard‑copy proposal plus unlimited exhibit copies; sealed, mailed/hand‑delivered to Procurement Division.