BC-21495-M Facilities Master Plan RFP

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is seeking a consultant to develop a 10-year Facilities Master Plan (FMP) that will guide the university's physical campus enhancements and support its strategic planning process. The plan should be comprehensive, data-driven, and holistic, and should include proposals for capital improvements, utilities infrastructure, resilience, sustainability, site, landscape, open spaces, multi-modal transportation, access, circulation, and connections with neighboring communities and partner institutions. The consultant will work with UMBC's leadership, FMP committees, work groups, and diverse stakeholders to cultivate a principled, strategic, and flexible plan that directs resources to campus developments that support the university's mission, values, and vision. • The plan should investigate challenges and opportunities that have emerged since the 2018 Master Plan. • The plan should integrate UMBC 3.0 themes and findings into the physical planning strategy. • The plan should invigorate campus places in ways that help achieve UMBC's transformative vision. • The plan should instill resilience in campus infrastructure and framework for growth. • The plan should include a realistic capital improvements plan with a flexible implementation approach for the 2028 to 2038 planning horizon.