Request for Qualifications for Architects

St. Johns River State College is procuring full‑service architectural design, engineering coordination, and construction‑administration services for the renovation and possible 25,000 sq ft addition to the existing FloArts Building on its Palatka campus. The solicitation was conducted as a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) under Florida’s Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act. After a public posting, question‑and‑answer addenda, and a sealed‑submission deadline of 2 p.m. on September 21, 2023, the college evaluated written qualifications (55‑point score) and conducted interviews (45‑point score). The District Board of Trustees approved a ranked short‑list of three firms on October 18, 2023 and announced a Notice of Award on the same day, initiating contract negotiations. The project will be a hard‑bid construction effort, requiring the architect’s documents to be “bid‑ready.” The award will be negotiated on a fair‑and‑reasonable fee basis, with no public budget disclosed. **Key points:** • Scope includes complete architectural design, multi‑disciplinary engineering coordination, permitting, value‑engineering, construction observation, and close‑out documentation for a major remodel and up‑to‑25,000 sq ft addition. • Procurement followed a competitive RFQ process: written qualification review, interview, ranking, and Board approval. • Three firms were shortlisted: Kasper Architects + Assoc., Harvard Jolly | PBK, and PQH Group. • No contract value, start‑date, or term was disclosed; the total project budget is roughly $6 million, implying architectural fees in the low‑hundreds‑of‑thousands.