MINORITY CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES

CITY OF SAN DIEGO
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING GROUP
Request for Qualification
for Calendar Years 2013-2014
CITY/COUNTY/PORT of SAN DIEGO Consultant Rotation List

The City ofSan Diego(City), theCountyofSan Diego(County), and the Unified Port District (Port) invite submittals of Statement of Qualification (SOQ) from highly qualified firms, joint ventures or individuals desiring to be considered for placement on the joint City/County/Port Consultant Rotation List for the following architectural, engineering, and related professional services:

The Request for Qualification (PDF) and the SOQ Questionnaire (Word Template.dot) may be downloaded from the following Ebidboard website:

http://www.ebidboard.com/public/rfps/index.asp?mbrguid=ED2999CE-C4AB-427D-AB03-EEB90B5A7688

An electronic link to the website can also be found by visiting:

http://www.sandiego.gov/purchasing/consultants/services/rotation.shtml

Go to http://www.sandiego.gov, find DEPARTMENTS at the top of the page, find the link to Purchasing & Contracting. There you will find the Consultant Services link. At Consultant Services, click the Consultant Rotation List and there you will find the link to the SOQ (on Ebidboard).

It is important to provide the firm’s contact information at this website to become an official document holder. You must be a registered document holder to receive updates and notices about the Rotation List. For assistance, phone or email John Mendivil at 619-235-5855 or jmendivil@sandiego.gov.

A non-mandatory pre-submittal meeting will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2012, 10:00 AM, atBridgepointBuilding, Wada – Large Conference Room 8A, 600 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101. It is strongly recommended that firms that have not previously submitted an SOQ, or that have questions about the SOQ or the Consultant Rotation List process, attend. For more information, assistance, to request an agenda in alternative format, or to request a sign language or oral interpreter for the meeting, please contact John Mendivil, at 619-235-5855 at least five working days prior to the meeting to ensure availability.

COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

It is the policy of the City, County and Port of San Diego to provide equal opportunity in its professional services contracts. Toward this end, proposals from small local businesses, disadvantaged businesses and disabled veteran, women and minority owned businesses are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouraged to provide subconsultant opportunities or joint venture with these firms. The City, County andPortofSan Diegoendeavor to do business with firms sharing their commitment to equal opportunity and will not do business with any firm that discriminates on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition or place of birth.

If your firm wishes to claim status as a certified Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE), Emerging Local Business Enterprise (ELBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) or a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE), please attach a copy of your certificate in the submitted SOQ. If your firm is not currently certified and is interested in participating as an SLBE/ELBE for the City ofSan Diego, a DBE in the Unified Certification Program (UCP) ofCaliforniaor wishes to obtain DVBE status, the applications, information and directions are available at the following websites:

SLBE/ELBE:                http://www.sandiego.gov/eoc/boc/slbe.shtml
            DBE:                            http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/bep
            DVBE:             http://www.dgs.ca.gov/pd/Programs/OSDS/GetCertified.aspx

Disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) Participation

DBE participation is a goal for U.S. Department of Transportation (FHWA, FAA and FTA) funded projects.  The City, County and Port of San Diego, Consultant Rotation List is not intended to be used for U.S. Department of Transportation (FHWA, FAA and FTA) funded projects. However, DBE participation is still encouraged.