The City of Kennedale, Texas (the “City”) is pleased to be accepting proposals from qualified Design-Builders interested in providing professional design, renovation, and construction services for our existing fire station.

The City will be using a two-step Design-Builders selection process, and this solicitation is the first step in this process. The second step will be interviews from no more than the four (4) most qualified candidates, as determined by the City.

The selected Design-Builder will be responsible for all architectural planning and design, cost estimating, schedule, value engineering, constructability review during the design and construction document phases, preparation of all construction documents with required architect and engineer seals, and the bonding, construction and warranty of each project as they are funded.

 The City will be accepting sealed responses from firms addressed to Mrs. Raeanne Byington, City Secretary until 12:00 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at The City of Kennedale Offices, 405 Municipal Dr., Kennedale, Texas 76060. Late responses will not be accepted. Each respondent is responsible for ensuring responses to this RFQ are complete and have been delivered by date, time and location specified. Any response received after the date and/or hour set for qualification opening will be returned unopened.

Receipt of responses does not bind the City of Kennedale to any contract for said services, nor does it give any guarantee that a contract for the project will be awarded. Receipt of any qualifications shall be received and acknowledged only so as to avoid disclosure of the contents to competing offerors and kept strictly confidential during the negotiation/evaluation process. However, all documents shall be open for public inspection after a contract is awarded to the extent allowable under the Public Information Act.