City of Southport Request for Qualifications: Southport Old City Hall Police Conversion

A. The City of Southport (“Southport”) (http:/www.cityofsouthport.com) seeks professional consulting services, from qualified architectural firms, licensed to do business in North Carolina, to provide architectural design services to convert the Southport Old City Hall to the Police Department building

B. The Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) must be received by the Deputy City Clerk at 1029 N. Howe Street, Southport, NC 28461 by the date and times listed on the cover page of this RFQ.

C. Questions pertaining to the selection process should be directed to Southport City Engineer, Tom Zilinek at tzilinek@cityofsouthport.com.

D. Southport shall not be held responsible for any oral instructions. Any changes, or clarifications, to this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) will be in the form of an addendum, which will be furnished to all registered RFQ holders.

E. Southport reserves the right to reject any or all SOQ’s, to waive any informality or irregularity in any SOQ received, and to be the sole judge of the merits of the respective SOQ received.

F. Questions regarding this RFQ may be directed to Tom Zilinek via email at tzilinek@cityofsouthport.com and shall be received no later than five (5) business days prior to the opening date to allow for the timely preparation and posting of addenda. Questions received, and the decisions regarding each question, shall be set forth in a written addendum. No oral interpretations shall be made to any respondent as to the meaning of any portion of the RFQ documents.

G. Any addenda to this RFQ will be posted on the City’s website. Therefore, all interested respondents should check the website from now through procurement opening. It is the sole responsibility of the respondent to be knowledgeable of all addenda related to this procurement.

H. The consulting firm will be selected based on qualifications and other factors. Refer to Section IV.C.

I. The City does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability. Any contractors or vendors who provide services, programs or goods for the City are expected to fully comply with the City’s non-discrimination policy.

The City of Southport reserves the right to reject any and all project proposals.