Minding Your RFPs and RFQs: Developing your Practice in the Age of Match.Com
It’s a new year! Have a building project coming up? Need a master facilities assessment or other construction? If so, hiring a design professional will be at the top of your to-do list. Did you know that the Ohio Revised...more
On September 27, 2023, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an announcement about its anticipated operations in the event of a potential government...more
As we recently discussed, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has published a long-awaited rule that made important changes to numerous small business contracting programs and the rules Federal agencies must follow...more
To combat exposure to COVID-19, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issued Executive Order EO-2020-023 on March 15, 2020, ordering an island-wide lockdown and curfew. The restrictions have been extended several times....more
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) of Prince George’s County in Maryland is reviewing numerous responses it received from developers on its recent Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The RFQ seeks to...more
It is not uncommon for issues to arise when the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Proposal is submitted to the owner by a Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) or Design Builder (DB). Usually, such issues can be worked out to the...more
For the first time since 2006, CMS has issued updated rules affecting the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE organizations. The final rule, published in the June 3, 2019 issue of the Federal Register,...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) published a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for design professional services involving abandoned mine land reclamation. See DBA RFQ #930-RFQ-1901. The personnel...more
Design-build (DB) means a firm is responsible to a public owner for both the design and construction of a project. The procurement process for public design-build projects is set forth in the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and Ohio...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Land Resources has issued a: Notice of Intent to Issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Professional Services for Site Assessment, Remedial...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) issued a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”): Design Professional Contract Related to Releases from Regulated Storage Tanks ...more
GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule program intends to provide a simplified process for agencies to procure supplies and services, while leveraging the terms and pricing of the commercial marketplace, as well as the Federal...more
Miami-Dade County, the largest jurisdiction in South Florida, is currently evaluating public-private partnerships (P3s) for several major infrastructure projects. These include multi-billion-dollar upgrades to the County’s...more
On November 3, 2016, the Alberta government announced its endorsement of the Alberta Electric System Operator’s (AESO) recommendations for the Renewable Electricity Program (REP). The purpose of the REP is to encourage the...more
In our August 2016 Blakes Bulletin: September Deadline: Last Chance to Participate in Ontario’s Large Renewable Procurement Program, we reported that Ontario was moving ahead with the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) portion...more
When someone contends they have been discriminatorily denied employment, whether the individual was truly qualified often becomes the primary issue. To defeat a discriminatory failure-to-hire claim, the employer must...more
The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has issued final materials for phase two of Ontario’s Large Renewable Procurement Program (LRP II). The deadline for submitting a qualification submission to the IESO is...more
Renewable power developers can expect to see a draft of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for phase two of Ontario’s Large Renewable Procurement program (LRP II), before the end of June 2016. Ontario’s Independent...more
Three months after the May 15, 2015 issuance of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the SH 249 Extension Project is another step closer to development. The RFQ solicited qualifications from teams interested in entering into...more
On July 31, 2014, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) soliciting qualifications from teams interested in entering into a design-build contract and a comprehensive...more
The Regents of the University of California (the “Regents”), on behalf of the University of California, Merced (“UC Merced”), announced on August 1, 2014 that it received Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from six teams in...more
The Indiana Finance Authority (“IFA”) issued its Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for an availability payments public private partnership for the financing, building and operating of the Indiana portion of the Illiana...more
On June 5, 2013, the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”) announced the shortlist for the proposed I-4 Ultimate Project in Orange and Seminole Counties. ...more
The public and private sectors increasingly rely on RFPs (Request for Proposals) and RFQs (Request for Qualification) for awarding service contracts including contracts for legal services. As the stakes for these contracts...more