Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services for Various Projects

Agency:	Colton Joint Unified School District
State:	California
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541310 - Architectural Services 541330 - Engineering Services
Posted Date:	Dec 22, 2025
Due Date:	Jan 15, 2026
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Colton Joint Unified School District

Frank Miranda, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gregory Fromm, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Division

Owen Chang, Director of Facilities and Energy Management

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR

VARIOUS PROJECTS

RFQ #26-18FAC

SOQ Submission Deadline

January 15, 2026; 4:00PM (PDT)

Submit to:

COLTON JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Facilities and Energy Management

Attn: Owen Chang, Director

325 Hermosa Avenue, Building 5

Colton, CA 92324

Issuance Date: December 5, 2025

FACILITIES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT

325 Hermosa Avenue, Building 5, Colton, CA 92324 – (909) 580-6642

Colton Joint Unified School District

Frank Miranda, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gregory Fromm, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Division

Owen Chang, Director of Facilities and Energy Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 PURPOSE OF THE RFQ ................................................................................................ 3

2.0 BACKGROUND OF DISTRICT ....................................................................................... 4

3.0 SCOPE OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES .......................................... 6

4.0 PROJECT TYPES........................................................................................................... 8

5.0 FINGERPRINTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................ 8

6.0 STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS – SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ...................... 8

7.0 ADDENDUMS ................................................................................................................12

8.0 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.....................................................................................12

9.0 EVALUATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA.................................................................12

10.0 PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE .......................................................................................13

11.0 QUESTIONS DEADLINE ................................................................................................13

12.0 SOQ SUBMISSION DEADLINE .....................................................................................14

13.0 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ..................................................................................14

APPENDICES

EXHIBIT A – MEASURE BB (BOND SALE 1) – VARIOUS PROJECTS

EXHIBIT B – ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (SAMPLE)

EXHIBIT C – CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM

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RFQ – Architectural Services for

Various Projects

COLTON JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Colton Joint Unified School District

Frank Miranda, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gregory Fromm, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Division

Owen Chang, Director of Facilities and Energy Management

1.0 PURPOSE OF THE RFQ

The Colton Joint Unified School District (“District”) is seeking Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”)

from qualified persons, Firms or organizations (“Firm”) in response to this Request for

Qualification (“RFQ”) for Architectural and Engineering Services (“Architectural Services”) related

to the implementation of Measure BB and Measure G related projects.

This RFQ is a solicitation to identify the most qualified firms which over the course of master

planning, planning, project definition, programming, design, bid/award, and construction phases

of project delivery will assist the District by providing architect-engineering services, and/or master

planning services on an as-needed basis. This is not a formal request for proposal, but is rather

an effort by the District to have at the conclusion of this evaluation-selection process a list of

qualified design firms upon which the District will expect to place under a contract agreement to

provide architect-engineering services on various projects over the course of the next three (3)

years. The District intends to choose multiple Firms that respond to this RFQ to include in its pool

of qualified Firms (or team) to provide architect-engineering services. While Inclusion in the pool

does not guarantee a Firm (or team) work with the District, the expectation is that due to the

volume of Measure BB and G projects, the District anticipates it will need to rely on multiple firms

to perform design services across the District.

Each Firm responding to this RFQ should be prepared and equipped to provide complete and

detailed architectural and engineering services on behalf of the District in an expeditious and

timely manner and meet critical time deadlines and schedules. If your Firm is interested in

performing architectural services work for or on behalf of the District, please submit to the District

a detailed summary of your firm’s qualifications (a “SOQ Response”) in accordance with this RFQ.

All SOQ Responses must be received by the District via email in PDF format on or before 4:00PM

(PDT), Thursday, January 15, 2026 (the “SOQ Response Deadline”). Note that SOQ

Responses emailed after the deadline will not be considered. Respondent is responsible for

verifying that the email and attachments have been received by the identified recipient of the SOQ

found below:

Mr. Owen Chang, Director

Facilities and Energy Management

Colton Joint Unified School District

325 Hermosa Avenue; Building 5

Colton, California 92324

Email: facilities@cjusd.net; rduncan@eci-team.com

Reference: Statement of Qualifications – Architectural Services for Various

Projects; RFQ No. 26-18FAC; Deadline: 4:00PM (PST), January 15, 2025.

All questions regarding this RFQ must be submitted in writing and sent by email to

facilities@cjusd.net; rduncan@eci-team.com; on or before 2:00PM (PDT), Friday, December 19,

2025. Questions received after the date and time will not be accepted or recognized.

Respondents shall not, directly or indirectly, communicate with any employee, officer, Board of

Trustees, agent or representative of the District regarding the RFQ or Architectural Services

required by the RFQ except for the District’s contact person listed above through the formal

questions submission process.

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Various Projects

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Colton Joint Unified School District

Frank Miranda, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gregory Fromm, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Division

Owen Chang, Director of Facilities and Energy Management

All submittals will become the property of the District. Information in SOQ Responses will become

public property and subject to disclosure laws. The District reserves the right to make use of any

information or ideas in the Response. All costs associated with the preparation or submission of

qualifications for this RFQ are at the sole responsibility of the candidates.

2.0 BACKGROUND OF DISTRICT

The Colton Joint Unified School District (“District”) is a K-12 public school district covering over

48 square mile area within Southern California, containing neighborhoods in the cities of Fontana,

Bloomington, Colton, Grand Terrace, San Bernardino, Rialto, and Riverside. The District has over

two (2) million square feet of building area comprised of one (1) preschool, eighteen (18)

elementary schools, four (4) middle schools, three (3) comprehensive high schools, one (1)

alternative high school, one (1) continuation high schools, one (1) adult education school, one (1)

main district office, and three (3) satellite district support services sites.

Measure BB - $225M; Bond Sale (Series 1) - $150M; and Measure G - $44M (to be issued)

In November 2024, the District community passed a General Obligation Bond, Measure BB for

$225M; and on July 17, 2025, the Board approved an initial Bond Sale (Series 1) of up to $150M;

this is in addition to the Measure G which passed in 2008 for $225 million, of which $44M (last

bond sale) remains to be issued. To mitigate the erosive effects of escalation, the Board approved

forty-seven (47) ‘highest priority projects’ to move into the implementation phase of project

delivery - derived and recommended following extensive stakeholder engagements, quantitative

analysis, and a weighted scoring system in alignment with the District’s Facilities goals.

The purpose of this solicitation is to identify approximately eight (8) to twelve (12) firms (or teams)

which the District intends to place under contract to perform architectural-engineering services on

various projects that comprise Measure BB, Measure G projects, and capital improvement

projects funded by other funding sources. The Firms (or teams) that are identified as ‘most

qualified’ through the SOQ, and Interview phases (if deemed necessary) may placed under an

architect-engineering services (‘design services’) agreement for a period of three (3) years, with

an option of two (2) twelve (12) month time extensions for a total contract term not to exceed five

(5) years. The Firm (or Team) will be performing design services under supervision of the

Facilities and Energy Management department and their retained consultants (e.g. program

manager, project or construction managers (if applicable). Under certain circumstances, Firms

(or Teams) may be asked to provide design services in support of time-sensitive projects identified

by the Maintenance & Operations, or Information Technology Department. Refer to EXHIBIT A

– MEASURE BB (BOND SALE 1) – VARIOUS PROJECTS.

Respondents are expected to demonstrate within the SOQ Response that they have extensive

experience with the Uniform Building Code (UBC), Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations,

California Department of Education (CDE), Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC),

California Geologic Survey, the Division of State Architect (DSA) and the Office of Public School

Construction (OPSC). Respondents must have extensive experience (minimum of 5 years) in the

design of K-12 public school facilities, and possess strong aptitudes, abilities and a proven track

record meeting defined design milestones and project schedules. The SOQ respondents should

demonstrate they possess the skill sets to manage scope creep during the design phases,

demonstrating a respect for ‘design to budgets’ even during these challenging times with

unspecified tariff impacts. The Firms (or teams) selected to provide Architect-Engineering

Services, its personnel assigned to any Project along with the subconsultant team members, and

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Colton Joint Unified School District

Frank Miranda, Ed.D., Superintendent

Gregory Fromm, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Division

Owen Chang, Director of Facilities and Energy Management

their personnel must possess directly relatable experience, applicable skill sets, and proven track

records providing similar services to K-12 school districts in California.

A. LIMITATIONS AND DISTRICT RIGHT TO REJECT

The District reserves the right to contract with any entity responding to this RFQ. This RFQ

is neither a formal request for bids, nor an offer by the District to contract with any party

responding to this RFQ. This RFQ does not commit the District to select any Firm (or team)

and the District makes no representation that participation in the RFQ process will lead to

an award of contract or any consideration whatsoever. It is at the sole discretion of the

District to award a contract for the Services or no contract at all. The District shall not be

liable for any costs incurred in preparing and submitting responses to this RFQ. In no

event will the District reimburse any respondent for any costs or expenses incurred in

preparing and submitting responses to this RFQ.

The District, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to:

1. Accept or reject any and all submittals, or any portion or combination

thereof;

2. Contract with any entity responding to this RFQ in whatever manner

the District decides; and/or

3. Waive any informality or non-substantive irregularity, not affected by

law, as the interests of the District may require.

The Respondent’s SOQ, and any other supporting materials submitted to the District in

response to this RFQ will not be returned and will become the property of the District

unless portions of the materials are designated as proprietary at the time of submittal, and

are specifically requested to be returned. Vague designations and/or blanket statements

regarding entire pages or documents are insufficient and will not bind the District to protect

the designated matter from disclosure. Furthermore, the District will have no liability to the

respondent or other party as a result of any public disclosure of any SOQ.

The District reserves the right to add additional Firms for consideration after receipt of

SOQs in response to this RFQ if it is found to be in the best interest of the District. All

decisions concerning Firm selection will be made in the best interests of the District.

B. FULL OPPORTUNITY

The District hereby affirmatively ensures that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

(“DBE”), Small Local Business Enterprises (“SLBE”), Small Emerging Local Business

Enterprises (“SELBE”), Disabled Veterans Business Enterprises (“DVBE”), and minority

and women business enterprises shall be afforded full opportunity to submit SOQs and

Proposals in response to this RFQ and will not be discriminated against on the basis of

race, color, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, age, ancestry, religion, marital

status, national original, medical condition or disability in any consideration leading to the

award of the contract. No qualified disabled person shall, on the basis of disability,

beexcluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to

discrimination in any consideration leading to the award of contract.

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Various Projects

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