REQUEST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) - Build LACCD

The District is also currently undertaking the largest public sector sustainable building andtechnology effort in the United States.1.3 About the District.The District is the largest community college district in the nation, with nine (9) campusesserving more than 200,000 students. The District is governed by an elected seven-member Boardof Trustees (elected at large for four year terms), and is part of the statewide CaliforniaCommunity College system. The District was organized in 1969 and serves a population ofseveral million residents in over one hundred cities, dispersed over an area of 884 square miles inmetropolitan Los Angeles. The District extends from Agoura Hills in the west San FernandoValley to the City of San Fernando in the north and Monterey Park to the east. The service areaincludes Culver City on the west side of the greater Los Angeles basin; Monterey Park and SanGabriel on the east side as well as Palos Verdes Estates and San Pedro to the South.The mission of the District is to provide comprehensive lower-division general education,occupational education, transfer education, counseling and guidance, community services, andcontinuing education programs which are appropriate to the communities served and which meetthe changing needs of students for academic and occupational preparation, citizenship, andcultural understanding. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges accredits each of thenine (9) colleges.The colleges range in size from 22 to over 450 acres. College facilities include newlyconstructed classroom buildings, outdated structures that are over 50 years old, as well asparking areas, maintenance yards, athletic fields and gymnasiums. Technology Infrastructure ateach college across the District is being enhanced for interoperability along with enablingtechnologies and applications that create a learning environment conducive to the needs ofstudents for the foreseeable future.1.4 Authority.This prequalification is being conducted under the legal authority of Public Contract CodeSection 20651.5. This authority is in addition to, and shall not be construed as a limitation uponany other authority or right of District that may exist under other applicable laws to conduct thisprequalification or to separately determine the responsibility of any Applicant or sub-Applicant.1.5 Basis of Prequalification.Applicants will be prequalified on the basis of their demonstrating, by means of the informationthey provide in their Prequalification Submittals, that they have: financial ability, publiccontracting experience, knowledge of technology and technology implementation capabilitiesthat are required for the type and size of contract(s) contemplated by this prequalification.1.6 Applicant Member.The term “Applicant Member” means any of the individuals, corporations, partnerships, jointventures or other associations of persons or legal entities that shares directly in the profits, losses,and liabilities of the Applicant. No changes in, substitutions for, or additions to the ApplicantMember(s) of an Applicant that has been prequalified and who submits a bid or proposal for acontract covered by this prequalification shall be permitted after the Deadline, except with theprior written authorization of the District, which may be granted or withheld in the District’s solediscretion.__________________________________________________________________________915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 810, Los Angeles, California 90017Instructions to Applicants page 6 of 40