Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposal (RFP) the Office of Purchasing & Contracting (hereinafter the “State”) is seeking to establish contracts with one or more qualified Engineering firms to provide engineering design services for cooling systems integration at three of the six major correctional facilities in Vermont which currently have only limited or provisional air conditioning. Interested firms are invited to bid on providing engineering design services described in Section 2 of this RFP. The purpose of this project is to integrate air cooling system equipment and components into the existing air distribution systems and to replace components and equipment as needed and/or recommended in the feasibility study of the existing systems. The scope of services for this project shall include schematic design, design development, permitting, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration. Additionally, design firms should prepare an option for temporary cooling or area of refuge relief cooling in a designated space in each facility that is adaptable to the final cooling system. This work is on an accelerated schedule and will be completed ahead of construction of the permanent systems
