NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR DESIGN/BUILD/OPERATE ENTITITIES FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER CITY PROJECT F-39 Notice is hereby given that the City of Coachella (“City”) has determined that all proposers on the engineering design, construction, and operation services to construct the City of Coachella Community Resilience Center “CRC” Project (“Project”) to be undertaken by the City must be pre-qualified prior to submitting a proposal on the Project. It is mandatory that all Design-Builders who intend to submit a proposal fully complete the pre-qualification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by City to be on the final qualified design-builders list. No proposal will be accepted from a Design-Builder that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified. Proposals shall be submitted to the following: Andrew Simmons, P.E., Director of Public Works/City Engineer City of Coachella 53990 Enterprise Way Coachella, CA 92236 Proposals shall be received at Permit Center on or before 2:00 p.m. on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2026 . Proposals, and amendments to proposals, received after the date and time specified above will be returned to the Offerors unopened. Parties interested in obtaining a copy of the full Request for Proposal may download it from https://www.planitplanroom.com/. All questions, shall be put in writing and shall be received by the City no later than 5:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026. All inquiries received after this deadline will not receive a response. All questions regarding this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) must be submitted via email to Andrew Simmons at a.simmons@coachella.org. Design-Builders are encouraged to submit pre-qualification packages as soon as possible so that they may be notified of omissions of information to be remedied or of their pre-qualification status well in advance of the proposal deadline for this Project. This Project will involve the design and remodel, and rehabilitation of a packinghouse to serve as a Community Resiliency Center. The facility consists of a one-story building, approximately 17,800 square feet on a 2.09 Acre lot. The City plans to renovate the existing building and exterior grounds. Services provided at the completed building will range from: emergency operations, emergency shelter, cooling center, commercial demonstration kitchen, office space, commercial space, non-profit operations, business incubator space, classrooms, demonstration gardens, and community events. These areas will be open to all age groups and will provide recreational and education and professional services to youth, teens, adults, and seniors, as well as serve as a climate resiliency and disaster response center in Citywide emergencies. The successful design/build operate team will be responsible for all aspects of design and permitting for both interior and exterior improvements, including structural, electrical, architectural, landscape and civil design and will be responsible for the successful construction of all proposed improvements. Lastly, the design build team will serve as an operational partner for the CRC facility for a minimum of two years after the completion of the structure and will have opportunities to expand upon commercial uses within the facility and develop programming in support of the non-profit and City uses. Answers to questions contained in the attached questionnaire, information about current bonding capacity, and a notarized statement from surety are required. City will use these documents as the basis of rating Design-Builders. City reserves the right to check other sources available. City’s decision will be based on objective evaluation criteria. City reserves the right to adjust, increase, limit, suspend or rescind the pre-qualification rating based on subsequently learned information. Design-Builders whose rating changes sufficient to disqualify them will be notified and given an opportunity for a hearing consistent with the hearing procedures described below for appealing a pre-qualification rating. While it is the intent of the pre-qualification questionnaire and documents to assist City in determining Design-Builder responsibility prior to receiving proposals and to aid City in selecting the best value proposal, neither the fact of pre-qualification nor any pre-qualification rating will preclude City from a consideration and determination after receiving proposals as to whether a Design-Builder has the quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the proposed work and has demonstrated the requisite trustworthiness. The pre-qualification packages should be submitted under seal and marked “CONFIDENTIAL” to “Request for Pre-Qualification for Design/Build/Operate Entities for the City of Coachella Community Resilience Center” City of Coachella Civic Center Office 53990 Enterprise Way, Coachella, California 92236. Published: Jan. 12, 19, 2026