About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Greater Boise Auditorium District seeks qualifications from onshore United States organizations to provide comprehensive facility planning, programming, and site test fit study services for a future District facility. The selected consultant will evaluate existing records, conduct stakeholder and operational engagements, perform right-of-way vacation analysis, and deliver cost outputs compatible with a companion debt capacity study over an anticipated five-month period. Firms must exclude all fee and pricing information from their submittals, as the District evaluates proposals strictly on qualifications out of 100 points before negotiating fees with the highest-ranked respondent. Respondents must submit their Statements of Qualifications to Anna Mills by December 9, 2026, at 3:00 PM MT. An optional pre-proposal meeting takes place on November 4, 2026, and all questions are due by November 11, 2026.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Greater Boise Auditorium District
Scope of work
- Initiation, existing information review, and basis of planning
- Stakeholder, user group, and operational engagement
- Facility programming and preliminary space requirements
- Event, assembly, and specialty systems planning
- Front of house, public realm, and guest experience planning
- Back of house, loading, service, and operations planning
- Site, right-of-way vacation analysis, access, infrastructure, and constraints evaluation
- Development of at least four alternatives, two-facility campus operations, and capital planning implications
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Firm and team qualifications | 25 points |
| Relevant project experience | 25 points |
| Approach, methodology, and work plan | 25 points |
| Key personnel, availability, and management approach | 15 points |
| References and quality of past work | 10 points |
Minimum qualifications
- Prime consultant leadership of planning or test fit studies for major convention centers, exhibit halls, arenas, or multi-use public assembly facilities
- Multidisciplinary team covering architecture, planning, operational programming, civil and transportation engineering, structural and MEP planning, and cost estimating
- Key personnel identified including principal-in-charge, project manager, planning and architectural design lead, and qualified cost estimator with public assembly experience
- Public-sector experience working with an elected governing board in an open-meeting environment
- Professional registration in Idaho in place before contract execution and before performing services requiring it
Documents to include with your response
- Letter of Interest
- Executive Summary and Understanding
- Firm and Team Qualifications
- Relevant Experience
- Approach, Methodology, and Work Plan
- Key Personnel and Availability
- Disclosures and Contract Exceptions
- Form A, Addendum Acknowledgment
- Form B, Reference Form for each reference
- Form C, Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
Key dates
- Issue Date
- 10-23-26
- Optional pre-submittal meeting and site visit
- November 4, 2026
- Question deadline
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026
- Statements of Qualifications Due
- Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM MT
How to submit
- Method
- Email or hard copy to designated contacts
- Instructions
- Submit one searchable PDF file not exceeding 25 MB named FirmName_GBAD_Facility-Test-Fit-Study_SOQ.pdf to Anna Mills at [email protected] / 850 W. Front St. Boise, ID 83702, plus bound hard copies as stated. No pricing information allowed.
Contract details
- Term
- Approximately five (5) months following selection, contracting, and Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- Boise, ID
- Insurance and bonding
- Business interruption insurance not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 aggregate if applicable; umbrella follow-form coverage not less than $5,000,000; policies naming District and affiliates as additional insureds; primary and non-contributory with waiver of subrogation.
- Funding
- 5% room tax collected by lodging properties within the District's boundaries