Type: Open, RfQ, 2-stage Timetable: 11 Feb 2005 (1 pm) - Pre-Proposal Briefing & Site Tour 23 Feb 2005 (2 pm) - RfQ’s Due 25 Feb 2005 - Select Finalist Teams 28 Feb 2005 - Finalists Notified 7 March 2005 - Briefing & Site Visit for Finalists March-April: Questions & Answers from Teams 4 April 2005 - Mid-Point Reviews April 19- Technical Reviews 3 May 2005 - Design Submissions Due (incl. Fee Proposal) Design Challenge: The new Civic Center is intended to help meet a variety of community needs including attractive and affordable public space for conferences and meetings, large annual city-wide events of long standing Santa Fe tradition, community group events, and small occasions that bring together families. The new facility will include civic center spaces and a 600-car underground parking garage. It is estimated to have a total project cost of approximately $42 million and will include approximately 72,500 square feet of new construction. The City plans to complete construction of this project expeditiously, within budget, while preserving environmental, natural, and archeological resources. Jury: The selection committee will be made up of key City staff members with major responsibility for this project, and will include well-known members of the architectural and landscape architecture community. The Competition Adviser is William Liskamm, FAIA