Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
The American Battlefield Trust seeks maximum competition in our solicitations. This page supports its management of Requests for Proposals. The newest proposals are listed first and are sorted by original posting date. All Request for Proposals (RFPs) are “open,” or available to any firm which chooses to download them from the Trust’s website.
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Published: 2/12/2025
Statement of Intent to Commit and Questions Due Date: 3/24/25
Due Date: 4/7/2025
Consultant Performance Period: Project Completion by or before December 5, 2025
Description
The American Battlefield Trust (the Trust) seeks qualified design firms to submit proposals to support schematic design of a future visitor and education center at Princeton Battlefield State Park. The Trust will serve as the managing entity overseeing the visitor and education center schematic design, in close association with the landowner and steward, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, State Parks and Historic Sites.
Any agency which believes it can provide the required service as described in the Request for Proposals available through the link below is invited to submit a proposal in PDF format by email to Jim Campi at jcampi@battlefields.org no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on April 7, 2025. Proposals received after this date will not be considered. Any questions regarding this Request for Proposals should also be directed to Jim Campi. Answers to any questions received will be posted on this page for all interested parties.
Download the RFP
Download the Addendum
Download the VC Study Report
Questions and Answers
Questions are addressed below as they arrive.
Question: Are you accepting submissions from new vendors?
Answer: Yes
Q: Will preference be given to a local consultant team?
A: Preference will be based on overall offering of professional qualifications; considerations to fees and locality will be taken into consideration following the assessment of qualifications.
Q: If awarded the Schematic Design (SD) phase, would we be precluded from working on future phases?
A: No
Q: Could you provide the 2023 Feasibility Study?
A: Yes – it is available for download here
Q: Could you please clarify if submitting firms should be supplying a statement of the prime firm's capability to provide the stated elements of the scope?
A: Yes, a statement of experience/capability to provide deliverables referenced in the scope should be included.
Q: Is there a preliminary list of program spaces or approximate size for the visitor center
A: Please review the 2023 Feasibility Study.
Q: Should the following disciplines be represented on our team for the Schematic Design: landscape architect, archaeologist, exhibit designer, site/civil engineer.
A: Given the exploratory nature of this study we do not believe these disciplines are required at this stage.
Q: If site/civil engineering is excluded, will the Trust and or NJ DEP provide engineering support to determine the extent of utility needs for the site/building to inform estimating as part of site access design?
A: We are open to discussing how these roles may be conducted through other work conducted by the State in their plans to rehabilitate the battlefield at large.
Q: Is there an existing land/utility/topographic survey for the property or would this need to be created as part of the Architect’s services?
A: ACAD drawings of a high resolution 3D drone survey was flown of the property in 2023, and will be provided to the consultant to support Schematic Design.
Q: What is the approximate acreage of the visitor center site?
A: Roughly 4 acres.
Q: Can the project examples be extended to 10 to 15 years?
A: Yes, for projects exceeding “last 5 years” please include dates of service.
Q: On Page 6, the last 2 bullet points included in Part A: Technical Proposals are related to the Fee Proposal (reserved for Part B: Fee Proposal and Supporting Materials). Can the responses to those bullet points be included in Part B rather than Part A?
A: Clarification. Submitting firms shall only include fees in Part B; this goes for fees relative to subconsultants also. The last two bullet points listed for Part A should be moved to the Part B Fee proposal.
Q: If the submission deadline is midnight as the addendum has stated, does midnight mean 12:00am of the date referenced or prior to 11:59pm of the date referenced?
A: The deadline is by 12:00 AM Midnight; or to be more specific 11:59PM on the date of each stated deadline.
Q: Confirmation of deadline and supplying a statement of the prime firm’s capability to provide stated elements of the scope.
A: The deadline for submitting proposals is as modified in Addendum #1, Midnight April 7, 2025. All prime consultants shall clarify their role and the roles of subconsultants relative to the stated elements of the scope.
Q: Is exhibit design to be included in the scope of services?
A: No we do not see exhibit design as a requirement for this stage of design.
Q: Will the size of my firm disqualify me from this project?
A: No
Q: Accepting submissions from new vendors, how many submissions, releasing answers to questions.
A: Addendum #1 extended the bidding period; we are not releasing the number of bidders; answers to questions will be posted on or before March 31, 2025.
Q: Exhibit to be included in scope of services and size of firm.
A: As stated in the RFP the responses from each submitting firm should be broken up into two documents: Technical Proposal (10-Page Max), and a Fee Proposal and Supporting Materials (20-Page Max).
Q: Am I correct in assuming it’s up to us what information to include? Is there a page limitation for Statement of Intent?
A: As stated in the RFP the responses from each submitting firm should be broken up into two documents: Technical Proposal (10-Page Max), and a Fee Proposal and Supporting Materials (20-Page Max).
Q: Asked if the intent and questions have already passed (3/12/25) and if there was an extension.
A: As stated in the RFP the responses from each submitting firm should be broken up into two documents: Technical Proposal (10-Page Max), and a Fee Proposal and Supporting Materials (20-Page Max).
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