Construction Manager at Risk Procurement; Competitive Prequalification and Selection Process
San Diego Municipal Code § 22.3803
in effect§22.3803 Construction Manager at Risk Procurement; Competitive Prequalification and Selection Process
The City Manager shall establish a competitive prequalification and selection process for construction manager at risk entities that specifies the prequalification criteria and provides the manner in which the winning entity will be selected.
(a) Request for Qualifications. Prior to procuring a construction manager at risk contract, the City Manager shall prepare a Request for Qualifications setting forth the scope of the project and requesting statements of qualifications from interested construction manager at risk entities. The Request for Qualifications shall be noticed in a newspaper or posted on the City’s website, or a website of a firm hired by the City to post such notices, not less than twenty calendar days before statements of qualifications are due. The Request for Qualifications shall state the required qualifications, the criteria for prequalification, and the maximum number of firms that will be placed on a short list for consideration of selection pursuant to a competitive Request for Proposals. The short list shall be established by the Selection Committee appointed by the City Manager under section 22.3804, which shall rank statements of qualifications using criteria included in the Request for Qualifications.
(b) Request for Proposals. Before awarding a construction manager at risk contract, the City Manager shall issue a Request for Proposals to those firms on the qualifications short list provided for in subsection (a) of this section. The Request for Proposals shall reference an engineering design prepared by City engineers or by third party design professionals. The engineering design is not required to be complete at the time a Request for Proposals for a construction manager at risk contract is issued, but shall be sufficiently developed as to the size of the project, its site, and an estimated construction cost and schedule to allow for meaningful proposals to be tendered and to permit assessment of those proposals. The Request for Proposals shall indicate the scope of preconstruction services and construction services for which proposals are sought and shall identify the criteria that will be used for selection.
(Added 3-15-2010 by O-19934 N.S.; effective 4-14-2010.)
(Amended 10-13-2025 by O-22005 N.S.; effective 11-12-2025.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art02Division38.pdf#page=2Fetched: 10/28/2026