1) A brief project summary: Mercy Housing was selected by the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development to develop senior independent living, together with other programs mentioned below, on the Laguna Honda Hospital campus near Forest Hill Station in San Francisco. The proposed program will include: Phase I: o Approximately 140 units of Senior independent affordable housing (1-BR's) o Approximately 6,300 SF Early childcare education center (projected to serve an estimated 50 children) Phase II: o Approximately 110 units of Assisted living or Enhanced Services for frail elderly households o An approximately 8,300 SF Adult day health center Mercy selected Architect, Construction Manager, and the majority of the architects consultants in 2020. 2) Scopes of work for this RFP: This section includes the professional services requested at this time. Additional consultants will be selected under a separate RFQ. - Waterproofing - Lighting - Joint Trench Scoping and Design See RFP for requirements of what to include in the response and the Scope for each discipline. 3) LBE/SBE goals for the entire project and specific RFP: The project will receive public funding from the City and County of San Francisco. The San Francisco Contract Monitoring Division (CMD) has assigned a 25% Small Business Enterprise (SBE) subconsulting goal. The developer/sponsor is responsible for meeting the overall SBE participation goal, which includes design and pre-construction services. Consultants selected through this RFP may count their own participation towards the 25% SBE goal. 4) Bid discount or rating bonus: The following rating bonus will be in effect for the award of this project for any proposers who are certified as an SBE, or joint ventures where the joint venture partners are in the same discipline and have the specific levels of participation as identified below. The rating bonus applies at each phase of the selection process. The application of the rating bonus is as follows: A 10% ratings bonus shall be applied to SBE's proposed as the prime consultant. 5) Pre-bid meeting info: There will be no Pre Bid Meeting. 6) Instructions on how to bid: Electronically Submit one Adobe PDF file format of your Statement of Qualifications to: Sharon Christen, Senior Project Manager Monica Poblano, Assistant Project Manager II Mercy Housing California Tel: 415.355.7115 schristen@mercyhousing.org RFP SCHEDULE Activity Completion 1. RFQ available Mon. May 19, 2025 2. Last day to submit questions Tues. May 27th, 2025 4. RFQ RESPONSES DUE Tues. June 10, 2025 7. Notice of Selection Fri. June 27th 2025 Qualifications received after the due date and time will not be accepted. Proposed dates subject to change. The Development Team is committed to providing appropriate clarification to assist firms with any questions they may have. Questions should be submitted via email to Sharon Christen and Monica Poblano (schristen@mercyhousing.org and monica.poblano@mercyhousing.org). Responses to all questions will be posted as a RFQ Addendum. Proposals are due June 10, 2025. No late submissions will be considered. Responses to this RFQ must be by email only. All components must be submitted together as a single PDF file. Note: the total size for all emails must remain under 20MB. For larger files, please email a link to a secure file sharing system. Submissions will become the property of Owner. . . .
Background
Mercy Housing was selected by the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to develop senior independent living, along with additional programs, on the Laguna Honda Hospital campus near Forest Hill Station in San Francisco.
The project aims to provide affordable housing and supportive services for seniors.
Work Details
The contract involves professional services for the development of the Laguna Honda Senior Housing project, which includes:
- Phase I: Approximately 140 units of Senior independent affordable housing (1-BR’s) and a 6,300 SF Early childcare education center (projected to serve an estimated 50 children).
- Phase II: Approximately 110 units of Assisted living or Enhanced Services for frail elderly households and an 8,300 SF Adult day health center.
Specific scopes of work requested in this RFP include:
- Waterproofing
- Lighting
- Joint Trench Scoping and Design.
Each consultant is expected to provide well-coordinated construction documents leading to a code-compliant building.
Period of Performance
The project is scheduled to commence with design development phases starting from October 2024 through August 2025.
Entitlements are expected from August to December 2025. Construction is anticipated to start in Fall 2027 and last for approximately 20 months.
Place of Performance
The contract will be performed at the Laguna Honda Hospital campus located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94116.
Bidder Requirements
The project has a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) subconsulting goal of 25%, as assigned by the San Francisco Contract Monitoring Division.
Bidders must demonstrate good faith efforts to utilize SBEs for subcontractors/subconsultants. Additionally, bidders must submit SBE Form 1A and SBE Form 2 along with their proposals.
