Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Contract with Conduit Architecture + Design, LLC of McKinney, Texas for Architectural and Engineering Services Related to the Design and Renovation of the McKinney Public Safety Building
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Safe and Secure Community
(6.3: Continually increase operational efficiency in public safety
departments)
MEETING DATE: July 1, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Public Works Department
CONTACT: Joe Ellenburg, Chief of Police
Patricia L. Jackson, PE, Facilities Construction Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a professional services contract to provide architectural and engineering (A/E) services related to the design and renovation of the McKinney Public Safety Building located at 2200 Taylor Burk Drive, McKinney, Texas.
• Conduit Architecture + Design, LLC has submitted a proposal to provide professional architectural and engineering services for the Public Safety Building for a lump sum fee of $496,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Conduit Architecture + Design is a professional architectural consulting firm based in McKinney, Texas and has been the architect of record on multiple successful Fire Department projects in McKinney.
• The City issued a Request for Qualifications 25-06RFQ Architectural and Engineering Services for Facilities Construction Projects to solicit for a pool of qualified firms to perform architectural and engineering services in conjunction with multiple City of McKinney Facilities Construction projects on February 14, 2025.
o Advertised in the McKinney Courier Gazette
o Posted on McKinney TV
o 11,182 matching Bonfire Supplier Notifications which included 45 Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) suppliers
• Out of 11,182 supplier notifications, twenty-six (26) Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) were received on March 13, 2025.
• A committee comprised of four staff members from Parks & Recreation, Police, and the City Manager’s Office reviewed and ranked the SOQs based on the following criteria:
o 50 Points: Firm & Individual Qualifications
o 25 Points: Capacity to Perform Work
o 25 Points: References
• Of the twenty-six (26) firms that submitted Statements of Qualifications the following five (5) firms were determined to be the most qualified in the selection pool:
o Architexas - Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc.
o conduit architecture + design LLC
o Martinez Architects, LP
o Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
o Quorum Architects, Inc.
The above listed firms will remain pre-qualified for a Professional Services contract for Architectural and Engineering Services for Facilities Construction Projects for a period of three (3) years.
• When Architectural and Engineering Services for Facilities Construction Projects are required a fee proposal will be selected from one of the firms listed above and a Profession Services contract will be prepared and executed in accordance with Procurement Policy.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• The Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a professional services contract for architectural and engineering services, including potential changes to the scope of services, with Conduit Architecture + Design, LLC for an amount not to exceed $546,000 which includes a contingency amount of $50,000.
• Upon approval of this item, $6,216,931 will remain in FP2004.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A