Outside Design Consultants

SDA engages Design Consultants to provide design services for a variety of project types including new schools, addition/renovations, and emergent projects. SDA also procures design consultant services via “on-call” task order agreements, which are typically for three-year terms. SDA also procures site consultant services to support in-house design through task order agreements. Design Consultant services are also indirectly procured through Design-Build and General Contractor task order procurements.

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Design Services – In most instances, SDA initially engages Design Consultants to perform Predesign Phase services, which are intended to investigate and document existing conditions and project requirements; identify and evaluate potential design solutions; and establish a project scope for further development. Upon successful completion of Predesign Phase services, Design Consultants are then typically engaged for Design and Construction Phase services based upon that established project scope.

  • Following are typical Design Consultant Scopes of Services (Note – These are template documents provided as examples only. Consult your contract for project-specific scopes of services.)


  • Design Manuals – For each Design Consultant engagement, SDA provides Design Manuals, which detail specific project deliverable requirements. Following are typical Design Manuals (Note – These are template documents provided as examples only. Consult your contract for project-specific design deliverable requirements.)


  • Design Submission Checklists – SDA also provides Design Checklists for each Design Consultant engagement which are used to identify project-specific deliverable requirements for each phase of design to ensure that . Following are typical Design Checklists (Note – These are template documents provided as examples only. Consult your contract for project-specific design deliverable requirements.)