Architect/Landscape Architect Pre-Qualified Consultant List Kent State University Office of the University Architect (KSU) intends to pre-qualify firms to provide architectural and landscape architectural services for projects that are not advertised through the Ohio Register, or other media. This pre-qualification process will determine the list of firms that will be eligible for award of contracts for the period covering July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027. Services will be in support of KSU design of projects, as well as support Local Administration of projects. Consultants are utilized for small projects, studies or criteria architects for design build or specialized tasks in which the A/E selection process would be unnecessarily cumbersome. Upon completion of the selection process, where appropriate, KSU will seek Controlling Board approval for total contract awards to each pre-qualified firm up to the amount of $250,000 for a two-year period. Each individual assignment may range in the amount of $25,000 - $75,000 per project; however, there are exceptions where fees for an individual assignment exceed $75,000. The number of pre-qualified architectural consultants and landscape architectural consultants selected through this process is within the discretion of KSU. While the pre-qualified status means that a firm is eligible for award of contracts, there is no guarantee that a firm will be awarded any work or representation of the amount of work a firm may receive within the two-year period.

Project Description: Project Title: Reconstruct Taxiway A Including Connectors (3,700 Ft x40 Ft) Reconstruct Compass Calibration Pad (1,500 SY) Kent State Airport 4020 Kent Road, Stow, Ohio 44224 (Summit County) Estimate(s): Base Bid: $6,711,000.00 Alternate No. 1: $302,000.00 Assumed NTP is October 31, 2025 Site Mobilization May 4, 2026 Substantial Completion August 27, 2026

Verder Hall Electrical Upgrades for Student Room AC 150 Midway Drive, Kent Ohio 44243 Base Bid Estimate: $400,000 PreBid Meeting: Friday March 14, 2025 9:00am-10:30am Harbourt Hall Room 102 615 Loop Road, Kent Ohio 44242 followed by building tour There will be an additional "open house" for touring Verder Hall on Thursday March 20, 2025 from 9:00am to 11:00am. RFI questions are due by 5:00pm on Thursday March 20, 2025 Anticipated NTP date of May 27, 2025 to establish milestone durations to match calendar. If the successful GC can process the contract paperwork faster, additional time will be granted to meet the same calendar dates.

Kent State Housing Summer Painting 2025 address varies -Kent Campus Housing Portage County Base Bid Estimate: $600,000.00 Prebid meeting: Friday February 21, 2025 11:00am Harbourt Hall Suite 102, 615 Loop Road Kent Ohio 44242 followed by tour

Library Tower Renovations and Elevator Modernization The Main University Library located on the Kent Campus was built in the 1960s and designed to house the campus system’s collection, offices, and archives. The vision of the University Libraries has changed with a major paradigm shift modeling the new digital landscape and a new space Masterplan was undertaken in 2010. The masterplan has been updated subsequently as strategic projects have been undertaken in the past decade that enhance the building experience for students, faculty, and visitors. An elevator study was performed in 2020 detailing existing elevator modernization and study for a new high-speed elevator. The future of higher education libraries across the nation have undertaken a similar vision. The University Library is part of the foundation in the strategic vision of the institution as we move with the students of the 21st century. Additionally, the elevators are original to the building and have been recently added to the critical operations list. Better vertical circulation to the tower spaces enables the overall vision of the Library Masterplan enhancing and rethinking space usage within the tower floors. The building has undergone several investments in energy conservation projects, a partial building re-roof, infrastructure upgrades, as well as major restroom renovations over the last decade from local and alternative funding sources. Additionally, enabling projects have been implemented over the past decade that follows the strategic vision of the Library Masterplan including a recent project consisting of collection consolidation and dedicated high density storage buildout within the basement freeing up footprint in the library tower for other programming. This project will start by improving the safety of the northwest stair that opens onto Risman Plaza. Its guardrails do not meet current building codes, and it is currently only used for emergency egress. Improvements will happen in this stairwell ahead of modernization work to the elevator tower to maintain central vertical access through the library while the modernization effort takes place. Elevator modernization must be executed in phases with a split shaft to allow a car to remain in operation while the others are modernized. Additional design enhancements will be implemented at the elevator lobbies to reinforce the modernization efforts. Interested parties may attend a pre-proposal meeting on Thursday January 23, 2025 at 1:30pm in Harbourt Hall room 102, 615 Loop Road, Kent Ohio 44242.