Design
Design professionals interested in performing design contracts with the department must first complete the Vendor Registration process. Upon successful completion of the process, design firms are encouraged to apply for design opportunities by the department.
Selection of design professionals is governed by Section 905 of the Procurement Code.
COVID-19 Guidance
DGS is looking forward to resuming the professional selection process. Due to current COVID-19 conditions, DGS is providing a DGS Guidance Document. A copy of this document has been uploaded into the project solicitation folder for all currently advertised professional selections projects.
Please review the document. An authorized representative from each short-listed design firm will be required to acknowledge reading and understanding the document before anyone in the firm or their consultants can visit the project site.
DGS Guidance Document.pdf
Design Selections Process Resources
Notices
A Professional
Evaluations webinar was held on Thursday, July 16 at 2:00 p.m.
The Department covered the following topics in the webinar:
- The purpose of Professional Evaluations
- Key performance indicators that will be evaluated
- Project milestones when evaluations will take place
- The contribution of Professional Evaluations to future selections of Professionals.
The presentation from this webinar is below:
Professional Evaluations Presentation
Professional Evaluation Forms - used by Project Managers in the Evaluation Process
The next Professional Selections Committee Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
Interested parties may watch the live selections process by using the link provided below. Due to technical limitations, public selections must be viewed using a Windows PC. At this time, mobile devices are not supported. The public is also invited to watch the selections process in person at the Public Works Arsenal Building, 1800 Herr Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The online professional selections can be viewed by clicking the following links:
Currently Advertised Projects
Click Here to view the Notice of Design Professional Selections. Applications are due August 5, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
Clicking on the project number below will direct you to the e-Marketplace Advertisement for that project:
- PROJECT NO. DGS 503-25 Phase 1– Danville State Hospital - Roof Replacement Project, Montour County, PA
- PROJECT NO. DGS 557-24 – South Mountain
Restoration Center – Electrical Upgrades, Franklin County, PA
- Project NO. DGS 577-36 Phase 10 - SCI Graterford – Access Road Repairs, Montgomery County, PA
- PROJECT NO. DGS 948-98 Phase 1 – Capitol Complex – Automation
System Upgrades, Dauphin County, PA
- PROJECT NO. DGS 969-17 Phase 1 – Hollidaysburg
Veteran’s Home – Construction of New Community Living Center, Blair County,
PA
Professional
Selections Potential Applicants
Note: Every Monday the potential applicant's list is updated to reflect the most current projects out to bid.
Selections Committee Scoring Summary Sheets
Recommended Firms
Professional Appointment Letters
- From the September 19, 2019 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the July 17, 2019 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the May 1, 2019 Selections Committee Meeting.
- From the February 2019 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the December 12, 2018 Selections Committee Meeting.
- From the October 24, 2018 Selections Committee Meeting.
- From the August 28, 2018 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the June 19, 2018 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the November 15, 2017 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the August 22, 2017 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the May 18, 2017 Selections Committee Meeting
- From the March 30, 2017 Selections Committee Meeting
Professional Appointment Letters From November 23, 2015 Selections Committee Meeting
Professional Appointment Letters From September 30, 2015 Selections Committee Meeting
Professional Appointment Letters From July 28, 2015 Selections Committee Meeting
Professional Appointment Letters From March 17, 2015 Selections Committee Meeting
Professional Appointment Letters From December 18, 2014 Selections Committee Meeting
Selection Committee Members:
R. Scott Christie
Randy Galiotto
Alan P. Hoffmann
James D. Lewis, Jr.
Matthew R. Luttrell
Design Documents
- Professional Agreement and General Conditions to the Agreement, 2017 Edition v.2
- Summary of Change for the Professional Agreement, 2017 Edition v.2
- Professional Agreement and General Conditions to the Agreement, 2017 Edition
- Attachment 1 Negotiated Project Scope for the Professional Agreement, 2017 Edition
- Summary of Changes for the Professional Agreement, 2017 Edition
- Project Procedure Manual 2017 v.2
- Project Procedure Manual, 2017 Edition
- Addendum to the Project Procedure Manual 2017 Edition
- Summary of Changes for the Project Manual, 2017 Edition
- Division 1, General Requirements, 2017 Edition v.2
- Summary of Changes to the Division 1, General Requirements
- Professional Agreement and General Conditions to the Agreement, 2010 Edition
- Project Procedure Manual, 2010 Edition
- Division 1, General Requirements, 2010 Edition
ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDING TAX DEDUCTION
- Click here to access the Request for Allocation form (179D)