The City of Cleveland (“City”), owner and operator of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (“CLE”), Burke Lakefront Airport (“BKL”) (collectively “Airports”) and the North Coast Harbor (“Harbor”), through its Director of the Department of Port Control (“Director”), invites written Request For Qualifications ("RFQ") from firms that have requisite, demonstrable competence and experience in providing Surface Parking Facility Design/Build Services (the “Project”) as required by the various divisions of the Department of Port Control (“Department”) and described more fully in this RFQ.

Qualified firms either singly or in joint venture or other legal arrangements (collectively, the "Firm", “Contractor” “Consultant” or "Respondent") must have the requisite, demonstrated competence and experience in, and a thorough knowledge of, the services required for the Project.

A pre-proposal meeting and site-visit will be held on Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 10:00a.m. local time in the Cleveland Plus Conference Room at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland OH 44135 and via WEBEX:

https://clevelandairport.webex.com/clevelandairport/j.php?MTID=m212654f509a6447b1696c5ae896cface

Although attendance is not mandatory, firms are encouraged to attend. Those planning to attend the pre-proposal conference and site-visit must register by 1:00 p.m. Friday June 13, 2025, utilizing the RSVP function in OpenGov. Interested parties may submit or ask questions pertaining to this Request for Qualifications and the services desired. Questions should be submitted online, in the Q&A section of the OpenGov Platform.

The Department is soliciting statements from qualified Firms, with demonstrated experience in providing professional design/build services, to include a full range of architectural/engineering services, and general construction services, for surface parking redevelopment, AOA fencing, revenue collection systems, aviation related security systems, surface lighting systems adjacent to airfields, and associated ancillary work at CLE. This RFQ is an invitation to experienced design/build firms to submit statements to the Department outlining, in detail, their ability to serve as a designer and developer to the Department, to assist in the comprehensive design and construction of development areas detailed below. The development areas will be utilized by the Department to expand its revenue-controlled parking capacity adjacent to the airfield.