Professional Services
Professional Services and Non-Advertised Professional Services (As Needed)
Professional Services means those services typically performed by architects, engineers, professional land surveyors, landscape architects, or industrial hygienists. §24-30-1401 through 1408 C.R.S.
Requests for Qualifications are used for selecting professional services. These trades are exempt from the procurement code, but a separate statute (§24-30-1401 et, seq. C.R.S.) governs their selection. The statute (§24-30-1403 (2)(a)) allows for discretionary contracts for less than $25,000 and requires that for contracts of $25,000 or more that architects, engineers, landscape architects, surveyors and industrial hygienists be selected based on qualifications only. Price is not considered.
For selections under $50,000, after training, department staff can conduct selections for architects, engineers, professional land surveyors, landscape architects, or industrial hygienists using a more informal process, where advertising is not required. See the Non-Advertised Professional Services Instruction Memo and the Non-Advertised Professional Services Blank Selection Memo for more details.
Emergency selections are allowed.
All professional services purchases require a contract, per fiscal rules.
Surveyors, Architects, Landscape Architects, Industrial Hygienists
Things to remember
Do not sign vendor agreements
PROCESS
There is one process for professional services. Dotted line indicates optional or situational steps.
Professional Services - Contract
