Program Overview:
Per Trustees' policy all architectural firms seeking commissions on major capital projects must be prequalified. The CSU Office of the Chancellor has established an annual prequalification process to fulfill this requirement. Prequalification for architectural firms is issued on an annual basis effective July 1 of each year.

Searchable Database:
Current 2008/2009 prequalification listing

Applying for Prequalification:
Applications for next year's 2009/10 listing will be accepted from November 26, 2008 through April 10, 2009. The application window for the current year is now closed.

Interested parties are invited to download and complete the application and submit within this period. Please do not rearrange or reformat the application. Be sure to sign the application and submit with one copy of your brochure to the address indicated on form.

2009/10 Master Prequal Application

Frequently Asked Questions:
Firms seeking architectural prequalification must be primarily providing architectural services. Other service providers, i.e., engineering firms, landscape architects, etc., are not subject to systemwide prequalification and therefore not included in this systemwide architectural listing.

Firms seeking prequalification must maintain an office within the state of California.

Architectural commissions awarded through design-build projects are prequalified on a per-project basis and, at the discretion of the campus, need not be prequalified systemwide.

Prequalification is an annual requirement. Prequalification from prior years does not automatically roll over into the next year.

The prequalification is office/location specific. Please submit a separate application for each office that may wish to seek CSU work.

While other officers of the company may co-sign, the prequalification application must list an architect licensed in the state of California and directly associated with the office applying that will be empowered to sign agreements.

There is no application fee.

Campus Contacts:
Placement on the prequalified listing does not guarantee work. It remains the obligation of the architectural firms to develop and maintain contacts with the individual campuses in seeking upcoming project commissions.
Campus contacts (.xls) Campus Appointments (.xls)

Capital Outlay Program Information:
CSU Five Year Capital Improvement Program 2008/2009 through 2012/2013: Upcoming projects (.pdf)


Sincerely,
Thomas M. Kennedy
Chief of Architecture & Engineering
Capital Planning, Design & Construction