In order to allow UAB to address minor projects in a timely and efficient manner – as well as offering opportunities to smaller or newer firms that may not have had previous opportunities to do work for UAB – ID/IQ agreements are maintained with firms providing professional services in a variety of disciplines. The university currently has active ID/IQ agreements for the following disciplines:

1. Architectural Design Services (full scope)
2. Civil Engineering Services
3. Structural Engineering Services
4. Electrical Engineering Services
5. Mechanical Engineering Services
6. Project Commissioning Authority and Retro-Commissioning Services
7. Landscape Architectural Services
8. Interior Design Services
9. Traffic Consulting and Engineering Services
10. Building Envelope Assessment Services
11. Cost Estimating Services
12. Geotechnical Engineering & Construction Materials Testing
13. Hazardous Materials

ID/IQ agreements will be for a term of two years and an RFQ solicitation will be issued at the end of each calendar year in order to select firms to replace those firms with expiring agreements.

If your firm wants to be included in the university’s consultant database, email the firm name, point of contact name and email address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Request for Qualfications

UAB utilizes a Qualification Based Selection (QBS) process to identify the Architect/Engineer of Record for most of its projects that exceed $1,000,000 and for many project of lesser value. The QBS process is also frequently utilized to identify firms providing other professional services (geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, surveying, commissioning, etc.) in support of a project.

The initial step in identifying a design firm, or other professional service provider(s), for the project involves the issuance of an RFQ. The RFQ will typically outline:

1. Background/history of a project
2. Scope of the project
3. Services being requested
4. Minimum qualifications a firm should have to be considered
5. Responding instructions

The RFQ will be emailed to all firms in our consultant database. The number of firms in this database varies. There are currently approximately 400 recipients in the database.

The university's intent is to make the RFQ available to as many firms as possible. There is no pre-requisite or pre-qualification required to be considered for a project. If your firm wants to be included in the university’s consultant database, email the firm name, point of contact name and email address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..