Better Projects, Better Value

QBS is a simple and competitive process that matches the right design professional service provider to your project.

  • Ensures cost effectiveness
  • Reduces change orders
  • Improves construction quality
  • Encourages innovation
  • Promotes collaboration
  • Creates partners not adversaries

“We use QBS now for all engineering because it just saves a bunch of potential problems.”
Steve Sobers, Big Rapids City Manager

How QBS Works

1.

Identify the project and general scope of work.

2.

Issue a request for qualifications.

3.

Evaluate the qualifications.

4.

Develop a short list of qualified firms.

5.

Conduct Interviews (if required).

6.

Rank firms.

7.

Select your top-ranked firm.

8.

Jointly define scope with top-ranked consultant.

9.

Negotiate a fee.

10.

Execute a contract.

“Public agencies that use Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) to procure architectural and engineering services are better able to control construction costs and achieve a consistently high degree of project satisfaction than those using other methods, according to a two year study.”

Source: University of Colorado and Georgia Institute of Technology