Professional Design Services - Legacy Woods Historic Campus & Heritage Center Development Project

The City of West Des Moines is seeking a qualified firm to provide professional design services for the Legacy Woods Historic Campus and Heritage Center Development Project. The selected firm will work closely with the City's Parks and Recreation Department, other City departments, and community stakeholders to guide planning, programming, design, cost estimating, funding strategy, and phased implementation. The project aims to balance passive recreation, environmental education, historic interpretation, community gathering, public programming, and preservation of the site's natural and cultural character. The scope of services includes project initiation, existing conditions and data review, programming and visioning, public and stakeholder engagement, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, funding strategy, and operations, maintenance, and lifecycle cost evaluation. • Key services: professional architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, planning, public engagement, cost estimating, and related design services • Project goals: establish programmatic, spatial, operational, and functional needs of the Heritage Center, plan the arrangement of cultural resources, ensure compatibility with the adjacent Legacy Woods Nature Sanctuary Master Plan, create flexible outdoor gatherings, education, and event spaces, develop a realistic project budget, and integrate sustainable design, resilient infrastructure, and practical maintenance practices • Stakeholders: City staff, boards, elected officials, partner organizations, community stakeholders, and future project partners • Project timeline: RFQ issued on June 26, 2026, pre-proposal site walk on July 8, 2026, questions due on July 10, 2026, SOQs due on July 15, 2026, selection review period from July 20-24, 2026, and tentative start of services in September 2026