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MISSION COAKLEY: SOS

In 2017, Hurricane Maria destroyed our shelter of 50 years at Estate Clifton Hill. Luckily, all our animals had been evacuated off-island the day before. Our original plan was to rebuild at Clifton Hill, but after going through the permitting process, we discovered the property had never been zoned correctly for an animal shelter. Stuck in a zoning quagmire, we decided to switch gears and purchase the Castle Coakley great-house property. We closed in March 2022!

Castle Coakley is zoned correctly and has been lovingly renovated over the past several years. The 5.5 acre property consists of a Great House, a smaller carriage house, two sugar mills, other historical ruins, as well as beautiful gardens and land. The Great House will be converted into our low-cost community clinic, surgery center, and offices. The carriage house will be our intake and adoptions center, and we will build a brand new kennel building!

Also in the plans are a community dog park, walking trails, a puppy play yard—the possibilities are limitless! We are also collaborating with CHANT to develop a historical walking tour through the property in order to make this important piece of Virgin Islands history accessible to the whole community. 

A leaking roof, mold, AC issues as well as space limitations have made our current 5 Corners location inadequate for the needs of our shelter animals and staff. However, we cannot afford to put our very limited resources into a building we do not own: we need to move to Castle Coakley as soon as possible! Funding for some of our renovations and buildings will be covered by a FEMA rebuild grant, but we will urgently need to raise funds for many uncovered expenses. We have named this fundraising effort Mission Coakley: SOS (Save Our Shelter) and aim to raise $500,000 over the next year! We hope to begin Castle Coakley’s construction by the end of summer, 2022 and move the entire shelter and low-cost clinic by September 2023. It’s ambitious, but with the support of our amazing community, we can make it happen! 

**PROJECT STATUS** as of September 2022: We are currently soliciting proposals for our Architect/Engineering phase of Mission: Coakley! Please see below for the RFP information.

Please donate to this effort and help us move!

Request for Proposals

The St. Croix Animal Welfare Center requests proposals for Architecture/Engineering Services for the Castle Coakley project.

 SCAWC is seeking an Architect/Engineer to design the new home of SCAWC and the full scope of animal welfare services it provides to the community through the retrofit of existing structures and new construction. The facility will include designated and functionally designed spaces for the myriad of animal shelter and low-cost veterinary center operational needs including: animal intake, dog and puppy kennels and play spaces, cat and kitten areas, adoptions, shelter medicine, low-cost veterinary center services, humane education and outreach, administration and staff work, break, and meeting spaces, laundry, storage, and parking. 

This disaster recovery project is funded in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Grant Program, under the guidelines and regulations of the Stafford Act.

 RFP Package for Download:

RFP 08-2022A 

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 1

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 2

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 3

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 4

APPENDICES

RFP 08-2022A Appendices

RFP 08-2022A Appendices, Addenda 1

RFP 08-2022 Appendices, Addenda 2

RFP 08-2022 Appendices, Addenda 3

ADDITIONAL RFP RELATED DOCUMENTS:

Pre-Proposal Conference Agenda

Pre-Proposal Conference and Facility Walk Through Minutes 

Submitted Questions & Answers

Note that any RFP addenda as well as additional RFP related documents such as Submitted Questions & Answers, Pre-Proposal Conference Agenda, and Pre-Proposal Conference and Facility Walk Through Minutes, will be published on this site. 

 

Potential bidders are advised to check this site regularly for any updates. 

***RFP SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED***

Proposals will now be accepted until SUNDAY, November 27th at 5pm AST

Timetable – Key Dates:

RFP 08-2022A – Advertisement Begin Date: Monday, September 26, 2022

Pre-proposal Conference at 9:00 am AST: Thursday, October 6, 2022

Walk-through of Facilities (following Pre-Proposal Conference): Thursday, October 6, 2022

Last day for written clarification: Friday, November 18, 2022 

Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 pm AST: Sunday, November 27, 2022

 

Submission Instructions:

All interested parties shall submit one (1) proposal in electronic format (pdf), which is acceptable and encouraged, or two (2) sets of hard-copy proposals are to be delivered to SCAWC during normal business hours. Proposals must be submitted no later than 5:00 pm AST on Sunday, November 27, 2022 to the following: 

 

Mr. Andreas Gloggengiehser 

Managing Director

Email: executivedirector@stcroixawc.org

or

SCAWC Shelter Rebuild Project (RFP 08-2022A) 

St. Croix Animal Welfare Center 

1C-1D Estate Princess

Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00820 

 

For more information on please contact Andreas Gloggengiehser at executivedirector@stcroixawc.org or call the Animal Welfare Center’s office at 340-778-1650.

RFP 08-2022A

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 1

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 2

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 3

RFP 08-2022A – Addenda 4

RFP 08-2022A Appendices

RFP 08-2022A Appendices, Addenda 1

RFP 08-2022 Appendices, Addenda 2

RFP 08-2022 Appendices, Addenda 3

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