Sets up Gelfand Partners for school design projects under $10M through June 2028, no amount yet

The district signs a master agreement with Gelfand Partners Architects for architectural services on projects with construction budgets under $10 million at various school sites. No dollar amount is set now. Each future project will be added by its own amendment with its own not-to-exceed amount. The agreement runs from June 26, 2025 to June 30, 2028.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

Discrepancy from the official text. The text gives the project construction-budget ceiling as "ten million dollars ($10,000.00)"; the words and the attached form indicate $10 million, so the numeral is a misprint. The agreement itself commits no money. (Confirmed by a reviewer.)

Vendor / partner: Gelfand Partners Architects · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: School buildings & construction
Term: Jun 26, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Vendor no.: 001809
Presented by: Deputy Chief, Facilities Planning and Management
File: 25-1446 · agenda L.-10
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jun 25, 2025

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Architect Services Master Agreement by and between the District and Gelfand Partners Architects, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide Architectural Services for the District’s projects with a construction budget under ten million dollars ($10,000.00) at various school sites, with future projects assigned to Gelfand Partners Architects under the Agreement to be executed with amendments, each specific to a project scope, in the not-to-exceed amount of a specific dollar value, with work scheduled to commence on June 26, 2025, and scheduled to end on June 30, 2028, pursuant to the Agreement.

History

Jun 25, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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