Shawnee Town, 1929: Request for Qualifications and Price Proposal

The City of Shawnee Parks & Recreation Department is requesting Qualification Statements and Price Proposals for design-build services for Shawnee Town, 1929. Interested design-build teams must have demonstrated experience with historic renovation projects and in the design and construction of high-quality, cost-effective facilities.

Shawnee Town, 1929 will include a “farm” site and a “town” site. The farmstead will be an assembly of representative 1929 truck garden buildings, and will include a house built by Joseph Scudder Hart and his wife Wilhannah in 1877 (the Hart Home). The farmstead will also include the Shawnee area Bender Barn, a Market Shed, a Smokehouse, and other structures. The town will include several buildings and stores representative of Shawnee businesses in 1929.

The following documents are available for downloading:



Please note all design-builders who will be submitting on the project are required to call or E-Mail the City’s contact person listed below so their name can be placed on the plan holders list for purposes of issuing addenda.

Documents are free of charge if downloaded from the City web site. Design-build teams requesting hard copies of the documents will be charged a fee of $125.

If you have questions regarding the documents or project information, please call Bert Schnettgoecke, P.E., Development Services Department, at (913) 742-6271 or E-Mail.

Request for Qualifications and Price Proposal (pdf)


Below are the pdf files listed in Appendix B:

Preliminary Site Plan: Shawnee Town, 1929

Farmstead Rendering

Topographic Survey, Old Shawnee Town, Cody Street and 57th Street, Shawnee, Kansas; Kaw Valley Engineering, Inc.; April 4, 2007

Standard Form of Preliminary Agreement Between Owner and Design-Builder (DBIA Document No. 520)

Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design Builder, Cost Plus Fee with an Option for a Guaranteed Maximum Price (DBIA Document No. 530)

Standard Form of General Conditions of Contract between Owner and Design-Builder (DBIA Document No. 535)

Plans for Street Improvements: Cody Street (Johnson Drive to 57th Street); Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc.; August 9, 2000

Storm Drainage Improvements, Turkey Creek Tributary at Johnson Drive; BHC Rhodes; February, 26, 2008

Swimming Pool Improvements; Shawnee, Kansas; Larkin Associates Consulting Engineers; 1987

East Pool and Bathhouse Demolition Plan; City of Shawnee Public Works-Engineering; January 2, 2008

City of Shawnee, Shawnee Design Manual: Development Services Department

City of Shawnee Design Standards Revision, Modification to Existing Design Criteria Division 4600, Adopted by City Council on 11-13-2007

Land Disturbance Activity, Division 4100 – Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control Standards, Adopted by City Council on 11-13-2007

Manual of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Quality; March 2008; Mid-America Regional Council

Post-Construction Stormwater Quality Treatment, Shawnee Municipal Code – Chapter 11.16, Adopted by City Council 10-22-07

Land Disturbance Activity, Shawnee Municipal Code - Chapter 11.20, Adopted by City Council 10-22-07

Shawnee Town, 1929; Strategic Plan 2004-2014; Jean Svadlenak & Associates, Museum Consulting

Farmhouse Furnishings Research Report and Plan; Shawnee Town, 1929, Shawnee, Kansas; July 1, 2008; Shannon Hsu, Curator of Collections

Outbuilding Furnishings Research Report and Plan; Shawnee Town’ 1929, Shawnee, Kansas; April 9, 2009; Shannon Hsu. Curator of Collections

Shawnee Town, 1929; Farmstead Outbuilding Research; October 22, 2007 (Draft); Susan Jezak Ford, CitySearch Preservation, Architectural and Historical Research

Shawnee Town, 1929; Sullivan House Report; May 14, 2008; Susan Jezak Ford, CitySearch Preservation, Architectural and Historical Research

Historic Renovation & Addition to Hart-DeCaeny House; January 15, 2008; Greer Architecture

New Building, Market Shed; July 14, 2008; Greer Architecture

Reconstruction of Existing Building, Bender Barn, August 26, 2008; Greer Architecture

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