# North Dakota Bismarck Civic Plus #1374

Design and construction services for Bismarck mixed-use parking ramp and transit hub

**Posted:** October 21, 2026
**Respond By:** November 13, 2026
**Identifier:** 1374
**NAICS:** 541330, 541310, 236220

The City of Bismarck is seeking a multidisciplinary design team for a mixed-use parking ramp and transit hub near downtown and the Medical District.
- **Government buyer:** City of Bismarck, Public Works Service Operations, and Bismarck Parking Authority.
- **Project collaborators:** Bis-Man Transit and Sanford Health; the ramp is planned near the corner of 7th Street and Thayer Avenue, with a climate-controlled skywalk to Sanford Hospital.
- **Requested facility:** A mixed-use structure with at least 500 parking spaces, active ground-floor storefronts, and a transit hub accommodating up to six fixed-route buses.
- **Services requested:** Architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, fire-protection, civil, and geotechnical design; traffic analysis for current and 20-year future conditions; permitting; project bidding; shop-drawing review and approval; and construction oversight.
- **Notable requirements:** Evaluate post-tensioned and precast construction approaches, including expected maintenance needs; design ADA-compliant elevators; and consider electric-vehicle charging if feasible. Designs must comply with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers or commercial vendors are named. The named project partners are Bis-Man Transit and Sanford Health.
- **Schedule:** Contract signing is anticipated in January 2027, with bidding expected in spring–summer 2027 and construction starting 30 days after the bid. No project completion date or overall duration is specified.

### Description

The City of Bismarck and the Bismarck Parking Authority seek proposals from qualified architectural and/or engineering firms for design and construction-related services for a new parking ramp at the northeast corner of 7th Street and Thayer Avenue. The proposed mixed-use facility is intended to provide approximately 500 parking spaces, active ground-floor storefronts, and a transit hub accommodating transfers for up to six fixed-route buses. The scope includes design across architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, civil, and geotechnical disciplines; traffic analysis; a climate-controlled skywalk to Sanford Hospital; permitting; bidding; shop drawing review; and construction oversight. Proposals must include seven hard copies and one digital copy, and are limited to 20 single-sided or 10 double-sided letter-size pages.

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