City of Chilliwack issues public notice about design award for new pickleball facility
CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack has notified the public about its intent to extend a design award to Vernon-based MQN Architects for a new pickleball facility.
According to a notice on the city’s tenders and bids website, the value of the design award has been calculated at an estimated $226,485.
The City of Chilliwack wrote in its public notification that it intended to award this design work directly because significant funds have already been spent on the pre-design phase of the project. The city said pre-design work enabled the municipality to obtain estimated costs, quantitative surveys and pre-approvals completed so that it could have the project approved by council. The city also said that if it hired a different company than MQN Architects, it would require duplicating these expenditures. The city noted $30,000 has been spent on pre-design work with MQN Architects, while $40,000 has been spent on various sub-consultant engineering firms.
The new pickleball facility will be located between the Landing Sports Centre and Exhibition Field. A staff report will be coming to an October council meeting with full details about the multi-use facility.