6C8-5.009: Use of University Facilities
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that services in the discipline of Architecture, Engineering, and Landscape Architecture are required for the project identified below. The prime applicant firm may be licensed in any of the above noted professional disciplines.
Project Name and Number: BT-857 CAMPUS MASTER PLAN UPDATE 2010-2020
Project Location: University-wide, Miami-Dade, North Miami & Miami Beach
Project Description:
This master planning project consists of updating the Universitys current Comprehensive Campus Master Plan in the following areas: academic mission, academic program, urban design, future land use, academic facilities, support facilities, housing, recreation and open space, general infrastructure, utilities, transportation, intergovernmental coordination, conservation, capital improvements, architectural design guidelines, landscape design quidelines, facilities maintenance, and coastal management. The successful firm will be that firm who has demonstrated master planning experience by having previous prime responsibility for developing comprehensive university master plans.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Firms desiring to apply for consideration shall submit a letter of application. The letter of application should have attached:
1. A completed Florida International University Professional Qualifications Supplement (FIUPQS). The official FIUPQS forms must be downloaded from the FIU web site at http://facilities.fiu.edu/projects/BT-857.htm. Applications on any other form will not be considered.
2. A copy of the applicants current Professional Registration Certificate from the appropriate Governing board. An applicant must be properly registered at the time of application to practice its profession in the State of Florida. If the applicant is a corporation, it must be properly chartered by the Florida Department of State to operate in Florida.
Submit Eleven (11) bound copies of the required proposal data and one CD copy in Adobe Acrobat PDF format of the requested qualifications to: Selection Committee, Florida International University, Real Estate Development and Planning, Campus Support Complex, 11555 S. W. 17th St., Room CSC142, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida 33199. Applications that do not comply with the above instructions will not be considered. Application material will not be returned. The University reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the selection process at any time and to return or reject any or all submissions of qualifications without obligation to the respondent. The award of this contract is subject to availability of funds.
The plans and specifications prepared by the A/E are subject to reuse in accordance with the provisions of Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. As required by Section 287.133, Florida Statutes, a consultant may not submit a proposal for this project if it is on the convicted vendor list for a public entity crime committed within the past 36 months. The selected consultant must warrant that it will neither utilize the services of, nor contract with, any supplier, subcontractor, or consultant in excess of $15,000.00 in connection with this project for a period of 36 months from the date of their being placed on the convicted vendor list.
FIU HAS CREATED STANDARD CONTRACT FORMS AND STANDARD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO A/ES FOR A/E AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SERVICES TO PROVIDE FOR AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS. THESE FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND CAN BE FOUND AT http://facilities.fiu.edu/formsandstandards.htm.
ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD REVIEW THE APPLICABLE FIU CONTRACT FORM AND STANDARD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS CAREFULLY PRIOR TO MAKING A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO RESPOND TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT.
The Project Fact Sheet, which describes the selection process schedule for this Project and additional information regarding the Project scope, may be obtained from the web-site: http://facilities.fiu.edu/projects/BT-857.htm. Requests for meetings by individual firms will not be granted. Once the firm acquires the required forms, questions may be directed to: Real Estate Development and Planning at (305)348-4090 or via email: griffith@fiu.edu.
Submittals must be received between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Local Time), Friday, February 18, 2011. Submittals will not be accepted before or after the times and date stated above. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.
