Department of Education, Florida State University

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Florida State University

 

William H. Johnston Building Remodeling and Expansion

 

Florida State University announces that construction management services will be required for the project listed below:

Project No.:  FS-248

Project and Location:              William H. Johnston Building

              Remodeling and Expansion

              Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

This project will completely restore and renovate the existing West Wing of the William Johnston Building and, demolish and expand the center. It will construct approximately 78,000 square feet of new building expansion and will remodel approximately 65,000 gsf of existing building. The Johnston Building Remodel and Expansion will provide shared common and support spaces including classrooms, computer labs, reading rooms as well as student and faculty lounges. The goals and objectives of the project are identified in the program document. The building is a Jacobean Revival structure within the “historic” district of campus. The building’s exterior and interior characteristic shall be preserved to illustrate its best and unique features. The second floor vaulted ceiling spaces in the west wing north and south will be preserved and restored, as will the center entry and stairs on the first and second. The exterior of the building is consistent with other structures built in the vicinity, and within the same 50-year period. The building features brick and pre-cast elements and accents, as well as terra cotta tile roofs. The new center interior wing and connector will be architecturally sympathetic to both the east and west wings and will be created to preserve the historic and architectural significance of the building. Improvements of service access for the entire Johnston Building, including the recently renovated Suwannee Dining Room shall be considered part of this project. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the existing east wing must be maintained during the construction period.

The construction budget is approximately $42,900,000 with a total anticipated project budget of $49,200,000.

The contract for construction management services will consist of two phases. Phase one is pre-construction services, for which the construction manager will be paid a fixed fee. Phase one services include value engineering, constructability analyses, development of a cost model, estimating, and the development of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) at 50% Construction Document phase. If the GMP is accepted, phase two, the construction phase, will be implemented. In phase two of the contract, the construction manager becomes the single point of responsibility for performance of the construction of the project and shall publicly bid trade contracts, encouraging the inclusion of Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs). Failure to negotiate an acceptable fixed fee for phase one of the contract, or to arrive at an acceptable GMP within the time provided in the agreement may result in the termination of the construction manager’s contract.

Selection of finalists for interviews will be made on the basis of construction manager qualifications, including experience and ability; past experience; bonding capacity; record-keeping/administrative ability, critical path scheduling expertise; cost estimating; cost control ability; quality control capability; and qualifications of the firm’s personnel, staff and consultants. Finalists will be provided with a copy of the building program and the latest documentation prepared by the project architect/engineer, a description of the final interview requirements and a copy of the standard Florida State University’s construction management agreement. The Selection Committee may reject all proposals and stop the selection process at any time. The construction manager shall have no ownership, entrepreneurial or financial affiliation with the selected architect/engineer involved with this project.

Instructions:

Firms desiring to provide construction management services for the project shall submit a letter of application and the completed Florida State University “Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement.” Proposals must not exceed 80 pages, including the Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement and letter of application. Pages must be numbered consecutively. Submittals which do not comply with these requirements or do not include the requested data will not be considered. No submittal material will be returned.

All applicants must be licensed to practice as general contractors in the State of Florida at the time of application. Corporations must be registered to operate in the State of Florida by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, at the time of application. As required by Section 287.133, Florida Statutes, a construction management firm 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 construction management firm must warrant that it will neither utilize the services of, nor contract with, any supplier, subcontractor, or consultant in excess of $50,000.00 in connection with this project for a period of 36 months from the date of their being placed on the convicted vendor list.

The Florida State University Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement forms and the Project Fact Sheet may be obtained through the website at www.fpc.fsu.edu or by contacting: Lynetta Mills, Facilities Design and Construction, 109 Mendenhall Maintenance Building A, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4152, [phone] telephone, [phone] facsimile.

For further information on the project, contact: Jim Reynolds, Project Manager, at the address and phone listed above.

Submit six (6) bound copies of the required proposal data. Submittals must be received at the address listed above by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on Friday, February 8, 2008. Facsimile (FAX) or electronic submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.