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  • Rule No.6C8-5.009 -Use of University Facilities
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    6C8-5.009: Use of University Facilities

    NOTICE TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

    The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that construction management services are required for the project identified below:

    PROJECT NAME & NUMBER: BT-876 Science Classroom Complex

    PROJECT LOCATION: Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC), Miami, Florida

    PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Science Classroom Complex will provide specialized classrooms for teaching science, vivarium, BSL2 labs, flexible research space, scientific receiving and stock room, study rooms for graduate student cubicles, offices, and faculty/student gathering spaces that promote collaborative work. A Data Center will provide the technology backbone for the Academic Health Science Center (AHSC). Chem-Store, Scientific Receiving and Stock Room areas will provide regulatory compliant management of scientific materials, equipment, and chemicals (including but not limited to flammable and hazardous chemical, biological and radiological materials) serving as the transit point for the receipt, temporary storage, tracking, distribution, and/or transfer to hazardous materials haulers for the AHSC. The project consists of site development and construction of a multi-story facility sited north of the existing Chemistry-Physics Building #09. The building will connect at the fifth level via a bridge to the new College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Completion for this project is slated for May of 2012. The firm of Perkins + Will is the Architect of Record for the Project, which is currently in the Programming Phase.

     The total building construction cost is approximately $35.2 million with a total gross square footage of 121,000. Total funding is in the amount of $50,000,000 of PECO funds.

    INSTRUCTIONS: Firms desiring to provide construction management services for the project shall submit a letter of application and a completed Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement form. 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 $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.

    Submit seven (7) bound copies of the required proposal data and one CD copy of the complete proposal in Adobe Acrobat PDF format of the above requested data bound in the order listed. 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 Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement (CMQS) form and 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-876.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.

    SUBMIT QUALIFICATIONS TO: Selection Committee, Florida International University, Real Estate Development and Planning, Campus Support Complex, 11555 S. W. 17th St., Room #142, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida 33199. 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, November 20, 2009.

    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.