Department of Education, Florida State University

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Florida State University

Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

NOTICE TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

The Florida State University announces that Construction Management Services will be required for the project listed below:

Project:College of Education Expansion

Location:Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Project No:FS 228

This project consists of constructing an addition of approximately 23,000 gsf and the renovation of approximately 11,000 gsf in the existing Stone Building for the College of Education. This addition will allow the Middle and Secondary Education Departments to collocate to the Stone Building. The majority of the building renovation will relocate the Dean’s suite into a more visible, consolidated location within the building. The project also includes improvements to the parking lots and other site improvements. The construction budget is approximately $7,800,000.

The contract for construction management 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 one or more Guaranteed Maximum Prices (GMP’s) at the 50% or the 100% 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. 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 the 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 ability; and qualifications of the firm’s personnel, staff and consultants. Finalists will be provided with a copy of the latest documentation prepared by the project architect/engineer, a description of the final interview requirements and a copy of the Florida State University’s standard 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 a completed FSU “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 FSU Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement forms and the Project Fact Sheet may be obtained on line at www.fpc.fsu.edu or by contacting: Lynetta Mills, Facilities Planning and Construction, 109 Mendenhall Building A, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4152, [phone] telephone, [phone] facsimile.

For further information or questions, please contact Daryl H. Ellison, Associate Director, [phone], at the address listed above.

Submit seven (7) bound copies of the required proposal data. Submittals must be received in the FSU Facilities Planning and Construction Office by 2:00 p.m. (local time), Thursday, January 4, 2007. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.