Department of Education, Board of Regents

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Board of Regents

Project No.: BR-1054

NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees, announces that Professional Services in the discipline of architecture will be required for the project listed below:

Project No.: BR-1054

Project and Location:      Academic Building 7

                                            Fort Myers, Florida

Description of Project

As Florida Gulf Coast University student population continues to grow at a rate of 15 to 20% a year, there is a need for additional classroom and faculty/staff office spaces to keep pace with such population growth. Currently, the College of Arts and Sciences offices and classrooms are located in Whitaker Hall on the FGCU campus. Accordingly, this new building will provide additional spaces for CAS laboratory/lecture classrooms, administration and faculty/staff offices to supplement the adjacent Whitaker Hall building location. Likewise, in addition to the more traditional laboratories utilized by the sciences, the facilities program for this building also includes several areas to be utilized as SCALE-UP classrooms, which are predicated on problem-solving type of pedagogy and allows students work in “team” type of setting.

In general, the building will contain approximately 60,000 gross square feet and will be four stories in height. The design of the building will be complimentary to other campus buildings, and yet it will have a distinct appearance of its own. Academic Building 7 will be located west of the existing Whitaker Hall Building and east of the new Engineering Building, which will be under construction soon.

The selected architectural firm will provide design, construction documents, and administration services for the referenced project. The estimated cost of construction is approximately $16,000,000 and the total project budget is approximately $20,325,000. The project will utilize the Construction Management delivery method.

Instructions:

Firms desiring to apply for consideration shall submit a letter of application.

The letter of application should have attached the following:

1.     A completed Board of Regents “Professional Qualifications Supplement,” dated September 1999. Applications on any other form will not be considered.

2.     A copy of the applicant’s 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 chartered by the Florida Department of State to operate in Florida.

Submit five (5) copies of the above requested data bound in the order listed above. Applications, which do not comply with the above instructions, may be disqualified. Application materials will not be returned. The plans and specifications for State University System projects 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, subcontract, 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.

Professional Qualifications Supplement forms, descriptive project information, and selection criteria may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Jack Fenwick, FGCU Director of Facility Planning, 10501 FGCU Blvd., South, Fort Myers, Florida 33965-6565, [phone], Fax [phone].

Submittals must be received in the Facilities Planning Office, by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.