Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Construction Management Services

BUREAU OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Project Name:                Construction Management Services

Project Description:     Expansion of Lowell Correctional Institution – Main Unit and Annex

                                        Ocala, Florida

The Department of Corrections, Bureau of Procurement and Supply, requests qualifications from construction management firms to provide services for the construction of a Secure Housing Unit and an In-Patient Medical Unit at the existing Annex; and expansion and renovations of the Main Unit in Ocala, Florida. The total construction budget is estimated to be $47,060,000 with the first phase, estimated to take 18 months and budgeted at $17,060,000; and the second phase estimated at $30,000,000 to be funded over a two year period beginning July 2008, pending Legislative appropriation of funds.

Applicant must be a licensed general contractor in the State of Florida at the time of application. Further, if a corporation, the applicant must be registered by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, to operate in the State of Florida at the time of application.

The selection will be made in accordance with Chapter 60D-5, Florida Administrative Code, and the Request for Qualification procedures and criteria which may be obtained from Julyn Hussey at the address and phone number below. Firms interested in being considered for this project are encouraged to attend an information meeting at the Department of Corrections, Central Office, on the second floor in Classroom B, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida on May 9, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.

To be considered, interested firms must submit an application in accordance with the Request for Qualifications by May 22, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT), faxed submissions are not acceptable. Submit copies of your Statement of Qualification to the Department of Corrections, Attn., Julyn Hussey, Bureau of Procurement and Supply, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2500, (850)410-4049.

The State of Florida’s performance and obligation to contract for these services are contingent upon annual appropriations by the Legislature.