Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Florida International University
Rule No.6C8-5.009 - Use of University Facilities

NOTICE TO PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that Professional Services in the discipline of Architecture will be required for the project listed below:

Project Name and Number:

Science/Graduate Classroom Complex, BT-876 & 877

Project Location:

University Park Campus, Miami, Florida

Project Description:

The Science/Graduate Classroom Complex will provide specialized classrooms for teaching science, a large lecture hall, breakout rooms that facilitate large instructional needs, flexible research space, vivarium (currently under consideration), study rooms for graduate student cubicles, offices, media rooms and student gathering spaces that promote collaborative work. The project consists of site development and construction of a multi-story facility sited north of the existing Chemistry-Physics Building #09. It will be a critical part of the Academic Health Sciences Center at the University Park Campus serving as the north gateway to the campus with an approximate total gross square footage of 198,000. Construction costs are estimated at $52 million. Occupancy for this project is expected for Fall 2011.

The selected firm will provide programming, design development, construction documents, and construction administration. Blanket Professional liability insurance will be required and will be provided as a part of Basic Services.

Project development including professional services is contingent upon availability of funds.

INSTRUCTIONS:

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

The letter of application should have attached:

1.     A completed (former Board of Regents) “Professional Qualifications Supplement (SUSPQS),” dated September 1999. Applications on any other form will not be considered. The MBE point scale in the PQS is no longer used. Disregard paragraph 4 on page 2 of the instructions.

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 properly chartered by the Florida Department of State to operate in Florida.

Submit seven (7) copies of the above requested data bound in the order listed above. Applications that do not comply with the above instructions will not be considered. State of Florida Minority Business Enterprise certification is no longer requested. Application material will not be returned.

The plans and specifications for A/E 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 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 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.

Professional Qualifications Supplement forms and the Project Fact Sheet may be obtained from the web-site http://facilities.fiu.edu (Applicant firms may find project under Selection Process information). Requests for meetings by individual firms will not be granted. Once the firm acquires the required forms, questions may be directed to Facilities Planning at (305)348-4090.

Submit qualifications to: Selection Committee, Facilities Planning, Florida International University, Campus Support Complex, Room #236, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199, by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on Monday, March 24, 2008. Late submittals shall be disqualified. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.

The University reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the selection process at any time and to return or reject any or all submissions without obligation to the respondent. If additional funding is realized, the University has the option to incorporate additional scope/funding under this contract.