BUREAU OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Project Name:                Construction Management Services

Project Description:     Lowell Reception Center

                                        Lowell, Florida and

                                        Sumter Reception Center

                                        Bushnell, Florida

The Department of Corrections, Bureau of Procurement and Supply, requests qualifications from construction management firms to provide services for the construction of a prototype Reception Center adjacent to the Marion Correctional Institution in Lowell, Florida and a Reception Center adjacent to the Sumter Correctional Institution, in Bushnell, Florida. The project will include the construction of a Secure Housing Unit at the Sumter Main Unit; Expansion of the existing water and wastewater treatment plants and sitework and utilities related to the staff housing and training areas at both the Marion Correctional Institution and the Sumter correctional Institution. The construction budget for the Lowell project is estimated to be $77,660,000 and the Sumter project is estimated at $87,300,000. Planning monies are currently available for limited pre-construction services with the remaining funding, over several years, pending Legislative appropriation of funds in July 2008.  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: Department of Corrections, Central Office, Second Floor, Classroom B, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida on March 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). To be considered, interested firms must submit an application in accordance with the Request for Qualifications by April 14, 2008, 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.