Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Florida International University
GRADUATE HOUSING, BT-892

NOTICE TO ARCHITECT/ENGINEERS

The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that services in the discipline of Architecture/Engineering are required for the project identified below:

Project Name and Number: Graduate Housing, BT- 892

Project Location: University Park, Miami, Florida

Project Description: The building program of the project includes a 400 bed graduate student housing complex with retail and support space, including office facilities. The project site will be adjacent to the Panther Garage in the existing surface parking lot #10. This project is expected to be completed and operational no later than June, 2011.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Firms 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 with FIU revisions dated 2/22/2008. Applications on any other form will not be considered. It is the intent of FIU to encourage participation by qualified Minority Business Enterprises however, State of Florida MBE Certification is not a factor in the selection process. 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 six (6) 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. Application material will not be returned. The University reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the selection process at any time and to return or reject any or all submissions of qualifications without obligation to the respondent. The award of this contract is subject to availability of funds.

The plans and specifications for A/E 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, 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, which incorporates the selection process for this Project and additional information regarding the Project scope, 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 Real Estate Development and Planning at (305)348-4090 or via email to cecilia@fm.fiu.edu.

Submit qualifications to: Selection Committee, Florida International University, Real Estate Development and Planning, Campus Support Complex, Room #236, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199, by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on October 10, 2008. Late submittals shall be disqualified. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.