NOTICE TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS
The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that construction management services are required for the project identified below:
PROJECT NAME & NUMBER: BT-882 Student Academic Support Center
PROJECT LOCATION: Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC), Miami, Florida
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project will provide the construction of a multi-purpose student support complex to create, facilitate and promote student interaction, campus engagement and academic success. The Center will provide the university with an attractive new welcome center and an integrated service facility to enable students to conduct university business–from recruitment to graduation–in a single location. The primary focus of this new facility is to build student affinity and promote student success from the first visit at the welcome center to the last pro-active and positive service encounter at the one-stop facility. This new Center represents an opportunity for the university to create a “culture of service” by assisting students in a single location with professional and support staff uniquely trained to render full service assistance and excellent customer service. No longer will students need to traverse the campus to find the right office and/or staff member for assistance but rather they will need only to visit the support facility for full-service assistance with a one-stop specialist.
Included in the Center will be a number of University functions, included but not limited to orientation, counseling and advising, admissions, bursar and registration The Center will include office space for advising and student support, lecture halls, flexible classroom space, computer study rooms and meeting areas. The building site as indicated in the building program dated October 15, 2008 is under evaluation to be moved to an area adjacent to the E.R. Graham University Center. Additional information will be posted at http://facilities.fiu.edu/projects/BT-882.htm once the site revision is finalized.
The total building construction cost is estimated to be approximately $22,300,000 with a total gross square footage of 74,354 GSF. Total currently available funding for the total project is in the amount of $20,146,926. An additional $10,740,500 future funding has been requested and is subject to appropriation by the Florida legislature. In the event additional funds are not appropriated, the project scope may be amended to match available funding.
INSTRUCTIONS: Firms desiring to provide construction management services for the project shall submit a letter of application and a completed Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement (CMQS) form. Proposals must not exceed 80 pages, including the CMQS and letter of application. Pages must be numbered consecutively. Submittals, which do not comply with these requirements or do not include the requested data, will not be considered. No submittal material will be returned.
Submit seven (7) bound copies of the required proposal data and one CD copy of the complete proposal in Adobe Acrobat PDF format of the above requested data bound in the order listed. 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 Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement (CMQS) form and the Project Fact Sheet, which describes the selection process schedule for this Project and additional information regarding the Project scope, may be obtained from the web-site http://facilities.fiu.edu/projects/BT-882.htm. 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: griffith@fiu.edu.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must be licensed to practice as general contractors in the State of Florida at the time of application. Corporations must be registered to operate in the State of Florida by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, at the time of application. As required by Section 287.133, Florida Statutes, a construction management 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 construction management 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.
FIU STANDARD CONTRACT FORMS, GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CM SERVICES PROVIDE FOR AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS. THESE FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, AND CAN BE FOUND AT http://facilities.fiu.edu/formsandstandards.htm.
ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD REVIEW THE APPLICABLE FIU CONTRACT FORM AND STANDARD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS CAREFULLY PRIOR TO MAKING A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO RESPOND TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT.
SUBMIT QUALIFICATIONS TO: Selection Committee, Florida International University, Real Estate Development and Planning, Campus Support Complex, 11555 S. W. 17th St., Room 142, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida 33199. Submittals must be received between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Local Time), Friday, November 19, 2010.
Submittals will not be accepted before or after the times and date stated above. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.