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17th Annual Student Management Competition Preliminary Problem Statement for

Design Build 2009

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

 

Project Description

 

The State of Colorado, Construction Department, seeks a firm to provide design-build services for the new Armed Forces Reserve Training Facility and Field Equipment Shop on a 40 acre site near Colorado Springs, CO.  The project shall consist of approximately 120,000 gross square feet of classrooms, administrative areas, assembly hall, kitchen, simulator rooms, weapon vaults, and medical suites designed to support the training of the four Colorado Armed Forces Reserve branches; Army National Guard, US Army Reserve, US Navy Reserve, and US Marine Corps Reserve.  The project shall also consist of a 50,000 gross square feet Field Equipment Shop with offices and maintenance work bays for military vehicles.   The new facilities and site must be compliant with AT/FP requirements, and achieve a LEED Silver rating (v2.2).

 

Scope of Services

 

The State of Colorado, Construction Department, seeks design-build firms who are resourceful in providing Best Value.  Best Value includes the following principles: designing a facility that reflects the values and honor of a military profession, providing a facility that connects with the local community both visually and functionally, providing innovative and creative design sustained by economical construction within the allowed funding, interactive design after contract award with the client and end users of the facility, and the life cycle management of the facility.

 

The design and construction cost will be subject to the federal funds available for this project.  The total funds available for award, and construction cost limitation, is $65,243,231.

 

The design-build contractor will be responsible for performing the following services:

1.)    Develop a design and proposal which meets or exceeds the minimum requirements set forth in the Request For Proposal (RFP), while not exceeding the construction cost limitation.

2.)   Evaluate the project schedule, including overall project duration, design milestones, construction milestones and preliminary turnover milestones.

3.)   Evaluate site usage and recommend to the Colorado Construction Department an appropriate site usage considering the program requirements.

4.)   Evaluate overall functional layout, and display the interaction of spaces in the facilities with respect to soldier working conditions and operations.

5.)   Demonstrate how the architectural themes of the facility and spaces meet the program requirements.

6.)   Provide design, preconstruction, and construction services required to complete the project in accordance with the RFP documents.

 

Program requirements for the project will be available during the RFP phase of this process to firms that are invited to submit a proposal.

 

 

Minimum RFQ Requirements

 

Minimum requirements for this project include evidence of completed projects of similar scope and complexity.  Firms must submit (1) hard copy and (1) electronic copy of their qualifications, which accounts for 10% of the selection.  The electronic copy must be in PDF format and saved on a CD.  The minimum specific requirements are:

 

Provide general company information, which includes: 

1)    History of company

2)    Description of divisions or area offices

3)    Types of services provided by your firm

4)    Percent of total work procured under each of the following project delivery approaches (Lump Sum Competitive Bid, Design-Build, CM at Risk, other)

5)    Professional Liability Insurance Limits

6)    Number of employees

7)    Annual volume the last three years (provide breakout for Design-Build projects)

8)    EMR the last three years 

9)    Current and projected workloads

 

Provide relevant project experience, which includes:

1)    Project name and description

2)    Owner

3)    Gross square feet

4)    Cost per square foot

5)    Building structural type  

6)    Project schedule 

 

Provide project team information, which includes:

1)    Demonstrated experience as a project team designing and constructing projects of a similar scope

2)    Description of each team member’s role on the project

3)    One page summary for each team member describing their qualifications and relevant experience

4)    Organization chart showing roles and relationships of each team member relative to this specific project.

 

Note:    If design and construction services are to be provided by two separate firms, provide information above for each firm as applicable.

 

 

Qualifications Due

 

To be determined by the ASC Region IV Guidelines provided by others.

 


Request for Proposal (RFP)

 

After the RFQ proposals are submitted, the RFP and program documents will be issued to all short-listed firms in electronic format.  A CD will be prepared for each qualified bidder that contains the proposal requirements and plans in either PDF or AutoCAD format.

 

One set of 1/16 scale or larger conceptual level drawings and site plan based on program requirements will be required in your proposal.  A set of conceptual level drawings must include at a minimum, but is not limited to:  

 

-Overall site plan                                         

-First floor plan

-Second floor plan

-Two building elevations

 

Other minimum requirements of the RFP will include your firm’s approach to sustainable design, conceptual estimating, value engineering, scheduling, design management, and project management. 

 

 

If you are in need of any further information please contact the ASC Region IV Competition Coordinator 

 


 

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