RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6C8-5.009: Use of University Facilities

NOTICE TO DESIGN-BUILDERS

The Florida International University Board of Trustees announces that Services in the discipline of Design-Build construction services are required for the project identified below:

Project Name and Number:         Parkview Housing, BT-889/

                                                        Parking Garage Six, BT-868

Project Location:                          University Park, Miami, Florida

Project Description: The initial phase building program of the project includes a mixed used 820 bed student housing complex with retail and faculty housing and a multilevel open garage for 2,000 cars with garage support space, including office facilities. Development of the project will include “new urbanism” concepts including mixed use and a possible “main street village” which will reconfigure Southwest 17th street to accommodate on-street parking with retail and other mixed use facilities. Subsequent phases of the project may be added to the original scope of work to possibly extend the “main street village” concept and provide additional housing approximately equal in size to the initial phase program and a second parking garage approximately equal to the initial phase parking building program. The above noted subsequent phases may be added to the initial phase scope of services for the selected firm at the discretion of Florida International University with no further notice to the public. Alternatively, Florida International University may, at its discretion, elect to re-bid subsequent phases of the project and not add to the scope of services for the selected firm.

The project site will be on the Southwest 17th street corridor on the south side of the University Park campus. This project is required to be completed and operational no later than June, 2010.

INSTRUCTIONS: Firms desiring to provide design build-services for the project shall submit a letter of application and a completed Design-Build Qualifications Supplement (DBQS) form. Submittals should not exceed 80 pages, including the DBQS form and letter of application. Pages shall be numbered consecutively. Submittals which do not include the requested data as specified in the DBQS form will not be considered. No submittal material will be returned. The University is also considering other delivery methods for the project.

The process for selecting a design-build firm for this Project will include evaluation and scoring of the information provided on the respondent’s DBQS form. A Selection Committee will evaluate and score the information provided, which includes prior project-related experience, design and technical abilities, financial resources, etc. A minimum of 3 firms receiving the highest scores after evaluation will be short listed. These firms will be given the opportunity to present their design build qualifications, design and construction services, approach and methodology to the Selection Committee. Based on this presentation and interview, the best qualified firm will be invited to enter into negotiations for pre-construction services and ultimately submit a guaranteed maximum price for construction.

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 Design/Build qualifications without obligation to the respondent. The award of this contract is subject to availability of funds. If additional funding is realized, the University has the option to incorporate additional scope/ funding under this contract. Project development including professional services is contingent upon availability of funds.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS: In addition to other requirements included in the DBQS form, the Design-Build firm team member(s) involved in professional services as engineer and/or architect and construction services as a certified general contractor shall meet the requirements of Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, at the time of the DBQS submittal. Corporations must be registered to operate in the State of Florida by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, at the time of application. The plans and specifications for Florida International University 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 Design-Build 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 Design-Build 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.

The Design-Build Qualifications Supplement (DBQS) form and the project fact sheet may be obtained online at http://facilities.fiu.edu (find project under Selection Project 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.

Eight (8) bound copies of the Design-Build Qualifications submittal should be delivered to: Selection Committee, Florida International University, University Park, CSC 236, Miami, Florida 33199. and clearly marked with the title “Parkview Housing, BT-889/Parking Garage Six, BT-868.” Submittals must be received by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on Friday, March 14, 2008. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.