NOTICE TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

The Florida International University Board of Trustees, announces that construction management services will be required for the project listed below:

Project and Location: Continuing Services Contracts for all sites of Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Project Description: The construction Manager will be the single point of responsibility for performance of the project construction contracts, functioning as an independent contractor, publicly bidding trade contracts.

Continuing Services Contracts are specific projects for renovations, alterations, and additions that have a basic construction budget estimated to be $1,000,000 or less. Accordingly, the selected firm(s) minimum bonding capacity should be $1,000,000 per project.

This will be a multiple award contract for an initial period of one-year with Owner’s option to renew the contract, at its sole discretion, for additional one-year periods, however, in no event to exceed a total of five years. Three (3) contracts will be awarded to three (3) different firms. Continuing Services Contracts provide that the consultant will be available on an as-needed basis for the Fiscal Year, July 1 – June 30.

Selection of finalists for interviews will be made on the basis of construction manager qualifications, including experience and ability; past experience; bonding capacity; record-keeping/administrative ability, critical path scheduling expertise; cost estimating; cost control ability; quality control capability; qualification of the firm’s personnel, and staff and consultants. Finalists will be provided with a list of the final interview evaluation criteria, and a copy of the standard SUS construction management agreement for continuing services projects. The final ranking shall be determined based on oral presentations and references. The Selection Committee may reject all proposals and stop the selection process at any time.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Firms desiring to provide construction management services for this project shall submit a letter of application and a completed State of Florida, Board of Regents “Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement,” (CMQS). Proposals must not exceed 80 pages, including the Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement and letter of application. Pages must be numbered consecutively. Submittals that do not comply with these requirements or do not include the requested data will not be considered. No submittal material will be returned.

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.

Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement forms and the Project Fact Sheet 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 September 19, 2008 Late submittals shall be disqualified. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.