Notice of Bid/Request for Proposal

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 Name and Number: Social Sciences (International Studies), BT-835

Project Location: This facility will be located at Florida International University, University Park.

Project Description: The selected firm will be contracted to provide construction management for 57,000 sq. ft. building that will house International Studies. The building will provide a striking physical symbol of the international dimension of the University’s mission and identity. It will provide a state-of-the art venue for the many activities – classes, lectures, workshops, performances, conferences, and faculty and graduate student research-that constitute the agendas of its occupants. It will impress the constant stream of prominent foreign visitors that find their way to FIU. It also should enhance the external reputations of the centers and institutes, departments, and school that inhabit it. The building should also reinforce the University’s reputation for linking visionary idealism with pragmatic execution.

The project will also require campus utility infrastructure improvements to service the building and future building sites. It will contain an approximate total gross square footage of 57,712 with a construction budget of approximately $14 million. The successful firm will be expected to join the team immediately in order to expedite the completion of the construction documents to meet a construction start date of February 2009.

Firms desiring to provide construction management services for the project shall submit a letter of application and a completed Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement form. Proposals must not exceed 80 pages, including the Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement 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.

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.

The Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement (CMQS) form and the Project Fact Sheet may be obtained from the web-site http://facilities.fiu.edu (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 e-mail to cecilia@fm.fiul.edu.

Six (6) bound copies of the required proposal data will be submitted to: Selection Committee, Real Estate Development and Planning, Florida International University, University Park, 11555 S. W. 17th St., CSC 236, Miami, Florida 33199.

Submittals must be received by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), October 3, 2008. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.