Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees, announces that Construction Management Services will be required for the project listed below:

Project No. BR-1053, Project and Location: Fine Arts Building 2, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, Florida.

In general, the Fine Arts 2 Building will be located near the existing Arts Complex Building within the campus Loop Road. The design of the Fine Arts 2, also known as the Bower School of Music, will be complimentary to the existing Arts Complex Building and use similar finish materials. The total project budget is approximately $11.6 million and the construction budget is approximately $7.6 million.

FGCU is seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for this building.

The site has been conceptually permitted with both the Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District. This project will require a modification of an existing construction and operation permit issued by SFWMD.

Selection will be made on the basis of construction manager’s qualifications, including experience and ability; past experience with similar projects; bonding capacity; record-keeping/administrative ability, critical path scheduling expertise; cost estimating; cost control ability; quality control capability and qualification of the firm’s personnel, staff and consultants.

The Selection Committee may reject all proposals and stop the selection process at any time. The construction manager shall have no ownership, entrepreneurial or financial affiliation with the selected architect/engineer involved with this project.

Firms desiring to provide construction management services for the project shall submit a letter of application and a completed Board of Regents “Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement”. Proposals must not exceed 80 pages, including the Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement and letter of application. Pages should be numbered consecutively. Submittals, which do not comply with these requirements or do not include the requested data, will not be considered. No submittal information 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, F.S., 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 Board of Regents Construction Manager Qualifications Supplement forms and the Project Fact Sheet may be obtained by contacting: Mr. Jack Fenwick, Director of Facilities Planning, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Ft. Myers, Florida 33965-6565, (239)590-1500, Fax: (239)590-1505.

Five (5) bound copies of the required proposal data shall be submitted to: Mr. Jack Fenwick, Director of Facilities Planning, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, Florida 33965-6565.

Submittals must be received in the Facilities Planning Office (Academic Building 5, Room 217) by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), Monday, January 12, 2009. Facsimile (FAX) submittals are not acceptable and will not be considered.