Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors - KC656503 - School of Medicine Steam Line
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Project Number: KC656503
Status: Active
Advertisement Date: 20/03-2024
Campus: Kansas City
Construction Estimate: $ 3,800,000
Advertisement Date: 03/20/2024
Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors for:
UMKC – School of Medicine Steam Line
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Project No. KC656503 Construction Estimate: $ 3,800,000
Designer: Introba
Attention: Stan Lucas
10561 Barkly St, Suite # 100
Overland Park, KS 66212
Telephone: 913.308.2504
Submission of Qualifications
Responses to this request for qualifications will be received by the Curators of the University of Missouri, Owner, at UMKC Campus Facility Management, Planning, Design, and Construction, University of Missouri – Kansas City, General Services Building, 1011 E 51st Street, Kansas City, MO 64110 until 2:00 PM C.T., Friday, April 5, 2024. Immediately following the closing time for receipt of qualifications, each respondent will be notified via email that their submission has been received. No other information will be shared until the evaluation process is complete. The University reserves the right to reject any/all responses to this request for qualifications and advertise the project publicly.
The University of Missouri – Kansas City is requesting pre-qualifications from general contractors’ firms for constructing a new underground steam line chase. Qualifications will be received on a flash drive or by email to Wafa Abbas, waawkg@umkc.edu, Room 110, General Services Building, University of Missouri –Kansas City, Missouri 64110, until 2:00 PM Central Time, Friday, April 5, 2024.
Rationale for Pre-qualification,
The University of Missouri – Kansas City has determined general contractor pre-qualification is necessary because this project will require a general contractor with a proven track record of successfully completing new steam service chase between existing buildings.
Project Description
This project is extending a new steam distribution piping line from the UMKC Health Science Building (HSB) using excess boiler capacity to serve heating loads in UMKC School of Medicine (SOM) through underground concrete chase.
Anticipated Schedule
Project status is currently in the design phase, only bids from qualified general contractors will be accepted. Supplier diversity participation goals will be 15% MBE, 10% WBE, VETERAN, DBE, and 3% SDV.
Advertise Request for Qualifications Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Receive Qualifications Friday, April 05, 2024
Interview Firms (If Applicable) Thursday, April 11, 2024
Name Successful Prequalified General Contractors Friday, April 12, 2024
Construction Documents Complete Monday, April 22, 2024
Bidding Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Award Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Construction Begins Monday, July 01, 2024
Substantial Completion Friday, February 28, 2025
The anticipated schedule provided above is subject to change but is provided to give a general overview of how the project is expected to proceed.
Qualification Process
Qualifications of respondents to this RFQ will be evaluated based upon the financial responsibility, safety record, ability to adhere to schedules, past experience the firm and the firm’s proposed project team has had with projects of similar size and scope, construction type, schedule and other information included in the qualification packet. The Owner will assign an evaluation team comprised of representatives from the design team and the Owner’s staff to evaluate and score the respondents qualifications material. A point total of 1,000 points has been assigned to the qualification criteria enclosed herein. All general contractors scoring a minimum of 800 points will be prequalified based on the weighted criteria. The University will notify all respondents after their qualifications have been reviewed and scored.
The weighting of the points for the qualifications packet will be as follows:
TAB 1 - 150 points / Organizational Background
TAB 2 - 250 points / Project Team Resumes
TAB 3 - 100 points / Annual Work Volume
TAB 4 - 150 points / Operational Methods
TAB 5 - 250 points / Relevant Experience
TAB 6 - 100 points / Financial Statement
Irrespective of any point total, mandatory requirements for pre-qualification include:
- Successful completion of project(s) similar in value and scope by both the firm and the firm’s proposed team.
- Experience modification rate of less than 1.0.
- No work-related fatalities in the last three years.
Firms not meeting these mandatory requirements will not be prequalified.
The Owner reserves the right to seek clarifications and to interview the contractor’s proposed project team.
QUALIFICATION PACKET: Each respondent shall submit one electronic copy of the Qualifications to Wafa Abbas, waawkg@umkc.edu. Qualifications shall be a maximum of twelve one-sided 8 ½ x 11 pages. The qualification information required to be submitted is listed below.
TAB 1 - ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
The contractor shall furnish a brief history of how the company was started and developed, when the company was started and a list of the primary officers who are involved within the company and how the company is organized.
The contractor will be required to have qualified key personnel in the office and at the construction site who have served in similar project team roles and previous experience with projects of a similar scope and complexity. The contractor shall include an organizational chart showing all persons who will be involved with this project and their roles and responsibilities. Include a short narrative for each individual detailing their past experience in a similar role that qualifies them for this project. Include a bar chart illustrating the timing, duration and percent FTE of each individual.
TAB 2 - PROJECT TEAM RESUMES
The contractor shall furnish a resume for all staff listed on the organizational chart under TAB 1 listing: name, experience, time with the company and experience with projects of similar scope and complexity. Resumes submitted in this qualification shall be for the actual individuals that will directly supervise the work of this projects.
TAB 3 – ANNUAL WORK VOLUME
Provide yearly volume of construction work completed for the past 5 years:
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Provide projected volume for 2023. Provide project listing and tabulation.
TAB 4 – OPERATIONAL METHODS
List and describe the following:
- Work performed by the contractor’s own workforce.
- Does the contractor have the ability to perform 3D coordination of MEP systems? Is this performed in-house or subcontracted?
- What is the contractor’s E.M.R. Factor (Employee Safety Modification Factor)?
- What is the contractor’s Performance, Labor and Material Bond Rate?
- Based on the contractor’s current and projected backlog, how many tradesmen will be available as necessary to achieve the schedule requirements? List by trade and classifications.
- Describe the company’s safety program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.
- Describe the company’s quality assurance program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.
- Provide a narrative of the scheduling programs and strategies to be utilized to maintain each phase of the project schedule including how weather will be managed, also include efforts for management of critical submittals and closeout efforts.
TAB 5 – RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Provide a list of past and present projects of a similar scope and complexity as this project with emphasis on higher education/institutional buildings.
Include the location, description of the work scope, date started, contract completion date, actual completion date, contract amount, and square footage of the facility. Provide references with the contact information for each project listed.
Provide a list of major projects your organization has completed in the past five years, listing the name of each project, owner, architect, and contract amount, date of completions and percentages of the cost of the work performed with your own forces.
TAB 6 – FINANCIAL STATEMENT
- Provide your organization’s most recently audited financial statement (separate document in sealed envelope or email
Reviewed 2024-04-03