Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors for: Optometry Phase 1

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Status: Inactive

Advertisement Date: 31/03-2022

Campus: St. Louis

Construction Estimate: 3,200,000

March 25, 2022

University of Missouri – St. Louis

Advertisement Date:            03/31/2022       

Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors for:

Optometry Phase 1

7840 Natural Bridge Road

St. Louis, MO  63121-4400

Construction Estimate: $3.2M

Designer:  Patterhn-Ives     

Responses to this request for qualifications will be received by the Curators of the University of Missouri, Owner, via e-mail to_umsl.facmgt@umsl.edu and copy_jekekec@umsl.edu, until April 14, 2022.  Immediately following the closing time for receipt of qualifications, each respondent will be notified that their submission has been received via email.  No other information will be provided at that time. The University reserves the right to waive informalities in bids and to reject all responses to this request for qualifications and advertise this project publicly.  Questions regarding this process should be directed to _umsl.facmgt@umsl.edu and copy jekekec@umsl.edu.

Rational for Pre-qualification

The University of Missouri has determined general contractor pre-qualification is necessary due to the highly specialized and complex nature of this critical project.  It is the University’s intent to pre-qualify a minimum of 3-5 general contractors.  Only pre-qualified GCs will be allowed to bid this project.

Project Description

This project consists of approximately 14,850 square feet of fit-out and partial renovation of the Patient Care Center (PCC) located at 7840 Natural Bridge Road.  The primary scope of work will occur on the second floor, but select scope will occur on the first floor, roof, and exterior of the building.  The owner currently occupies the first floor and a portion of the second floor.

Structural work shall consist of new supplemental steel and connections to accommodate new openings in the roof deck for MEPFT as well as a new skylight and new core-drilled openings in the second floor slab.

Mechanical work shall consist of installation of a new rooftop air handling unit serving VAV terminal units with hot water reheat.  The heating and chilled water utilities will be routed from the existing piping into the shell space.  A rooftop energy recovery unit, fan coil unit, and roof exhauster will be installed.

Fire protection work shall consist of modifying the existing wet pipe fire sprinkler system in the renovated areas to accommodate new utilities and space layout.

Plumbing work shall consist of installing new plumbing systems in the shell space utilizing existing capped utilities.  New sanitary piping will be installed in the ceiling space of the occupied floor below.  Selective rework of existing utilities will be required to accommodate the new floor plan. 

Electrical work shall consist of new lighting, phone, data, and power systems throughout the renovated areas.  The main electrical room on the second floor will remain and be used to feed all new power requirements.

Supplier Diversity participation goals will be: 15% MBE, 3% SDVE, and 10% WBE, Veteran, and DBE.

Anticipated Schedule for Pre-Qualification process

RFQ Pre-submission Zoom (Date)

Receive Electronic Qualifications (Date)

Interview Firms (As requested by the Owner) (Date)

Name Successful Prequalified General Contractors (Date)

Description of the Qualification Process

Qualifications of respondents to this RFQ will be evaluated based upon the financial responsibility, safety record, ability to adhere to schedules, experience and the firm’s proposed project team members which have performed projects of similar size, construction type, schedule and scope and other information included in the qualification packet.  The Owner will assign an evaluation team comprised of representatives from the Owner’s staff to evaluate and score the respondent’s qualifications material.   A point total of 1000 points has been assigned to the qualification criteria enclosed herein.  A minimum of 800 points must be achieved to be pre-qualified.  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 - 250 points / Organizational Questions

TAB 2 - 250 points / Project Team Resumes

TAB 3 - 100 points / Annual Work Volume

TAB 4 - 200 points / Operational Methods

TAB 5 - 200 points / Relevant Experience

Irrespective of any point totals, 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 members.

-Experience modification rate of less than 1.0 for the General Contractor’s local office

-No work-related fatalities in the last three years for the General Contractor’s local office.

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 members.  

QUALIFICATION PACKET: The qualification information required to be submitted is listed below. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL INFORMATION ELECTRONICALLY IN PDF FORM. THE PDF DOCUMENT SHALL BE TABBED OR BOOKMARKED AS OUTLINED IN THIS DOCUMENT.

 

TAB 1 – ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS
    1.     The contractor will be required to have qualified key personnel in the office and at the construction sites who have served in similar project team roles and had 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 these projects and their roles and responsibilities.  Include a graphic illustrating the percent FTE involvement on these projects for all team members.  Include a short narrative for each individual detailing their past experience in a similar role that qualifies them for these projects.   

TAB 2 - PROJECT TEAM RESUMES: 

1. The contractor shall furnish a resume for all staff listed on the organizational chart under TAB 1 listing his/her name, experience, time with the company and experience with projects of similar scope and complexity, and experience.  Resumes submitted in this qualification shall be for the actual individuals that will directly supervise the work of this project.
    

TAB 3 - ANNUAL VOLUME:

1. Provide yearly volume of construction work completed for the past five years.

           2.    Provide projected volume for 2022.  Provide project listing and tabulation.

TAB 4 - OPERATIONAL METHODS: List and describe the following:

1. Work performed by the contractor’s own work force.
2. Does the contractor have the ability to perform 3D coordination of MEP systems? Is this performed in-house or subcontracted?
3. What is the contractor’s E.M.R. Factor (Employee Safety Modification Factor) of the General Contractor’s local office?
4. What are the contractor’s Performance, Labor, and Material Bond Rate?
5. Based upon the contractor’s current and projected backlog, how many tradesmen will be available as necessary?  List by trade and classification.                                                
6. Describe the company’s safety program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.
7. Describe the company’s quality assurance program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.
8. 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 - RELEVENT EXPERIENCE

Provide a list of past and present projects of a similar scope and complexity as this project.  Include the location, description of the work scope, date started, contract completion date, actual completion date, contract amount, change order rate by percentage of the original contract amount and square footage of the facility. Provide references with the contact information for each project listed. Do not include projects on this list that are not similar in scope and complexity to these projects.

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.  

Provide your organization’s most recently audited financial statements. 

 

Reviewed 2022-05-05