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CITY OF CLEMSON
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP NO. 2026-014
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK (CMAR)
FOR ABERNATHY PARK
DUE: JUNE 30, 2026
2:00 PM
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CITY OF CLEMSON
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP NO. 2026-014
SEALED PROPOSALS will be accepted by the City of Clemson Procurement Division until
2:00 p.m. ET, June 30, 2026. All qualified firms are invited to submit proposals to the City of
Clemson for the following:
Construction Manager At Risk (CMAR) for Abernathy Park
SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE: May 26, 2026
PRE-BID MEETING:
Non-Mandatory on 6/16/2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST
Site visit will start at the Butch Trent Pavilion of the Larry
W. Abernathy Waterfront Park (207 Keowee Trail).
Parking will be off of Keowee Trail and can be accessed
from College Ave. (drive through gates to access).
QUESTION DEADLINE:
June 23, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
SUBMITTAL DEADLINE:
June 30, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET
PROPOSAL OPENING:
City of Clemson City Hall
(Engineering) Conference Room
1250 Tiger Boulevard, Suite 5
Clemson, SC 29631
CONTACT:
bids@cityofclemson.org
Any revisions to this Request for Proposals will be issued and distributed as an addendum. All
addenda, additional communications, responses to questions, etc. pertaining to the RFP will be
posted on the City of Clemson website at: https://www.clemsoncity.org/bids.aspx. All offerors
should consult this website for updates before submitting proposals.
DEADLINE ENFORCED
Proposals received after the time and date set for receipt of proposals WILL NOT be
accepted. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure timely delivery of their proposal.
Telephone or facsimile proposals will not be accepted.
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From time to time, the Procurement Division may have to release written changes to a solicitation
due to an inadvertent error or omission on the part of the City or to an inquiry from an interested
vendor during the question phase of the solicitation. No changes to the published terms and
conditions, scope of work, minimum requirements, or insurance and bonding requirements will be
considered unless they are submitted in compliance with the deadline for the questions or
clarification phase of the solicitation. Any changes to the published terms and conditions, scope of
work, minimum requirements, or insurance and bonding requirements will be published in a
formal, written addendum. The City is not obligated to make any changes to the published
solicitation based on an inquiry from a vendor. The City will not consider “red-line” amendments
to any contract with the successful offer, as all requests for changes must be posed in the question
phase and accepted in a formal addendum. The City reserves the right to negotiate with the
successful offeror in order to comply with budgetary allocations.
Any offer submitted as a result of this solicitation shall be binding on the offeror for NINETY
(90) CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING THE SPECIFIED OPENING DATE. Any proposal
for which the offeror specifies a shorter acceptance period may be rejected.
No proposal will be accepted from a contractor who is not currently licensed, as applicable,
by the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Contractors’ License
Board, in accordance with Title 40, Chapter 11 of the Code of Law of South Carolina, and
does not have a current South Carolina General Contractor’s License. Requirements may
be obtained at www.llr.state.sc.us. If this requirement is not met, your proposal will be
disqualified and rejected.
If the offeror discovers any ambiguity, conflict, discrepancy, omission or other errors in the RFP,
offeror shall immediately notify the City of such error in writing and request modification or
clarification of the document. The offeror is responsible for clarifying any ambiguity, conflict,
discrepancy, omission, or other error in the RFP, or it shall be deemed waived.
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
Your proposal is a public document under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
except as to information that may be exempt from disclosure under the FOIA in the City’s sole
discretion. If you cannot agree to this standard, please do not submit your proposal.
All information that you desire to be treated as confidential and/or proprietary must be CLEARLY
AND SPECIFICALLY identified, and each page containing confidential and/or proprietary
information, in whole or in part, must be stamped and/or denoted as CONFIDENTIAL, in bold,
in a font of at least 12-point type, in the upper right-hand corner of the page. All information, even
so noted and identified, may be disclosed by the City. Blanket-type identification by designating
whole pages or sections as containing confidential and/or proprietary information will not be
considered by the City.
This Request for Proposals is being issued by the City of Clemson Procurement Division. Direct
all questions or request for clarification of this RFP in writing to the e-mail address shown on page
one (1) of this invitation.
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Current E-mail Address Required
All proposals submitted shall include a current e-mail address. Once selected, Notice of Intent to
Award shall be posted on the City’s website; and Notice of Intent to Award, and notices of non-
award, shall be sent to all offerors via e-mail. No hard copy notices will be sent via regular mail.
During the performance of the contract, the contractor shall comply with any and all applicable
federal, state, or local laws, rules, and regulations relating to a drug-free workplace.
Offerors are specifically directed not to contact any other City personnel for meetings, conferences,
or technical discussions related to this request unless otherwise stated in this RFP. Failure to adhere
to this policy may be grounds for rejection of your proposal.
Required Affidavits
Firms submitting proposals are required to include all affidavits found at the end of this Request
for Proposals. If any of the affidavits are not applicable, N/A is an acceptable response.
The words “Bidder”, “Offeror”, “Proposer”, “Vendor”, and “Contractor” are used
interchangeably throughout this RFP, and are used in place of the person, firm, or
corporation submitting a bid/proposal.
Dated at Clemson, South Carolina as of ____0_5_/_2_6_/_2_6____.
BY:
Jordan Monroe – Procurement Coordinator
City of Clemson, SC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RFP No. 2026-014
▪ Proposal Terms & Conditions…………………………………………………………..Page 1
▪ Special Terms & Conditions …………………………………………………………...Page 6
▪ Contract Terms and Conditions …………………………………………………….…..Page 9
▪ Proposal Requirements…………………………………………………........................Page 24
▪ Cost Proposal Form…………………………………………………………………….Page 38
▪ Proposal Submission Sheet.……………………………………………………………Page 39
▪ Signature Form…………………………………………………………………………Page 40
▪ Affidavits
This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.
