Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors for: KC655702-Miller Nichols Library Fourth Floor Renovation

Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify General Contractors for: KC655702-Miller Nichols Library Fourth Floor Renovation

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Project Number: KC655702

Status: Active

Advertisement Date: 25/01-2024

Campus: Kansas City

Construction Estimate: $7,200,000

Advertisement Date: Thursday January 25th, 2024

Request for Qualifications to Pre-Qualify Contractors for:

Miller Nichols Library Fourth Floor Renovation

University of Missouri – Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

Project No. KC655702 Construction Estimate $7,200,000

Designer: Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc.

(PGAV Architects)

Attention: Steve Cramer

1900 W 47th Pl #300

Westwood, Kansas 66205

Telephone: (913) 362-6500

Responses to this request for qualifications will be received by the Curators of the University of Missouri, Owner, via e-mail to Angel Jenkins ( jenkinsad@umkc.edu ) Project Manager - Planning, Design and Construction, Campus Facilities Management, University of Missouri-Kansas City by 1:00pm, Thursday, February 8th, 2024. 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 and to reject all responses to this request for qualifications and advertise this project publicly. Questions regarding this process should be directed to Angel Jenkins (816) 235-1364.

Rational for Pre-qualification

The University of Missouri – Kansas City has determined general contractor pre-qualification is necessary due to the complex and specialized nature of the renovation work being performed within a highly occupied library facility and involving mechanical work for a highly sensitive Special Collection space. This project will require a general contractor with a proven track record of successfully completing interior renovations of occupied higher education/institutional buildings with similar or comparable complexities. This project must be completed within a critical timeframe in order to meet the Owner’s schedule commitments for re-occupancy of the entire facility for the 2025 fall semester.

Project Description

The project will renovate approximately 31,300 square feet on the fourth floor of Miller Nichols Library. Renovation goals for the project include the following:

• The renovated space will support student success functions including:

• Undergraduate Research

• Escalators Program

• Bloch Scholars/Scholars

• Academic Support Mentoring

• Peer Academic Leaders

• Shared Common Space

• Long-term storage

• Renovations in MNL will also need to modify and consolidate existing library functions on the fourth floor to free up space for the student success functions noted above.

These renovations are intended to create a transformative student success experience. They will strategically collocate student success services for improved service delivery and will positively impact the student experience by fostering exploration, collaboration, innovation, and discovery, providing students with the resources and support needed to achieve their academic goals, allowing them to reach their full potential and succeed in their studies.

• Renovate the current Special Collection space adding new lighting and shelving to make their space better able to handle their storage needs.

• Remove andreplace the existing east and west AHU with two new AHU

• New furniture solution for improved student study in the open areas, this area will also need to support frequent bookcart traffic going to special collections.

• Modify ceilings to accommodate above ceiling utilities associated with the new AHU distribution.

Anticipated Schedule

Advertise Request for Qualifications Thursday, January 25, 2024

Receive Electronic Qualifications (Via Email) Thursday, February 8, 2024

Interview Firms (If Applicable) Week of February 12, 2024

Name Successful Prequalified General Contractors Friday, February 16, 2024

Orientation / Kick-Off Meeting Week of February 19, 2024

Construction Documents Complete April 5, 2024

Bidding April 29, 2024

Construction Begins May 13, 2024

Substantial Completion April 11, 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. Project status is currently in the design development phase and it is the University’s intent to engage 3-5 prequalified general contractors during design development for feedback regarding lead time items, construction sequencing, schedule, and cost analysis. Miller Nichols Library will be occupied during construction. Only bids from prequalified general contractors will be accepted. Supplier Diversity participation goals will be: 15% Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), 10% (Ten Percent) Women Business Enterprise (WBE), Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE), and 3% Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and/or Veteran Owned Business.

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, past experience the firm and the firm’s proposed project team has had with 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 design team and 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 Volume

TAB 4 - 150 points – Operational Methods

TAB 5 - 250 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.
• Experience modification rate of less than 1.0 for each of the last three years.
• 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: 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

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 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 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 his/her 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 project.

TAB 3 - ANNUAL VOLUME:

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

a. 2023

b. 2022

c. 2021

d. 2020

e. 2019

2. Provide projected volume for 2024. Provide project listing and tabulation.

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

1. List anticipated work performed by the contractor’s own work force.

2. List anticipated work to be subcontracted to other firms.

3. What is the contractor’s E.M.R. (Employee Modification Rate) for each of the last three years?

5. What are the contractor’s Performance, Labor, and Material Bond Rate?

6. Based upon the contractor’s current and projected backlog, how many tradesmen will be available as necessary to achieve the schedule requirements? List by trade and classification.

7. Describe the company’s safety program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.

8. Describe the company’s quality assurance program. If written program, provide a copy of the table of contents from the manual.

9. Provide a narrative of the scheduling programs and strategies to be utilized to maintain the project schedule. Also include efforts for management of critical submittals and closeout efforts.

TAB 5 - RELEVENT EXPERIENCE

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

2. Provide a list of the major projects your organization has completed in the past 5 years, giving the name of each project, owner, architect, contract amount, date of completion and percentages of the cost of the work performed with your own forces.

During review of these qualifications please provide, upon request, your organization’s most recently audited financial statement for further review .

Reviewed 2024-01-26