Request for Proposal

Request for Information

To properly evaluate each CMc firm please provide the following information using this outline as a template for your responses. If additional information is submitted, please include it separately from your official proposal. The Owner needs 3 hard copies of the proposal and email a PDF copy to tstevens@mcmh.us.

Section 1.0: Background Information

Company profile.
Company capacity and projected volume of work.
List company’s total construction dollar volume, over the past 3 years, by year.
Company’s bonding capacity.
Company philosophy and core values.
Company mission statement.

Section 2.0: Experience and Qualifications

Provide three (3) profiles of projects your company has completed that are of similar size and complexity, where your company was the CMc “At Risk”. NOTE: Do not include multiple phase projects without noting size and scope of each phase. Include:

Brief description of project and photo (Create upload button for documents)
Size, e.g. square feet and scope
Original contract construction costs and final contract construction costs
Project delivery method
Owner and contact information
Completion date
Architect/Engineer of record
Describe your experience and knowledge of contractors, and the contractor market specific to this project area.
Describe your company’s experience in working with state and local agencies applicable to this project.
Describe your company’s experience with building and renovating medical facilities and/or hospitals.
Is your organization familiar with and have experience in managing Davis Bacon Requirements?

Section 3.0: Office/Corporate Structure

Provide a corporate organizational chart for your company, inclusive of any parent companies. (Create upload button for documents)
List number of Project Managers and Principals.

Section 4.0: Project Team

How will your firm propose to structure the project team to ensure a successful project?
Provide a detailed project specific organizational chart indicating titles and responsibilities. Address such for both pre-construction and construction phase services.
Include a resume and references for each specific individual that will be working on the project.

Section 5.0: Company Differentiation and Management of the Process

Describe how your company will manage the design and construction process, including how pro-active and participative your firm will be during the programming, schematic design, design development phase, and construction of the project. Use the following items as an outline for you responses.

Programming and preliminary design.

Explain what Value Engineering services your firm can provide.
Describe what your firm does when reviewing plans for constructability.
Explain how detailed and accurate your schedules and cost projections are at the project stages of SD and DD – 50% – 75%, and final construction documents.
Discuss when you will submit a GMP for the project.

Preconstruction Phase:
Discuss your Bidding strategy.
Construction Phase. Discuss how your firm will coordinate the activities of the subcontractors in the following areas:

Change Orders.
Schedule Management.
General Construction.
Performance of work by subcontractors. Discuss your method of oversight of the work, and how you coordinate third party inspections.
Safety program.
Federally funded work performed for construction must allow open competition. Whether performed by the CMc or subs. The CMc Proposal must reveal to the owner the CMc’ s intent to self-perform any work so the competitive process is fair, open and free. If the CMc desires to self-perform work the CMc must submit a Bid to the Owner prior to receiving bids from subs for that work. The owner will review all Bids and has the option of accepting or rejecting the Bid by the CMc.
Some self-perform work by a CMc can be done without competition if said work is secondary or complementary to the project such as temp fencing, access, temp utilities, or other features that are not a part of the final project. The CMc must identify this work including a cost not to exceed amount in the Proposal. The work will be paid on an hourly basis with a cost not to exceed.

Discuss your Project Close-Out and Start-Up strategy.

Section 6.0: Bonding Requirements

100 % Performance and Payment Bonds are required to be provided by the CMc.
Provide your present total and available bonding capacity, your bonding company, and its rating according to generally recognized rating services.

Section 7.0: Insurance

Indicate your insurance coverage limits.
Provide your current and historic (3 prior years) experience modifier rating for your Workers Compensation program.
Provide your current and historic (3 prior years) general liability insurance cost on a cost/$ thousand basis.

Section 8.0: Litigation

Has your organization been involved in litigation within the past five years? If so, please describe and note the disposition of all cases.

Section 9.0: Construction Schedule

Develop and submit a proposed construction schedule based off the aforementioned information.
A complete set of construction documents (100% complete design) will need to be submitted to RD for review for any phase of work, prior to start of construction on that phase of work. RD will require a minimum of two weeks to review the documents.