COMMERCIAL - GC
Division Coordinator
Matthew Barrows
University of Nebraska–Lincoln 120C Nebraska Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0500 (402) 472-3742 |
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2023 PROBLEM STATEMENT |
2023 Problem Statement – Commercial 2
Project Description
Wichita Water Laboratories Inc. is seeking a qualified General Contractor or Construction Manager for the construction of an administration and laboratory building. The project includes laboratories, storage rooms, an open office space, individual offices, and flex training space within a 1 story building composed of a pre-engineered metal building. This scope of work is part of the larger construction project at this site where a separate General Contractor is building the balance of the water treatment facility. This RFQ will cover just the administration and laboratory building, although the selected GC/CM must work closely with the other contractor onsite to plan and execute the work.
Request for Qualification Information
Proposals must include the following information and be signed by an authorizing officer of the company.
1)Letter of Transmittal (1 Page Limit)
2)Table of Contents (1 Page Limit)
3)Cover Letter (1 Page Limit)
4)Company Overview (2 Page Limit)
ii.Project team organization chart.
iii.Describe the extent to which each person will be dedicated to this project (i.e. Full Time, Part Time 50%, onsite, office based, etc.).
iv.Include resumes for each person proposed including title, educational background, relevant experience, work history and length of service with your firm.
v.Each proposed team member's experience on projects of similar scope.
7)Safety & Quality Program (2 Page Limit)
ii.Dates service were provided
iii.Services provided
iv.Magnitude of fee and fee basis
v.Summary of project results
ii.Price escalation & long lead times are industry-wide problems, include an example of a successful procurement schedule on a previous project
9)Fee Proposal (2 Page Limit)
ii.If you are self-performing work, tell us how you plan on employing locals within your craft employees.
Qualifications packages must be submitted electronically, via email or Google Drive by 6pm on October 18, 2023. To obtain access to the Google Drive folder, each team must create a Gmail account that does not identify your school name/location, and email their information to Ascreg4commercial2@gmail.com. Email submissions can also be sent to Ascreg4commercial2@gmail.com. Please note that this email address will be used for all electronic communications during the competition. The RFQ response is limited to a total of 18 pages (not including the bonus section) with the bonus section limited to a maximum of 2 pages.
Qualifications will be graded prior to the start of the competition and judges’ comments will be provided to each company during the pre-bid conference.
Your qualifications must be combined into a single PDF file that does not exceed the page limits set above. Any package that is submitted late or does not meet these requirements will be disqualified.
Note: Information submitted in the Qualifications Package should not be repeated in the
written proposal, unless specifically requested by the owner.
Project Description
Wichita Water Laboratories Inc. is seeking a qualified General Contractor or Construction Manager for the construction of an administration and laboratory building. The project includes laboratories, storage rooms, an open office space, individual offices, and flex training space within a 1 story building composed of a pre-engineered metal building. This scope of work is part of the larger construction project at this site where a separate General Contractor is building the balance of the water treatment facility. This RFQ will cover just the administration and laboratory building, although the selected GC/CM must work closely with the other contractor onsite to plan and execute the work.
Request for Qualification Information
Proposals must include the following information and be signed by an authorizing officer of the company.
1)Letter of Transmittal (1 Page Limit)
2)Table of Contents (1 Page Limit)
3)Cover Letter (1 Page Limit)
4)Company Overview (2 Page Limit)
- General company information.
- Locations of operation and services provided.
- Firm ownership structure, principals of the firm and organizational structure.
- Revenues generated by CM/GC and Self-Perform Services for the past five years.
- Current workload in terms of committed contract revenue per year through 2021.
- Current insurance coverage's, limits carried.
- Verification of bonding ability, source and rate.
- Designate/identify personnel who will be assigned to specifically deliver the services broken down into two categories - Pre-Construction Phase and Construction Phase.
ii.Project team organization chart.
iii.Describe the extent to which each person will be dedicated to this project (i.e. Full Time, Part Time 50%, onsite, office based, etc.).
iv.Include resumes for each person proposed including title, educational background, relevant experience, work history and length of service with your firm.
v.Each proposed team member's experience on projects of similar scope.
7)Safety & Quality Program (2 Page Limit)
- Provide current EMR score for last 3 years
- Project/Company specific safety protocols
- List relevant projects exceeding $8M value within the past five years where similar services were provided including:
ii.Dates service were provided
iii.Services provided
iv.Magnitude of fee and fee basis
v.Summary of project results
- Explain your firm’s procurement strategies and how they will be used throughout pre-construction and construction activities
ii.Price escalation & long lead times are industry-wide problems, include an example of a successful procurement schedule on a previous project
9)Fee Proposal (2 Page Limit)
- Provide a Construction Phase Services fee (overhead & profit) as a percentage of construction value.
- If self-perform work is anticipated, provide a proposed fee as a percentage of that value.
- Provide hourly billing cost rates by position (management and trade labor) to be applied to cost of work and general conditions.
- The owner is proud of the area in which they are investing and would like to see this investment return to the community.
ii.If you are self-performing work, tell us how you plan on employing locals within your craft employees.
Qualifications packages must be submitted electronically, via email or Google Drive by 6pm on October 18, 2023. To obtain access to the Google Drive folder, each team must create a Gmail account that does not identify your school name/location, and email their information to Ascreg4commercial2@gmail.com. Email submissions can also be sent to Ascreg4commercial2@gmail.com. Please note that this email address will be used for all electronic communications during the competition. The RFQ response is limited to a total of 18 pages (not including the bonus section) with the bonus section limited to a maximum of 2 pages.
Qualifications will be graded prior to the start of the competition and judges’ comments will be provided to each company during the pre-bid conference.
Your qualifications must be combined into a single PDF file that does not exceed the page limits set above. Any package that is submitted late or does not meet these requirements will be disqualified.
Note: Information submitted in the Qualifications Package should not be repeated in the
written proposal, unless specifically requested by the owner.
COMMERCIAL SCORING
ASC Region IV GRADING COMPUTATION SHEETS
Division: Commercial Building
Qualifications Package pts out of 20 Points
Oral Presentation pts out of 25 Points
Proposal pts out of 45 Points
Professionalism/Other pts out of 10 Points
Note: The total must not Exceed 100 Points.TOTAL SCORE: Points
2. THE ORAL PRESENTATION 25 POINTS
Some items to consider when preparing your presentation:
3. WRITTEN PROPOSAL 45 POINTS
Overall presentation of the written proposal (5 POINTS TOTAL):
4. PROFESSIONALISM/OTHER 10 POINTS
Here is where the judges must consider anything that deserves to be considered and which has not specifically been considered above. (Note: additional positive weighting may be applied for exceptional performance in each area or for overall presentation. Additional negative weighting may be applied for failure to respond to owner's requests/needs, inconsistencies, or for overall presentation.)
Division: Commercial Building
Qualifications Package pts out of 20 Points
Oral Presentation pts out of 25 Points
Proposal pts out of 45 Points
Professionalism/Other pts out of 10 Points
Note: The total must not Exceed 100 Points.TOTAL SCORE: Points
- Qualifications Package Requirements 20 Points
- Requested (fictitious) information will be used to evaluate if your company (team) is qualified and capable of addressing the detailed problem.
- The RFQ is used to simulate the "short listing" process in which only those most qualified will be allowed to continue in the bidding, proposing, or negotiating process.
- Assume you have not worked directly or indirectly with this owner before.
- This is your first opportunity to impress the owner.
- The quality and content of the RFQ can often set a precedence of how the owner will view later submissions. How do you want the owner to view your company before they meet you?
2. THE ORAL PRESENTATION 25 POINTS
Some items to consider when preparing your presentation:
- Each speaker will be evaluated based on:
- Quality of voice (Projection).
- Visual contact.
- Confidence while speaking.
- Free from distractions?
- Speak for a minimum of 2 min (Only 5 students need to meet this requirement).
- Knowledge of subject.
- Presents on topic that relates to role?
- PowerPoint will be evaluated based on organization, appearance, and content.
- Present the judges with the requested 1 page handout with pictures and project roles?
- Does the voluntary hand out add to, clarify, and is consistent with the Oral Presentation?
- How well was the material presented (as opposed to the content of what was presented)?
- Bonus points can be awarded for creativity, exceptional performance, or overall professionalism.
3. WRITTEN PROPOSAL 45 POINTS
Overall presentation of the written proposal (5 POINTS TOTAL):
- Electronic copy submitted as one complete PDF?
- All required sections provided?
- Correct Spelling and Grammar?
- Quality of graphics?
- Does it look professional?
- Exceed page limits?
- Were comments from the RFQ incorporated?
- Bid Estimate:
- All items accounted for?
- Reasonable contingency, overhead, and fee?
- Consistent with Owner/Contract requirements?
- Overall estimate.
- Cash Flow Projections:
- Reflect appropriate duration and budget?
- Does it give the owner adequate information to finalize monthly funding requirements?
- Easy to read, follow, and evaluate?
- Enough detail to provide an evaluation of the accuracy and credibility of the schedule?
- Identify critical work items?
- Include milestones activities as required?
- Is the schedule organized and logical?
- Reasonable durations for activities?
- In agreement with bidding documents and proposed construction methods?
- Project specific?
- Redundant information from qualifications package?
- Lock Out Tag Out plan.
- Severe weather evacuation plan.
- Identify potential safety concerns.
- Plans for site security, equipment safety, or traffic issues.
- Project specific?
- Redundant information from qualifications package?
- Identify potential quality concerns.
- Identify which scopes will require mock ups or special inspections.
- Strategies to reduce points of failure.
- Identify possible scopes that could utilize pre-fabrication.
- Site/Project specific?
- Redundant information from qualifications package?
- Marked up plan.
- Identify major required equipment.
4. PROFESSIONALISM/OTHER 10 POINTS
Here is where the judges must consider anything that deserves to be considered and which has not specifically been considered above. (Note: additional positive weighting may be applied for exceptional performance in each area or for overall presentation. Additional negative weighting may be applied for failure to respond to owner's requests/needs, inconsistencies, or for overall presentation.)