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16 September 2026

Annual Prequalification Program for General Contractors Proposers must be prequalified by the DAS in the specified classification for this program (GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, GROUP B OR C) as of the due date of the Statement of Qualifications.

16 September 2026

Released 9/16/2026, 3:00 PM EDT Type CPFP- GC/Trade Prequalification Open 9/16/2026, 4:00 PM EDT Number APGC2026-2 Close 10/13/2026, 2:00 PM EDT Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 10/13/2026, 2:00 PM EDT

Contacts Christopher Peters chris.peters@uconn.edu

Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description 127 GC or Trade Open/over 1M

126 CMR

128 On-Call 0-100 GC/Trade 129 On-Call 100-1M GC/Trade

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SOLICITATION INSTRUCTIONS

Construction - General Contractor

Request for Statement of Qualifications, Annual Prequalification Program

1. Submitting a Bid/Proposal:

1.1 The Company must provide, to the satisfaction of the University, complete responses to the questions contained within the Solicitation and submit all required documents. A Bid/Proposal with incomplete responses, inaccurate information, or missing documents may be deemed a non-responsive Bid/Proposal and the Bid/Proposal may be rejected.

1.2 Bids/Proposals shall be submitted only on the Forms included with this Solicitation. In no event will Bids/Proposals or changes to Bids/Proposals made by telephone or email be considered. Any Bid/Proposal omitting or adding items, altering the Forms, or containing conditional or alternative language/pricing (if applicable), may be deemed a non-responsive Bid/Proposal and the Bid/Proposal may be rejected.

1.3 All Bids/Proposals must be submitted no later than the closing date and time for this event.

1.4 Any Bid/Proposal, once submitted to the University, may only be withdrawn by Letter of Request, emailed to the Director of Capital Projects and Facilities Procurement, prior to the closing date and time for this event.

1.5 The making of any false, deceptive, fraudulent, or intentionally misleading or inaccurate statements or representations in the Bid/Proposal may be deemed a non-responsive Bid/Proposal and the Bid/Proposal may be rejected.

2. Labor Market Area:

2.1 All Companies shall review the Connecticut General Statute §31-52 and §31-52a. The statutes can be found at:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-52.

3. Quality Assurance/Quality Control:

3.1 Your Company acknowledges that they can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the University that they have in place a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan that possesses the managerial commitment necessary for the successful performance of the work which is the subject of this Solicitation. The University reserves the right to request a copy of your Company's Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan at any time throughout the contract duration.

4. Health and Safety/OSHA:

4.1. Your Company acknowledges that they can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the University that they have in place a Health and Safety Plan that possesses the managerial commitment necessary for the successful performance of the work which is the subject of this Solicitation. The University reserves the right to request a copy of your Company's Health and Safety/OSHA Plan at any time throughout the contract duration.

4.2 Your Company agrees to adhere to the University's Contractor Environmental, Health, and Safety Manual. The referenced manual can be found at: https://media.ehs.uconn.edu/PoliciesProceduresForms/ContractorEHSManual.pdf.

5. Consideration of Bids/Proposals:

Description https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-52 https://media.ehs.uconn.edu/PoliciesProceduresForms/ContractorEHSManual.pdf

5.1 The University reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Bids/Proposals within ninety (90) calendar days of the Bid/Proposal due date and time and the Company agrees that it may not modify, withdraw, or cancel its Bid/Proposal within ninety (90) calendar days of the Bid/Proposal due date and time. Should there be reasons why the contract cannot be awarded within this specified period, this time may be extended by mutual agreement between the University and the Company.

5.2 The University reserves the right to reject any and all Bids/Proposals and again solicit for Bids/Proposals, or to otherwise proceed as permitted under Connecticut General Statute §10a-151b.

5.3 The University reserves the right to waive any informalities, irregularities, or technical defects in the Bids/Proposals, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the University, provided the reasons for any such waiver are stated in writing by the University and made a part of the contract file.

5.4 The University reserves the right to obtain and/or utilize information from any source it deems appropriate, or to request the Company provide additional information for any response. The submission of a completed Bid/Proposal shall constitute an express authorization by the Company to the University to obtain all information it deems pertinent with respect to the Company and the Company's Bid/Proposal.

5.5 The University reserves the right to find that a Company is not qualified with respect to a specific Project/Contract, notwithstanding the fact that it may have been qualified or selected for previous Projects/Contracts for the University.

6. Bid/Proposal Protest Procedure:

6.1 A Pre-Award Protest must be submitted no less than two (2) business days prior to the due date and time for the Bid/Proposal. A Post-Award Protest must be submitted no more than two (2) business days from the date/time of the public opening or if no public opening than from the date Companies are notified that they have been selected/not selected (if applicable). Contact the CPFP Purchasing Agent listed in this solicitation for further information on the bid/proposal protest procedure.

7. Communication:

7.1 Under no circumstances may any Company or its representative contact any employee or representative of the University regarding this Solicitation prior to the closing date/time, other than as provided in this section. The University considers this process as "open" from the date this Solicitation is posted until a binding contractual agreement is executed.

The contact for any communications during this process is the Procurement Agent listed on the Solicitation Information Sheet.

7.2 Informal communications with any University personnel (outside of the Procurement Agent) shall not occur. Informal communication shall include, but is not limited to: 1.) Requests from the Company to any department(s) or employee at the University, for information, comments, speculation, etc. 2.) Requests from any department(s) or employee at the University, to any Company for Information, comments, speculation, etc.

7.3 Strict adherence to this important procedural safeguard is required and appreciated. Any violation of this condition may result in the Company being considered non-compliant and ineligible to continue with the Solicitation process.

8. CT Freedom of Information Act:

8.1 Responses submitted to this Solicitation are subject to public disclosure under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). If information submitted is confidential or proprietary it may qualify for an exemption from public disclosure. To qualify for exemption, at the time the Bid/Proposal is submitted, the Company must mark information as "CONFIDENTIAL". Markings should be narrowly tailored and must constitute "trade secrets" and/or "commercial of financial information given in confidence" under Connecticut General Statute §1-210(b)(5). Additionally, the information so marked must not be fundamental to proving the Company's qualification to receive the work described in the Solicitation.

Wholesale confidentiality markings will be rejected.

8.2 UConn will use reasonable efforts to not disclose information properly marked confidential. UConn provides no assurance whether any such submitted information shall be legally exempt from release pursuant to FOIA. In the event that a requestor files a complaint with the FOIA Commission challenging such exemptions, UConn will make reasonable efforts to notify the Company and acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to petition to intervene and become a party to the complaint and any subsequent judicial appeal proceedings. As long as the Company is, in accordance with FOIA law and regulations, engaged in efforts to prevent the disclosure of the contested information, UConn shall not disclose the contested information without a final order from the FOIA Commission requiring such disclosure. Should the Company not intervene, disclosure of all information submitted in response to a Solicitation may occur at UConn's sole discretion. The Company shall be responsible for the costs and expenses it incurs contesting the disclosure of any contested information.

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Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

There are no Prerequisites added to this event.

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Buyer Attachments

1. APGC2026-2 Solicitation Information Sheet.pdf

2. Resume for Proposed Key Personnel Const-RFQ-ITB.pdf

3. Previous Relevant Experience Form CONST RFQ-ITB.pdf

4. AIA A101 A201 Draft Template Contract GC (w Architect) with Exhibits.pdf

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Questions Required Questions

Group 1: ORGANIZATION Instructions:

1.1 Name of Company

1.2 Company Address

1.3 Is this the principal office/headquarters?

1.4 Provide the principal office address

1.5 Name of Primary Contact

1.6 Phone Number for Primary Contact

1.7 Email for Primary Contact

1.8 Is your Company certified through the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services as an SBE, MBE, DBE, or a WBE?

1.9 Upload a copy of your Company’s current Supplier Diversity Certificate issued by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services and label the upload "SET-ASIDE

CERT."

1.10 Number of years your Company has been in business under its present business name

1.11 List other or former names your Company has operated under (use "N/A" if not applicable).

1.12 List any parent company and all subsidiaries and/or affiliates associated with your Company (use "N/A" if not applicable).

1.13 Indicate the legal structure of your Company.

1.14 Incorporated date

1.15 State of Incorporation

1.16 Partnership organization date

1.17 Type of partnership

1.18 Individually owned business organization date

Group 2: PREVIOUS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Instructions:

2.1 Complete the Previous Relevant Experience Form. Upload a copy of the Previous Relevant Experience Form as one file and label the upload "PREVIOUS RELEVANT

EXPERIENCE."

Group 3: PROPOSED TEAM QUALIFICATIONS Instructions:

3.1 Complete the Resume for Proposed Key Personnel Form for each key member of the proposed team. Upload a copy of all Resumes as one file and label the upload "TEAM

RESUMES."

Group 4: HEALTH AND SAFETY/OSHA Instructions:

4.1

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been cited for three or more willful or serious violations of any occupational safety and health act or of any standard, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to such act during the three (3) year period preceding the date of this Solicitation, provided such violations were cited in accordance with the provisions of any state occupational safety and health act or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and which were not abated within the time fixed by the citation and which citation has not been set aside following appeal to the appropriate agency or court having jurisdiction?

4.2 Has your Company, your parent Company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever received one or more criminal convictions related to the injury or death of any employee during the three (3) year period preceding the date of this Solicitation?

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4.3

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever received any OSHA citations under the present business name or any past business name, including both pending and closed/settled matters during the five (5) year period preceding the date of this Solicitation?

4.4 What is your Company’s National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Experience Modification Rating (EMR)?

4.5 Is this EMR number equal to or greater than 1.00?

4.6 Provide a letter detailing why your Company's EMR rating is equal to or greater than 1.00 and state what managerial commitment your Company is taking to reduce its rating.

Upload the letter and label the upload "EMR LETTER."

4.7 Did you respond "yes" to any of the questions listed in this section (other than the EMR rating question)?

4.8 Provide details/additional information for any "yes" response. Upload the information and label the documents "HEALTH AND SAFETY." Note: a separate document upload is required for the EMR rating question.

Group 5: LITIGATION/CLAIMS/PROCEEDINGS Instructions:

5.1 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever failed to complete any work awarded to it?

5.2

Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company been barred, suspended, denied prequalification, had its prequalification certificate issued by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services revoked, or otherwise been precluded from bidding or offering a proposal on contracts by any municipality or agency of the State of Connecticut, any other state, or the Federal Government within the past five (5) years?

5.3 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever within the past five (5) years been defaulted or terminated, for failure to timely or properly perform a contract?

5.4 Within the past five (5) years have any liquidated damages or other contractual penalties for failure to timely or properly perform a contract been assessed against your Company?

5.5 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever within the past five (5) years been declared to be a non-responsible bidder or proposer on any public project?

5.6

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for commission of a criminal offense as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract or in the performance of such contract or subcontract?

5.7

Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere under state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a contractor?

5.8 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere under state or federal antitrust, collusion or conspiracy statutes arising out of the submission of bids or proposals?

5.9

Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been cited for noncompliance with contract provisions on a public project, of a character regarded by the awarding authority to be of such gravity as to indicate a lack of responsibility to perform as a state contractor, including deliberate failure, without good cause, to perform in accordance with specifications or time limits provided in a contract?

5.10

Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever on a public project or contract, been cited for any other cause the awarding authority determined to be so serious or compelling as to affect responsibility as a state contractor, including disqualification by another governmental entity, having caused financial loss to the state or having caused a serious delay or inability of state officials to carry out their duties on a past contract or contracts?

5.11 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a willful failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions?

5.12 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions?

5.13 Has your Company, your Company’s parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had a willful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a public contract, agreement or transaction?

5.14 Are there any other civil or criminal judgments, claims, litigation, or arbitration proceedings, within the past five (5) years, including both pending and closed/settled cases, initiated by your Company or against your Company, not previously included as part of your Company’s responses to any of the questions in this section?

5.15 Did you respond "yes" to any of the questions listed in this section?

5.16 Provide details/additional information for any "yes" response. Upload the information and label the documents "LITIGATION."

Group 6: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Instructions:

6.1

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had any instances within the past five (5) years in which your Company or any entity in which your Company has an interest, appeared on a list published by the State of Connecticut Labor Department of persons or Companies who the Labor Department has found to have disregarded or violated your Company’s obligations to employees and subcontractors on public works projects under Connecticut General Statutes 31-53 and 31-76b (i.e. payment of prevailing wages and overtime payments) or in which you have been barred from Federal government contracts in accordance with the provisions of the Davis Beacon Act, 40 U.S. C. 276a-2?

6.2

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever had an instances other than those previously described in response to the above questions, in which any complaint has been made to, or any investigation or inquiry has been conducted by, the State of Connecticut Department of Labor regarding any alleged non-compliance by your Company or by any subcontractors on your Company’s previous projects, of any provision of Part III of Chapter 557 (Connecticut General Statutes Sections 31-52 through 31-57e, prevailing wage and other requirements) and Chapter 558 (Connecticut General Statutes Sections 31-58 through 31-761, minimum wage, overtime and other requirements) during the five (5) years preceding this Submission?

6.3

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been cited or penalized by any government agency for failure to comply with any affirmative action, non-discrimination, or other human rights requirements applicable to any work performed by your Company?

6.4

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been the subject of any order in effect which has been issued by the Connecticut Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities, pursuant to Connecticut General Statute’s Section 46a-56 or any regulation, prohibiting any contracting agency of the State of Connecticut from entering into contracts with the Company?

6.5

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been named on a current list compiled by the Connecticut Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities whom it has found to be in non-compliance with anti-discrimination or contract compliance statutes, or been the subject of any unabated or unexpired Notice of Non-Compliance issued by the Commissioner, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 46a-56?

6.6

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been found by the Connecticut Department of Public Works, or another State Agency to be in violation of the subcontractor listing requirements or other provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Section 4b-95?

6.7

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been cited for or been the subject of a civil or criminal court proceeding alleging that your Company has violated the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes Sections 31-52 or 31-52a regarding providing preference to Connecticut citizens or residents in the construction of public buildings or works?

6.8

Has your Company, your Company's parent company, your subsidiaries or affiliates, any officer or partner, or any member of management of your Company ever been issued, by the Connecticut Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 46a-56 or any regulation, or a comparable agency of any other state pursuant to a statute or regulation of that state, any order as a result of non-compliance with statutory affirmative action or non-discrimination requirements/statutes?

6.9 Did you respond "yes" to any of the questions listed in this section?

6.10 Provide details/additional information for any "yes" response. Upload the information and label the documents "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT."

Group 7: INTEGRITY Instructions:

7.1

During the past five (5) years, does your Company have a satisfactory record of compliance with Connecticut General Statutes Sections 1-79 through 1-101, pertaining to Codes of Ethics for Public Officials and Lobbyists, including but not limited to Section 1-84, listing prohibited activities including the giving of "gifts", as defined therein, to public officials and employees?

7.2 Provide details/additional information. Upload the information and label the upload "CODE

OF ETHICS."

7.3

Have there been any instances during the past five (5) years in which any complaint has been made to, or any investigation or inquiry has been conducted by the State of Connecticut Ethics Commission, or by any other State of Connecticut Agency or Department, regarding any alleged non-compliance by your Company, or anyone employed by your Company or acting in your Company’s behalf, with Connecticut General Statutes Sections 1-79 through 1-101, pertaining to Codes of Ethics for Public Officials and Lobbyists, and particularly Section 1-84, listing prohibited activities including the giving of "gifts" as defined therein to public officials and employees?

7.4 Provide details/additional information. Upload the information and label the upload

"INTEGRITY."

Group 8: CONFLICT OF INTEREST Instructions:

8.1

Does your Company have any relationship and/or potential conflicts of interest with the University, any University organization or any employee of the University or University organization?

(a) Note: All such disclosures require acceptance/approval action on the part of the University, which shall determine whether an impermissible conflict exists.

(b) The University also reserves the right to find any Company to be non-responsible or non-qualified with respect to a specific contract should the University determine that a conflict of interest exists, notwithstanding the fact that the Company may have been selected for previous projects at the University.

8.2 Upload details/additional information of the relationship for the purpose of determining whether a conflict of interest exists. Label the upload "CONFLICT OF INTEREST."

Group 9: LICENSES AND MISC. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS Instructions:

9.1 Upload a copy of your Company’s current Prequalification Certificate issued by DAS for the required classifications. Label the upload "DAS PREQUAL CERT."

9.2 Threshold Building: Upload a copy of your Company's Major Contractor Registration Certificate issued by the CT Department of Consumer Protection in accordance with Connecticut General Statute Sec. 20-341gg. Label the upload "THRESHOLD BUILDING."

Group 10: CERTIFICATIONS

Instructions:

10.1

The Company acknowledges that the submission of its Bid/Proposal shall constitute the Company’s express authorization to the University to obtain all information the University deems pertinent with respect to the financial worth, assets and liabilities of the Company, as well as the Company’s experience, abilities, past performance, integrity, or any other matter referenced in the Solicitation documents issued by the University and/or submitted to the University by the Company, from banks or other financial institutions, sureties, vendors, material vendors, equipment vendors, any person identified in the Bid/Proposal as a reference, or any other persons having business transactions with the Company.

The Company shall expressly authorize all such financial institutions or other persons or entities to furnish to the University such information as is requested from them by the University.

10.2 We certify that we have reviewed, read, understand, and accept, the information and requirements contained within the Solicitation documents without exception.

10.3 We certify that the answers to the questions and all statements contained in this Solicitation Submission are true and correct.

Group 11: CONTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Instructions:

11.1 A draft of the Contract that will be used for individual projects has been provided as part of this Solicitation. Does your Company accept the Contract without exception?

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