4-DB27-009 RFSQ General Contractor and Construction Services.doc

REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION

General Contractor/Construction Services Solicitation # DB27-009

PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION (RFSQ)

The Granite School District (“GSD” or “District”) is seeking proposals from qualified, licensed, and experienced General Contractors (B100) to provide construction services for a new elementary school and an addition to an existing high school. Contractors shall have extensively practiced in K-12 educational facility construction with experience in remodels, renovations, and new construction.

This RFSQ is designed to provide interested General Contractors, hereafter referred to as “Contractor” or “Offerors”, with sufficient basic information to submit proposals meeting minimum requirements but is not intended to limit a proposal's content or exclude any relevant or essential data. Offerors are at liberty and are encouraged to expand upon the specifications to evidence service capability under any agreement.

No contact is to be made with any district employees or Board of Education members during the RFSQ process, through contract award, regarding the RFSQ. Contact is to be made through the Purchasing Department only.

It is anticipated that this RFSQ will result in a pool of qualified Contractors that will be invited to bid on the two school projects described in this RFSQ. This prequalification is only for the two subject properties listed herein. Any contractor currently prequalified with GSD, through any other bid, for any other work, is NOT prequalified for these projects and will need to respond to this RFSQ to be considered for either of the subject properties.

Granite School District will not be liable for any cost’s Offeror may incur in the preparation or presentation of this proposal.

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ISSUING OFFICE AND RFSQ REFERENCE NUMBERtc \l 1 "ISSUING OFFICE AND RFP REFERENCE NUMBER" Granite School District’s Department of Purchasing is the issuing office for this document and all subsequent addenda relating to it, on behalf of GSD Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Department. The reference number for the transaction is Solicitation #DB27-009. This number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation relating to the RFSQ.

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DETAILED SCOPE OF WORKtc \l 1 "DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK" GSD is seeking proposals from qualified, licensed, and experienced General Contractors to provide construction services for construction of an addition to the existing Taylorsville High School, and a new elementary school on the West Kearns Elementary School site. All contractors responding to this solicitation must comply with, and require all of their subcontractors to comply with, all applicable licensing and environmental laws required by, but not limited to, the State of Utah Department of Air Quality (DAQ), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA).

Scope of Services

The selected General Contractors will be expected to provide a full range of construction services for a complete building as documented in the construction drawings and specifications. Construction documents will be released to the qualified Contractors at the time of bid per the anticipated schedule in this document. Construction services will include, but not necessarily be limited to, demolition as required for the scope of work, site/civil, architecture, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and technology systems.

A. Addition to Taylorsville High School The project consists of three new additions and performing renovations to the main entrance to Taylorsville High School. The high school is located at 5225 South Redwood Road, Taylorsville, Utah.

New additions will include office space, additional classrooms, and athletic rooms including wrestling and dance. Renovations to the existing building will include relocation of the main office to the new space, relocation of counseling offices to the former main office, remodeling of the culinary kitchen/lab spaces, remodeling of the commons and cafeteria space, remodeling classroom space to special education classrooms and refreshing of finishes in portions of the existing building.

Site work will include rebuilding the existing tennis courts, providing a softball press box and drivers education tower, and relocation of the drivers education driving course.

New construction will compose approximately 48,240 square feet. Remodeled areas are approximately 29,725 square feet of the project.

Please see the prequalification document for Taylorsville High School Addition prepared by MHTN Architects.

B. West Kearns Elementary School Rebuild The project consists of the complete rebuild of West Kearns Elementary School. The new West Kearns Elementary School, located at 4900 S 4620 W, Kearns, Utah, replaces an existing building on the same site.

The existing building has been demolished as part of a separate contract for GSD. Utilities have been capped outside of the new building footprint. Foundations and underground structures on the site have been demolished and the excavation filled with compacted, engineered fill to approximately one foot minus of the existing grade.

The replacement school is based on a prototype elementary school plan recently completed for the Davis School District for Bountiful Elementary School. The two-story building is composed of two classroom wings, administrative offices, commons/dining area, multi-purpose room, media center, and back-of-house space. Building exterior is composed of a structural brick, metal panel, ACM, glass, and EIFS building envelope surrounding a steel frame. Mechanical systems are internal to the building. The fully sprinkled building will have a fire alarm system connected to the GSD police dispatcher.

Site work will include, but not be limited to, demolition of remaining paved areas on the east and west sides of the grass field, new paved and turf play areas, playground equipment, fencing, site paving, and landscaping. GSD will hire an irrigation contractor, prior to start of construction, to replace the existing manual field irrigation with an automated system which will include irrigation for the entire site. Upon award of this contract, the irrigation contractor will be assigned to the successful contractor as a subcontractor to complete the work.

New construction will compose approximately 94,000 square feet of building in two stories.

Please see the prequalification document for West Kearns Elementary School prepared by VCBO Architects.

ANTICIPATED TIMELINE

Event Date

6. Taylorsville High School Addition

Bid Package Released Bids Due

GSD Board of Education Approval

Construction Start

Substantial Completion Week of October 05, 2026 October 29, 2026 November 10, 2026 Late November 2026 July 2029

7. West Kearns Elementary Rebuild Bid Package Released

Bids Due

GSD Board of Education Approval

Construction Start

Substantial Completion November 16, 2026 December 10, 2026 January 5, 2027 Early January 2027 July 2028

COMPANY REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrated Experience of Qualifications Offerors are preferred to have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction projects in Elementary and High School construction between 80,000 and 250,000 square feet. The statement of qualifications should describe:

1. the financial viability of the company.

2. experience, skill level, and qualifications of company including:

a. similar projects completed by the company;

b. the company’s area(s) of expertise and other special qualifications;

c. the company’s track record of completing projects on time and within budget; and

d. the company’s reputation and commitment to high-quality workmanship.

3. the specific project managers and site superintendents who will be assigned to each project;

4. statement from the Surety Company that company has the ability to bond for the construction of these projects.

Construction Management Approach

Each offeror shall provide a document describing their approach to project construction management. The document should include:

1. an organization chart of key personnel and a description of their duties and decision-making authority;

2. the process used for selecting and managing subcontractors;

3. the method used to develop a project schedule, depicting at a minimum the construction of the building, site improvements, soils import and compaction, cleanup, and closeout, to ensure that projects are completed on time, including the process used to determine when long lead materials and equipment are ordered;

4. the actions that will be taken (plan) to bring a project back on schedule if it has fallen behind schedule (expediting);

5. the procedures in place to minimize change orders;

6. the methodology used to ensure the accuracy of bids;

7. the approach to site security and project safety;

8. the company’s understanding and knowledge of GSD’s construction management policies and procedures; and

9. any other information not addressed above that the bidder believes will assist the selection committee in evaluating the company’s approach to project management.

References

Offerors shall provide a list of references for 5 (five) similar projects. References should demonstrate the bidder’s capacity to perform successfully on similar projects. References should include:

1. name and address of the project;

2. name and phone number of the person able to answer questions about the project;

3. type of project (new build, addition, renovation, remodel);

4. project square footage;

5. date of when the work was scheduled to be completed and actual completion date;

6. the initial and final cost of the project.

GSD may be used as a reference, but for no more than one project.

The District reserves the right to contact or visit any of the Contractor’s current and/or past customers to evaluate the level of performance and customer satisfaction.

Insurance Contractor shall maintain Commercial General Liability insurance which contains a “Separation of Insureds” provision with per occurrence and products-completed operations limits of at least $1,000,000 and general aggregate limits of at least $3,000,000. Contractor shall also maintain, if applicable to Contractor’s operations or performance relative to this contract, Business Automobile Liability insurance covering Contractor’s owned, non-owned, and hired motor vehicles and/or Professional Liability insurance with liability limits of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance policies shall be endorsed to be primary and not contributing to any other insurance maintained by the District.

The Contractor shall maintain all employee related insurance, in the statutory amounts, such as unemployment compensation, worker's compensation, and employer's liability, for its employees involved in performing services pursuant to this Contract. Such worker’s compensation and employer’s liability insurance shall be endorsed to include a waiver of subrogations against Granite School District, its agents, officers, directors and employees.

The Contractor’s insurance carriers and policy provisions must be acceptable to the District’s Risk and Insurance Manager and remain in effect for the duration of the Contract. The Granite School District shall be named as additional insured party on the Commercial General Liability insurance policy.

The Contractor shall submit certificates of insurance as evidence of the above required coverage to the District prior to the commencement of this Contract. Mail to: Granite School District Purchasing Department, Attn: David Bundy, 2500 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115-3110. Such certificates shall provide the District with thirty (30) calendar days written notice prior to the cancellation or material change of the applicable coverage, as evidenced by return receipt or certified mail, sent to the above address.

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PRICE GUARANTEE PERIODtc \l 2 "PRICE GUARANTEE PERIOD" All pricing must be guaranteed for the length of the contract. All change orders must be approved and agreed upon prior to any work being performed.

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STANDARD CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONStc \l 2 "STANDARD CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS" A sample copy of the District’s Contractor’s Agreement and General Conditions of the Contract for Construction are included with this RFSQ. Any contract resulting from this RFSQ will include but not be limited to the District’s Standard Terms and Conditions (see Attachment A). Exceptions and/or additions to the District’s Standard Terms and Conditions are strongly discouraged.

Exceptions and additions to the Standard Terms and Conditions must be submitted with the proposal response. Exceptions, additions, service level agreements, etc. submitted after the date and time for receipt of proposals will not be considered. Website URLs, or information on website URLs must not be requested in the RFP document and must not be submitted with a proposal. URLs provided with a proposal may result in that proposal being rejected as non-responsive. URLs are also prohibited from any language included in the final contract document.

The District retains the right to refuse to negotiate on exceptions should the exceptions be excessive, not in the best interest of the District, negotiations could result in excessive costs to the state or could adversely impact existing time constraints.

If negotiations are required, contractor must provide all documents in MS Word format for redline editing. Contractor must provide the name, contact information, and access to the person(s) that will be directly involved in legal negotiations.

QUESTIONS

All questions must be submitted through the Utah Public Procurement Place (“U3P”) https://utah.bonfirehub.com. Answers will be given via the U3P site.

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SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSALtc \l 1 "SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL" Proposals must be received by the posted due date and time. Proposals received after the deadline will be late and ineligible for consideration.

Proposals must be received electronically through Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P) https://utah.bonfirehub.com/ or in hard copy. If submitting in hard copy for this RFP, one original and two identical copies of your proposal must be received at Granite School District Purchasing Department, 2500 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115.

When submitting a proposal electronically through U3P, please allow sufficient time to complete the online forms and upload documents. The solicitation will end at the closing time listed in the RFSQ. If you are in the middle of uploading your proposal at the closing time, the system will stop the process, and your proposal will not be received by the system.

Electronic proposals may require uploading of electronic attachments. The U3P site will accept a wide variety of document types as attachments. However, the District is unable to view certain documents. Therefore, you MAY NOT submit documents that are embedded (zip files), movies, wmp, and mp3 files. All documents must be attached as separate files.

NOTICE: By submitting a proposal in response to this RFSQ, offeror is acknowledging that the requirements, scope of work, and the evaluation process, outlined in the RFSQ are fair, equitable, not unduly restrictive, understood and agreed to. Any exceptions to the content of the RFSQ must be protested to the purchasing agent prior to the closing date and time for submission of the proposal.

PROTECTED INFORMATION

All protected information must be included in this section of proposal response. Do not incorporate protected information throughout the proposal. Rather, provide a reference in the proposal response directing reader to the specific area of this Protected Information section.

The Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), Utah Code Ann., Subsection 63G-2-305, provides in part that:

The following records are protected if properly classified by a government entity:

(1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309;

(2)

(a) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a person if:

(i) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;

(ii) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access than the public in obtaining access; and

(c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309; … (6) records, the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or agreement with a governmental entity, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to have access to, after the contract or grant has been awarded and signed by all parties:

(a) a bid, proposal, application, or other information submitted to or by a governmental entity in response to:

(i) an invitation for bids;

(ii) a request for proposals;

(iii) a request for quotes;

(iv) a grant; or

(v) other similar document; or

(b) an unsolicited proposal, as defined in Section 63G-6a-712;

GRAMA provides that trade secrets, commercial information or non-individual financial information may be protected by submitting a Claim of Business Confidentiality.

To protect information under a Claim of Business Confidentiality, the offeror must: provide a written Claim of Business Confidentiality at the time the information (proposal) is provided to the district and include a concise statement of reasons supporting the claim of business confidentiality (Subsection 63G-2-309).

If you submit a proposal containing confidential information you must submit an electronic “redacted” (excluding protected information) copy of your proposal response. Copy must clearly be marked “Redacted Version.”

A Claim of Business Confidentiality may be appropriate for information such as client lists and non-public financial statements. Pricing and service elements may not be protected. An entire proposal may not be protected under a Claim of Business Confidentiality. The Claim of Business Confidentiality must be submitted with your proposal on the form which may be accessed at:

https://purchasing.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/Claim-of-Business-Confidentiality-Updated.pdf An entire proposal cannot be identified as “PROTECTED”, “CONFIDENTIAL” or “PROPRIETARY” and may be considered non-responsive if marked as such.

To ensure the information is protected, you must include all protected information in the executive summary of the proposal response. Any protected information incorporated in other sections of the proposal response may result in release of data at no fault of the District.

All materials submitted become the property of Granite School District. Materials may be evaluated by anyone designated by the District as part of the proposal evaluation committee. Materials submitted may be returned only at the District’s option.

PROPOSAL RESPONSE FORMAT

Proposals shall be submitted electronically in .PDF format. A page shall be defined as 8-1/2” x 11” in either portrait or landscape format. Font size shall be not less than 11 point.

All proposals must include:

Cover Page

Listing company name, address, and contact person including phone number(s) and email address.

Executive Summary A one-page executive summary is to briefly describe the offeror's proposal. This summary should highlight the major features of the proposal. It must indicate any requirements that cannot be met by the offeror. The reader should be able to determine the essence of the proposal by reading the executive summary. Protected information requests should be identified in this section.

Section #1 - Statement of Qualifications

This section shall include the following:

1. Financial viability statement. (one page)

2. Experience/qualifications of company including requested information under Demonstrated Experience of Qualifications, 2. a. through d. (two pages maximum)

3. Resumes for the specific project managers and site superintendents who will be assigned to each project. (maximum one page each)

4. Bonding statement from Surety Company. (one page) Section #2 - Construction Management Approach

Section shall include discussion of company’s Construction Management Approach, items 1 through 9 as follows:

1. Organization Chart. (one page)

2. Subcontractor Selection and Management. (one page, maximum)

3. Schedule Development and Corrective Action/Expediting to bring off-schedule project back on schedule. (one page)

4. Change Order Management and Bid Accuracy. (one page)

5. Site Security and Project Safety. (one page)

6. Knowledge of GSD’s construction management policies and procedures and any other information the bidder believes relevent. (one page, maximum) Section #3 - References

Offerors list of references. (one page each)

Section #4 – Insurance

Provide a copy of offeror’s Certificate of Insurance. (one page)

EVALUATION PROCESS

All proposals in response to this RFSQ will be evaluated in a manner consistent with the Utah Procurement Code and all applicable rules and policies as allowed in 63G-6a-410.

In the initial phase of the evaluation process, the evaluation committee will review all proposals timely received. First, non-responsive proposals (those not conforming to RFSQ requirements) will be eliminated. Second, the remaining proposals will be evaluated against the provided evaluation criteria. The district will then notify successful Offerors that have achieved a score of 225 points (75%) that they will be invited to bid on either and/or all projects that are the subject of this RFSQ. Invitations to bid will be sent according to the timeline indicated in this document.

WEIGHT

EVALUATION CRITERIA

27%

Statement of Qualifications.

60%

Construction Management Approach.

10% References.

3%

Insurance.

ATTACHMENTS TO THE RFSQ

1. Standard Terms and Conditions (Attachment A)

2. Sample Contractor’s Agreement

3. Sample General Conditions of the Contract for Construction

4. Taylorsville High School Prequalification Document

5. West Kearns Elementary School Prequalification Document

RFSQ EVALUATION SCORESHEET

Employee Investigations Solicitation # DB27-009

Company Name:

Evaluator:

Date:

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TOTAL EVALUATION POINTS

(300 points possible)

Total

Score will be assigned as follows:

0 = Fail, fails to address the requirements

1 = Poor, inadequately addresses the requirements

3 = Unsatisfactory, only partially responsive to the requirements

5 = Satisfactory, meets minimum requirements

7 = Good, meets requirements and exceeds in some respects

10 = Excellent, exceeds all the requirements