472-26527-ABG MDOC Capacity Resalignment - RFQ.pdf

Rev 11/25

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

for

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Michigan Department of Corrections

CAPACITY REALIGNMENT

Oaks Correctional Facility

St Louis Correctional Facility

File No. 472/26527.ABG

Submittal Due Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026, 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time

Issuing Office: Department of Technology, Management & Budget State Facilities Administration Design and Construction Division 3111 W. St. Joseph Street

Lansing, MI, 48917

Part I – Instructions

A. Purpose

This Project Specific Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Construction Management Services is issued to request qualifications from those Construction Management (CM) firms interested in providing preconstruction and construction management services for the following project:

Michigan Department of Corrections – Capacity Realignment

The project will take place at the Oaks Correctional Facility located at 1500 Caberfae Hwy, Manistee, Michigan 49660 and the St Louis Correctional Facility located at 8585 N Croswell Rd, St Louis, Michigan 48880.

B. Selection Process

Interested CM firms must respond to the requirements included herein and submit one

(1) electronic copy of their Qualification Requirements response as directed below.

The information gathered will be evaluated by Project Team members and other Owner representatives to select which firms will be chosen to submit a technical proposal in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Construction Management Services and invited for interviews. Firms receiving RFP’s will be provided with additional information for the project to help them prepare their proposal. The technical proposal, as well as the interview, will be evaluated to determine the construction management firm best qualified to provide construction management services for this project. The owner reserves the right to reject any and all applicants and may stop the selection process for the project at any time.

C. Proposals The Construction Management firm must submit a complete response to this Request for Qualifications. The firm’s response must be submitted electronically through the State of Michigan Procurement System (SIGMA VSS). Please note that individual attachments can be no larger than 25 mb. No other distribution of responses will be made by the Construction Management firm.

To be considered responsible and responsive, Request for Qualifications for Construction Management Services must be uploaded to SIGMA VSS on or before 2:00 p.m., local time, on Thursday, November 19, 2026. The Request for Qualifications for Construction Management Services must be signed by an official authorized to bind the professional firm to its provisions. NO

FACSIMILES OR E-MAILS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WILL BE

ACCEPTED.

NOTE: It remains the responsibility of the Construction Management firm to submit responses as specified. Please allow ample time for your response to be uploaded to SIGMA VSS prior to the 2:00 p.m. deadline.

D. Inquiries

Questions must be in writing and directed to Alan Goschka at Goschkaa@michigan.gov and be submitted no later than 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. All questions will be responded to in writing and posted via addenda on SIGMA by November 12, 2026.

E. Instructions for Filing

Submit your original questionnaire to:

a. Questionnaires MUST be uploaded to SIGMA VSS. Please enter $1.00 as the bid amount.

b. Please remember that individual attachments can be no larger than 25mb.

c. Please do not wait until just before the 2:00 p.m., EASTERN solicitation deadline to submit your bid response. SIGMA VSS will not allow a proposal response to be submitted after 2:00 p.m., EASTERN, even if a portion of the proposal response has been uploaded.

d. If you experience issues or have issues regarding your electronic submission, you must contact the SIGMA Help Desk for assistance prior to the 2:00 p.m., EASTERN solicitation deadline.

You may contact the SIGMA Help Desk by telephone at

517.284.0540 or toll-free at 888.734.9749. You may also contact the SIGMA Help Desk by emailing sigma-procurement-helpdesk@michigan.gov

e. Please email the Design and Construction Contract Specialists if you are having SIGMA VSS issues. Please include your SIGMA ticket number and any supporting documentation (i.e., screenshots) to Anne Watros(watrosa@michigan.gov ) and Don Klein (kleind4@michigan.gov )

f. Our contract specialists may request that you email your proposal response. Emailed submissions will require DCD approval and will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

g. Approved emailed submissions MUST be received prior to the

2:00 p.m., EASTERN deadline to be considered responsive and responsible.

h. Proposal responses should not be emailed to the Project Director.

Part II – Project Details

A. Project Description

The project encompasses the development of new housing facilities at two existing correctional facility campuses with sufficient land capacity to accommodate additional structures.

At the St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF), the proposal includes a new 176-bed Level V housing facility, consisting of four 44-bed housing units connected through a central core building.

At the Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF), multiple viable locations have been identified for the addition of a new housing building. The concept under consideration includes 240 Level IV beds.

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) continues to experience a statewide imbalance in prisoner classification levels, with a surplus of Level I–II beds and a shortage of beds for higher-risk Level IV–V classifications.

The planned expansion aligns with MDOC’s Safe Prisons Initiative, which focuses on reducing violence through strategic realignment of housing and operational practices. By phasing out underutilized Level II units and investing in purpose-built higher-security housing, the department can better consolidate staffing resources and enhance operational effectiveness. The initiative emphasizes closer supervision and more controlled movement for individuals classified at the highest risk levels.

MDOC Objectives

The design of the new facilities, lead by the Professional Service Contractor (PSC), supports the following goals:

Enable closer supervision and more restricted movement for high-risk prisoners.

Incorporate architectural features that address the needs of an aging inmate population, including enhanced accessibility.

o Eliminate bunk beds in double-occupancy cells.

o Where feasible, provide single-level housing to maximize accessibility and improve visibility from officer control stations.

o Increase the number of ADA-accessible cells beyond minimum code requirements.

Future-proof Level IV and V housing units by transitioning away from outdated

“warehousing” models and integrating adaptable, technology-forward designs that support safety, specialized management, and operational efficiency.

Facilities to be designed and constructed as a LEED Silver level of Sustainability without registration.

Evaluation of existing facility generator backup system capacity for incorporating the new housing units at each site by either utilizing or modifying the existing equipment, adding new equipment or replacement of the existing equipment with new.

Construction is to take place outside of the existing secured perimeter, including potentially rerouting the existing secured perimeter to allow for the necessary construction activities.

A Schematic Design Report, issued on April 17, 2026, is available in SIGMA and should be downloaded and reviewed. The report outlines the proposed security classification realignment within the MDOC system as applied to new housing buildings at Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF) in Manistee, Michigan and St. Louis Correctional Facility (SLF) in St. Louis, Michigan (Gratiot County)

Prepared at a high-level, the schematic design report provides the foundational scope and intent for the project. The PSC selected for this effort will be responsible for conducting detailed site investigations and advancing the design to a more developed schematic phase. Once approved the PSC will proceed with complete construction document development, assisting the Construction Manager (CM) or Managers in bidding and providing complete construction administration services.

It is anticipated that individual Construction Managers will be engaged at each facility based on the RFQ shortlist. Shortlisted CMs may propose providing services for both facilities; however, they must clearly demonstrate their capacity to execute both projects using separate construction teams and show a distinct benefit to DTMB and MDOC.

B. Project Budget

Estimated Construction Budget St Louis Correctional Facility - $55M - $60M.

Oaks Correctional Facility - $75M - $80M.

C. Anticipated Schedule

Study Initial study completed 04-17-2026 Preliminary/Final Design Through 2027 Construction Start Spring 2028 Substantial Completion December 2029 Move In Spring 2030

D. Design Professional TBD

Proposals for the Design Professional are due November 5, 2026, post interviews scheduled on November 12, 2026 and Professional Service Contract awards are expected by the first of December 2026.

Part III – Qualification Requirements

A. Background Information

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Website: Click or tap here to enter text.

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Main Contact Person Name and E-mail for Project: Click or tap here to enter text.

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Individual ____Partnership ___ Corporation ______ Combination ______

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If you operate as a corporation, include the state in which you are incorporated and the date of incorporation: Click or tap here to enter text.

3. Years company has provided CM Services: Click or tap here to enter text.

4. List Principals and Officers of the Company Click or tap here to enter text.

5. What is your firm’s present workload that will be active concurrent with this project?

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Projects in pre-construction phase Click or tap here to enter text.

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6. What is your firm’s bonding capacity? Click or tap here to enter text.

B. Firm Experience

1. Provide at least three (3) examples of projects of similar or comparable scope/complexity completed within the past 10 years with a value of $50,000,000.00 or more that best illustrates your firm’s capabilities.

2. For each of the projects listed, provide the Owner’s name, along with name and phone number and email address for a point of contact within the Owner’s organization.

3. For each of the projects listed, describe the purpose, size, use and operation of each project and the approximate completion date. Indicate the initial budget and final budget for each project and specifically identify team members from this RFQ that were involved in each of the projects listed.

C. Construction Manager’s Personnel

1. Provide an organizational chart and resumes for key personnel. Include at a minimum the project manager, superintendent, and pre-construction lead.

Resumes should include name, title, proposed role, highest educational level achieved, and a synopsis of experience, training, or other qualities that reflect the individual’s potential contribution to this project. Include such data as familiarity with State regulatory agency procedures including DTMB Major Project Design Manual and prior experience on DTMB Design and Construction Division led projects.

2. Name any consultants who are included as part of the proposed team. Describe each consultant’s proposed role in the project and its related experience. List all projects on which your firm has worked with the consultant.

D. General Questions

1. Describe your cost control methods for the preconstruction and construction phases. How do you develop your estimates and how often are they updated?

Include examples of specific challenges and how your team addressed them to deliver successful enhanced value outcomes on recent projects.

2. Describe the way in which your firm develops and maintains a project schedule.

How often do you update those schedules? Include specific examples of schedule challenges and how your firm solved them.

3. Describe the way your firm maintains quality control during the pre-construction and construction phases. Provide examples of how these techniques were used in past projects.

4. Describe your experience with working with multiple user groups/agencies.

5. Describe your firm’s in-house BIM/Virtual Design capabilities and how you will implement it to add value to this project. Provide specific examples of how your BIM services have resolved conflicts, reduced costs, and/or improved schedules on recent projects

6. What Project Management software does your firm use and how will it benefit the owner / project team?

7. Describe any additional systems or processes your firm will use to help resolve construction issues or help expedite the construction process?

E. Site Proposal

Please indicate which site your firm would submit a cost proposal on:

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Oaks Correctional Facility Click or tap here to enter text.

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Part IV – Additional

1. What special values, innovations, perspectives or other factors does your firm / team bring to this project that uniquely qualify you for selection?

Part V – Identification / Certification

I certify that the information contained in this questionnaire is true and complete and I agree and understand that any falsification of material facts will result in my forfeiting any rights to consideration for this project. Please show your current workload as follows

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