CM RFP 4-11-24.docx

Request for Proposal - Construction Management Services

Jackson Public Schools will be asking the voters to approve a bond estimated between $85-100 million. This will be sold in 2 series, amounts and date of sale TBD.

One known project is to provide air conditioning to multiple buildings within the district, either entire buildings, or currently non-cooled spaces in others. Full scope of bond projects to be determined at a later date by a bond development committee.

· RFP questions should be sent via email to: Marcus Leon marcus.leon@jpsk12.org

· RFP submissions to be mailed/delivered to the address below:

The issuing office of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is:

Jackson Public Schools Office of the Superintendent 522 Wildwood Ave Jackson, MI 49201

Section 1 - Firm Overview

1. List your firm name, project executive, address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address.

2. Explain your firm’s ownership structure and provide a brief firm history, including the number of years conducting business in Michigan.

3. List your in-house professional services and the number of employees in each category.

4. Have you had litigation, arbitration or a claim filed against your company by an educational client or have you filed the same against an educational client? If yes, please explain.

5. Explain your financial position on one page. Provide a reference letter from your financial institution.

6. Provide a listing of current construction management educational projects. Include district, construction value, number of facilities, contract start and anticipated contract completion.

7. Does your firm provide Professional Liability insurance, General Liability insurance, and Worker Compensation coverage? If yes, please list and include a copy of the certificates.

Section 2 - Services

1. Briefly explain your preliminary bond application services.

2. Briefly explain your design phase services.

3. Briefly explain your construction phase services.

4. Briefly explain your technical services and estimating capabilities.

5. Itemize at what points in the project your firm will produce estimates.

Section 3 - Experience

1. List only K-12 educational projects in which your company has been involved as Construction Manager in the past 10 years. Include a brief description, construction value, district name, address, phone and contact person, and architect name, address, phone and contact person.

2. Indicate your experience working with our architectural firm (TMP Architecture Inc.).

3. Describe your working relationship with both the state fire marshal and state building inspector in regard to educational facilities.

4. What was your most desirable K-12 education Construction Management project? What was your least desirable K-12 education Construction Management project? Please explain why.

5. Have you been associated with any projects that were not completed on time causing the start of school to be delayed, and/or district operational delays? Please explain the circumstances.

Section 4 - Project Personnel

1. Provide an organizational chart showing your proposed team for the design and construction phases of our projects. Include a single page resume of each key individual highlighting experience with projects similar to ours.

2. Provide a chart showing current and future availability of your key team members for our project.

3. Will you guarantee, by contract, that key personnel will be assigned to our project for the entire design and construction?

4. Provide resumes for individuals who will perform architectural, mechanical and electrical estimating and value engineering services. Are these individuals full time employees or consultants?

Section 5 - Project Approach and Controls

1. Describe your understanding and work plan for our project.

2. How will you help assure budget adherence in today’s volatile construction market.

3. Describe your most recent educational project bid results. List the bid categories with number of bidders for each. Include your estimated amount per category and apparent award amount.

4. Describe and provide a flow chart depicting your accounting process for providing the required information to the School District’s Business Office for payment processing and budget analysis. Please provide copies of sample reports.

5. What is your approach to the establishment, use and management of construction contingencies, reimbursable items, and change orders?

6. How do you propose to maximize both local and diverse contractor participation?

7. In two pages of less, state why your firm is the most qualified for the project.

8. In one page, explain the anticipated work plan to assure the safety of students during construction activities.

9. Briefly explain the proposed method and system you would use to control the project schedule.

10. Explain the construction manger’s responsibility for providing coordination, quality control and inspection of work in place.

11. Describe the cost control/project accounting system used by your firm.

12. Briefly describe your owner reporting procedures.

Section 6 - Scope of Services and Compensation

1. JPS is looking for full construction management services for the entire program, from pre-bond scope/estimating through final warranty walk completion. Is your firm able to provide this level of service?

2. Compensation

a) Lump sum fee for pre-construction, including: professional fee, estimating and personnel costs, along with details on what these fees include and exclude:

b) Number of man hours projected for the preconstruction phase:

c) Percentage fee for the construction phase:

d) Estimate of man hours for the construction phase:

e) Estimate of General conditions costs:

f) Estimate of total cost of all services:

Section 7 - Summary

1. Why should we select your firm? Limit to “bulleted’ benefits/strengths.

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