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MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUESTING QUALIFICATIONS

FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

CONTINUALLY CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS VALUED

AT NO MORE THAN $7.5 MILLION EACH

The Marion County Public School District is requesting statements of qualifications (proposals) from Construction Managers in the State of Florida already pre-qualified by The Marion County Public School District or that will be pre-qualified by the time selection is made concerning this request pursuant with Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, the “Consultant’s Competitive Negotiations Act” (CCNA), Section 287.057 (24) Florida Statutes, Section 1013.45 Florida Statutes to provide the following professional services:

PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, BIDDING, CONSTRUCTION OF

PROPOSED BUILDINGS AND/OR RENOVATIONS AND/OR REMODELING OF

EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

OF THE PROJECT, AND OF THE CLOSE-OUT PROCESSES, AND ANY

ADDITIONAL OR ASSOCIATED WORK OR EXTENSIONS OF THE WORK ON

THE SITE, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECT:

Applying firms shall be licensed and qualified General and/or Building Contractors in the state of Florida. The firms selected shall enter into a one-year agreement with the Marion County School Board with the possibility of the contract being extended for additional years in one (1) year extension increments upon mutual agreement of the parties and provided that the firms remain pre-qualified annually with the Marion County Public School District. A purchase order and a Form of Work Authorization will be issued by the Marion County Public School District for each phase and/or project describing specific tasks. The School Board intends to approve several firms for these services and will be issuing identical contracts to one or more firms for these services. The Board intends to rotate the awarding of projects, depending on the urgency of the project, the work load of firms under consideration, and the quality of past performance of the firms. Throughout the term of the contract, firms may not receive or be assigned projects of equal size, number, complexity, cost, or fee value equal as those assigned to other firms. In this rotation, the School Board will issue a contract with each firm where compensation will be based on a percentage of the cost of the work that the Board determines is fair, competitive, and reasonable. The compensation rate shall apply for the entire year of the contract and may be re-negotiated as the Board determines is in the best interest of the School District. Firms will be required to execute the School Board’s Continuing Contract for Construction Management, copies of which will be available for review prior to the contract being issued. Firms serving as Construction Managers will be required to offer a guaranteed maximum price and a guaranteed completion date for each project that it is awarded.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Any firm desiring to provide services to the School Board must already be pre-qualified by the School Board and qualified pursuant to law and the School Board regulations at the time of the statements of qualifications. The selection process for this RFQ will abide by the 2024 Construction Management Services (RFQ) Selection Process Manual, which can be found on the Facilities Forms page of the Marion County Public Schools website. The Marion County Public School District reserves the right to conduct or not conduct public presentations in accordance with the CCNA Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. The public may not be excluded from these proceedings.

Pursuant to Florida Statute Section 287.057(25), respondents to this solicitation or persons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72-hour period following the agency posting the notice of intended award, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, any employee or officer of the executive or legislative branch (i.e., Marion County School District) concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the procurement officer (JBPro) or as provided in the solicitation documents. Violation of this provision may be grounds for rejecting a response.

INSTRUCTIONS

Firms desiring to provide professional services for the above-described project(s) shall submit a qualifications submittal through the VendorLink portal. This submittal shall include the following:

• a letter of application,

• proof of licensure and insurance,

• letter of bondability from a surety company,

• proof of Minority Business status (if applicable)

• Joint Venture documentation (if applicable)

• Professional reference letters (no specific format required) for the last 3 school projects, where construction management services by the firm were provided. References must include name, title, phone number, email, school name and address

• a response to all criteria listed in the 2024 Marion County Public Schools Construction Management Services Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Manual, particularly the criteria listed under Step 1 on pages 4 – 6

Submittals must not exceed 20 pages, including the items listed above. All applicants must be licensed to practice their profession in the State of Florida at the time of application, and the proposal shall include evidence of same.

Corporations must be registered to operate in the State of Florida by the Department of State Division of Corporations at the time of application.

General Liability and Auto Insurance will be required for each contracted project in the minimal amount of $1,000,000 for each type of coverage, along with Worker’s Comp Insurance (statutory limits), and will be provided as a part of basic services.

The proposal shall include evidence of the same and be included in the application.

The selection committee reserves the right to reject any and/or all submittals received pursuant to this request for qualifications as it is determined to be in the best interest of the Marion County Public School District. All materials submitted shall become the property of the Marion County Public School District and will not be returned. Costs for developing submittals in response to this request for qualifications are entirely the obligation of the applicant(s) and shall not be chargeable in any manner to the Marion County Public School District.

The Marion County Public School District reserves the right to use any and all information presented in any response to the request for proposal. Acceptance or rejection of your proposal does not affect this right.

The required submittal must be received through the VendorLink online portal, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 10, 2025. Late submittals, regardless of the reason, will not be accepted. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for May 20, 2025. Details for this meeting can be found on the bid page on VendorLink.

Further information may be obtained at the MCPS website or by contacting JBPro in writing via email at MCPSProcurement@jbpro.com. Note that in accordance with Florida Statutes Section 287.057 (25) and the provisions listed above in this solicitation, all correspondence must be in writing.