ESBD_436076_1753797960079_Notice to Respondents.pdf

NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is Requesting Proposals to design and install new HVAC systems that will include chilled water cooling for buildings J1, J2, J3, J4 and J5 at the Briscoe Unit in Dilley, Texas, as shown by Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

Respondent shall refer to Specifications and submit all required qualifications and licensing required within.

Specifications will be furnished with the Solicitation documents.

Respondent is required to submit a HUB Subcontracting Plan as detailed in Exhibit 1. Failure to submit a completed HUB Subcontracting Plan will result in the proposal being rejected from further consideration.

Respondent must be bondable and insurable at the levels required. All proposals must be valid for no less than 180 Calendar Days.

The TDCJ reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and to waive any informality or irregularity.

It is the TDCJ’s intent to issue the Notice to Proceed at the Pre-Construction Meeting with the performance period to begin upon issuance.

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the Briscoe Unit, 1459 West Highway 85, Dilley, Texas 78017, followed by a site visit. Registration is required to attend. Please contact the Contract Specialist, Ali Duke, at (936) 437-3822/ Alicia.Duke@tdcj.texas.gov to register. ONLY ONE

SCHEDULED SITE VISIT WILL BE HELD FOR REASONS OF SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY;

THEREFORE, RESPONDENTS SHALL REGISTER IN ADVANCE SHOULD THEY WANT TO

ATTEND; ATTENDANCE IS RECOMMENDED.

Due to strict security please be aware that entrance to the unit will be denied to anyone in possession of any items to include, but not limited to, any of the following: weapons (including pocketknives), tobacco products, alcohol, cell phones, pagers and more than $25.00. Visitors are subjected to searches as they enter the facility and may be required to walk through electronic scanning equipment such as metal detectors. Access to the facility will be denied to anyone not willing to be searched. Appropriate attire required.

CELL PHONES/IPADS ARE ALLOWED PER THE WARDEN FOR PICTURES ONLY, NO PHONE

CALLS, WHILE IN ATTENDANCE AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION BY THE UNIT STAFF PRIOR TO

LEAVING.

Proposals are not subject to public opening and are confidential until the contract has been awarded. Proposals are due at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in our office: Contracts and Procurement, Attn: Ali Duke/Christie Duncan, 2 Financial Plaza, Suite 703, Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice requires the Respondent to make a good faith effort to include Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB’s) in the total value of this construction contract award. Attention is called to the fact that not less than the minimum wage rates prescribed in the Special Conditions must be paid on these projects.

NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS