Legal_Ad_Request.docx

This is a legal advertisement request from the City of St. Petersburg's Purchasing Department for publication in the Baylink Pinellas newspaper, soliciting qualifications for construction management services on the Enoch Davis Recreation Center Improvements project (Project No. 23096-100). The City seeks a Construction Manager at Risk to provide comprehensive construction management services for improvements to an 18,000 square-foot community center and its consolidation with an adjacent 14,000 square-foot library into a 53,000 square-foot facility located at 1111 18th Avenue South. Qualified offerors must be licensed as general contractors in Florida and will be responsible for design participation, cost estimating, constructability and value engineering analyses, schedule development, and construction execution. The solicitation was released on December 11, 2025, with a question deadline of January 6, 2026, and a statement of qualifications submission deadline of 3:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, via the City's OpenGov Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/stpete. The procurement involves two contract phases: a pre-construction services phase with fixed compensation and a construction phase where the Construction Manager serves as the single point of responsibility for publicly bidding trade contracts. Shortlisted respondents will participate in interviews on February 18, 2026, with final City Council approval required before contract execution.

Evaluation criteria include Team Background & Key Staff Availability (33 points), Experience and Relevant Project Examples (25 points), and Project Approach (22 points), with reference projects requiring a contract value exceeding $20,000,000. The project mandates LEED Gold certification and includes specific Small Business Enterprise, Women-Owned Business Enterprise, Minority Business Enterprise, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation requirements. Respondents must conduct Level 2 criminal background screenings for all employees and subcontractors and comply with E-Verify requirements. The Construction Manager must provide comprehensive insurance coverage including Commercial General Liability of $8,000,000 per occurrence, Workers' Compensation, Pollution Liability of $2,000,000, and Builder's Risk insurance, with a Public Construction Bond and all policies naming the City of St. Petersburg as an additional insured. Inquiries regarding the procurement should be directed to Tori Amerson at Victoria.amerson@stpete.org or (727) 551-3387, with copies to Shelby Betancourt at Shelby.Betancourt@stpete.org.