Preliminary Schedule Summary

This is a Preliminary Schedule document for the City of Bradenton's Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) procurement for a new Public Works & Utilities Department Complex project. The procurement process establishes key milestones for proposal evaluation and contract award. The RFQ was released on February 4, 2026, with a non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting scheduled for February 12, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. Proposers must submit questions by February 19, 2026, and submit complete proposals by March 4, 2026, at 11:03 a.m. Short-listed proposers will be notified by April 1, 2026, with contract award anticipated for April 22, 2026. The selected CMAR will manage development of approximately 90,000 square feet of office and workspace across four buildings, approximately 30,000 square feet of storage, fueling facilities, vehicle washing stations, and associated site improvements on a 28-acre Brownfield site at 1706 9th Street East, Bradenton, Florida, with an estimated construction cost of $60 million.

The schedule reflects a competitive procurement process emphasizing evaluation criteria weighted toward professional personnel (25 percent), past performance and experience (35 percent), and project approach including management techniques and proposed timeline (40 percent). Proposers must demonstrate Florida licensure as Certified General Contractors with completion of a minimum of two large-scale facilities and two site development projects in Southwest Florida within the past five years, along with Florida Stormwater, Erosion, and Sedimentation Control Inspector certification. The CMAR services will proceed through a two-phase structure: pre-construction services including value engineering and cost estimating, followed by construction phase management contingent upon acceptance of a Guaranteed Maximum Price proposal. No specific set-aside designations or incumbent vendors are identified in the solicitation, and while the estimated construction cost is $60 million, the final award value and CMAR fee percentage remain subject to negotiation during the pre-construction phase.