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TWO STEP INVITATION FOR BIDS

REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia invites highly qualified firms to submit Statements of Qualifications and associated supporting materials on Form HECO-16 (obtain adapted version from https://www.fm.virginia.edu/depts/fpc/index.html) for construction services related to the:

UVA | FONTAINE DATA CENTER

BA090426

The University seeks to retain a skilled contractor for full construction services in accordance with the provisions of the University of Virginia Higher Education Capital Outlay Manual. This procurement will be a Two Step (IFB) Invitation for Bids where the University of Virginia will pre-qualify construction firms that demonstrate comparable experience in similar complex project settings balancing the needs of neighboring facilities focused on patient care. The prequalified firms will receive an IFB with 100% Construction Documents. The contract will be awarded based on Competitive Sealed Bidding.

Project Overview and Scope:

The University of Virginia is developing a new Data Center at Fontaine Research Park in Charlottesville, Virginia to support Academic Research high-performance computing and UVA Health Information Technology (HIT). The proposed three-story building will be approximately 50,000 square feet. The project is adjacent to the new zero combustion Fontaine Central Energy Plant and is one of several near-term projects being executed at Fontaine Research Park to fulfill the 2018 Fontaine Master Plan. The day-one capacity will be 4MW for Research Computing and 500mW for HIT with plans to scale up to 17MW in the future.

The Project shall be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certified. The Project team has set a goal of achieving LEED Silver. Construction is expected to take approximately 21 months.

Qualification Criteria:

· Firm and PM/ Superintendent experience in comparable projects of similar technical complexity and size equivalent to mission critical or data center projects and meeting critical schedules

· Experience managing trade partners with critical power systems, UPS, generators, cooling infrastructure, redundancy strategies, and phased/ live cutover construction

· Experience coordinating with IT stakeholders, commissioning agents, and owner representatives

· Experience involving construction logistics with adjacent active healthcare and research facilities and having minimal laydown area

· Experience maintaining uninterrupted operations with minimal disruptions in active healthcare or clinical environments during construction

· Experience managing utility shutdowns, noise/ vibration control, while maintaining a strong safety record concerning patient/ public safety measures

· LEED project experience

· Contractor or any officer, director, or owner thereof has had no judgments entered against them within the past 10 years for the breach of contracts for governmental or nongovernmental construction, including, but not limited to, design-build or construction management

· Contractor has been in substantial compliance with the terms and conditions of prior construction contracts with UVA and/or comparable construction contracts with other public bodies

· Contractor or any officer, director, owner, project manager, procurement manager or chief financial official thereof has not been convicted within the past 10 years of a crime related to governmental or nongovernmental construction or contracting, including, but not limited to, a violation of (i) Article 6 (§ 2.2-4367 et seq.) of Chapter 43 of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Governmental Frauds Act (§ 18.2-498.1 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia, (iii); Chapter 4.2 (§ 59.1-68.6 et seq.) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia, or (iv) any substantially similar law of the United States or another state

· Contractor or any officer, director or owner thereof is currently not debarred pursuant to an established debarment procedure from bidding or contracting by any public body, agency of another state, or agency of the federal government

· Contractor provides to UVA in a timely manner any information requested by UVA relevant to this procurement

Financial Solvency:

· Evidence of current bonding capacity sufficient for 100% of the anticipated construction value and ability to provide Performance and Payment Bonds

Submittal Information:

The University is interested in demonstrated experience in similar projects. Examples of previous work associated with this type of project are important.

Where possible, all materials submitted should be fully recyclable. Submissions should be collated, on standard letter-sized paper and preferably clipped together without binding. To conserve paper, double sided printing is strongly encouraged.

Submittals will be evaluated to prequalify firms. Only firms licensed to do business in Virginia will be considered. The prequalified firms will be issued the Invitation for Bid with the issuance of Construction documents and a Project Specification Manual.

One (1) original and One (1) electronic version (e.g. thumb drive) of the Statements of Qualifications must be submitted by close of business (nominally 2:00 PM) on October 6, 2026, to the attention of:

Berhan Aljiji, Contract Administrator for Construction Capital Construction and Renovations Facilities Management Department University of Virginia 1571 Pratt Drive Charlottesville, VA 22904

Selected firms will be required to register in eVA (the Governor’s electronic procurement web site, https://eva.virginia.gov/) prior to the deadline for submission of responses to the IFB to be eligible for the award of the contract. Company’s own status and/or proposed use of Small, Women-owned and Minority-owned (SWaM) firms may be considered in the evaluation of responses. SWaM firms must be registered with the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD) https://www.sbsd.virginia.gov/ in Richmond for verification and consideration. Quarterly reporting of expenditures to SWaM firms will be required for the selected contractor.

Questions may be directed to Berhan Aljiji at bba4n@virginia.edu.

The Rector and Visitors of The University of Virginia By: Berhan Aljiji, Contract Administrator for Construction