751/22334. MAA; Rifle River RA - Campground & Day Use Improve

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB), on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for professional design and construction administration services for campground and day-use area improvements at Rifle River Recreation Area located in Lupton, Michigan. The procurement seeks a qualified Professional Services Consultant (PSC) to deliver comprehensive design services encompassing existing condition assessments, design development for new sanitary sewer systems, upgraded electrical systems, new water service, pavement replacement, site grading and drainage improvements, beach house renovations, and a structural assessment of an existing cable strand bridge with repair or replacement recommendations. All design work must comply with Michigan Public Act 1 of 1966, the Michigan Rehabilitation Code for Existing Buildings (2015), the Americans with Disabilities Act, and applicable federal, state, and local codes administered by the EPA, OSHA, DOT, DCH, EGLE, DNR, and MIOSHA. The PSC must complete Phases 300 (Schematic Design), 400 (Preliminary Design), and 500 (Final Design) with standard 50 percent and 90 percent design reviews, prepare all construction documents and as-built record drawings, and obtain required governing agency approvals, with a desired project schedule from September 2022 through January 2023. The mandatory pre-proposal meeting and site walk-through inspection was held on August 3, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at the Rifle River Recreation Area Park Office; written questions were due by August 10, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time; and proposals were due by August 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time via electronic submission through SIGMA VSS with individual file attachments not exceeding 6 megabytes. Evaluation will be based on 80 percent technical merit and 20 percent cost, with contract award recommendation expected within thirty days of the proposal due date and a contract kick-off meeting scheduled for September 8, 2022.

The RFP requires proposing firms to submit a Certification of Michigan Based Business and a Responsibility Certification as conditions of proposal submission; the prime professional must be licensed to practice in the State of Michigan under the Occupational Code. Compensation is structured as a not-to-exceed fee using billable hourly rates for professional staff classified by experience level, with all indirect costs including fringe benefits, insurance, overhead, and profit incorporated into the billable rates; reimbursable expenses such as printing, reproduction, soil borings, surveys, laboratory testing, and travel beyond 100 miles one-way from the firm's office are permitted with a maximum 5 percent markup. Professional liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate is mandatory. The RFP does not specify a particular incumbent vendor, existing contract, or award value; however, proposing firms must submit detailed resumes of key personnel, an organization chart, a detailed work plan with time-sequenced schedule, budget analysis, client references from similar projects within the last five years, and compensation information broken down by phase. All project deliverables, including drawings, specifications, reports, and electronic data, become the property of the State upon completion, though the professional may retain copies for their files and may reuse component information in normal practice. Limited AutoCAD files and available drawings were provided to interested firms, with additional files to be delivered to the selected firm via flash drive.