Construction Management at Risk Services

Polk County Schools, Cedartown, Georgia is requesting qualifications and proposals for Construction Management at Risk services covering fourteen renovation, modification, and addition projects across eight school facilities, with proposals due October 20, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on October 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

The scope spans site work including demolition, grading, and pavement; classroom, cafeteria, and kitchen additions and modifications; auxiliary gymnasium modifications; HVAC system modifications; and athletic field lighting for baseball, softball, football, and soccer facilities across Eastside Elementary, Van Wert Elementary, Westside Elementary, Young's Grove Elementary, Cedartown Middle, Rockmart Middle, Cedartown High, and Rockmart High schools. The project involves multiple construction phases commencing between May 2027 and May 2029 and completing between August 2027 and December 2029, with a minimum of 16 months for construction.

The total conceptual project budget is $25 million. The CM/GC fee shall be a percentage between 8% and 12% of construction costs, encompassing preconstruction services, construction management services, corporate overhead, profit, general conditions, and performance/payment bonding. Compensation is actual cost-plus-percentage-fee not to exceed a Guaranteed Maximum Price under an open-book arrangement where unused contingencies and allowances return to the Owner. Contingencies are set at 5% for both CM and Owner use.

Prerequisite criteria include an Experience Modification Rate average below 1.00 over the past three years, bonding capacity for the full project cost, current Builder's Risk Insurance, a minimum of ten years in business, and a fully staffed permanent office within 75 miles of the project site. Proposals are scored on a 100-point scale: local experience and participation (15 points), project personnel qualifications (10 points), relevant project experience and references (15 points), experience with Owner and Architect (15 points), fee proposal (20 points), and distinguishing factors (10 points). The architect is James W. Buckley & Associates, Inc. Submissions must include one original and five copies, bound and boxed, limited to 70 pages in minimum 10-point Arial font.