Construction Manager for Softball Batting Cage Enclosure

Gulf Coast State College is requesting qualifications for a Construction Manager to oversee pre-construction, scheduling, budgeting, construction management, and close-out services for a Softball Batting Cage Enclosure project, with sealed qualifications due September 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time. Written questions are due by September 3, 2026.

The scope encompasses construction of a 70' X 40' softball batting cage with concrete slab and all-metal construction, including complete civil, structural, and electrical design and specifications compliant with all Florida building codes, site work with drainage and stormwater management, and permitting. Design and specifications must be completed within 120 calendar days, with the entire project constructed to completion within the allotted budget. The College provides no stated contract value or funding amount.

Qualifying firms must be certified, licensed, and insured to operate in Florida and hold general liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate, automobile liability of $500,000 per person, workers' compensation per statutory requirements, and professional liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence / $2,000,000 aggregate. Applicants must submit one original and two copies plus one digital copy on USB in PDF format of their statement of qualifications, limited to 60 pages, including completed signature pages, qualifications certification, rate sheets, W-9 forms, corporate documentation, organizational charts with personnel credentials, details on current and projected workloads, and four client references from the past four years.

Evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: qualifications and relevant experience (25%), past performance on similar projects and references (35%), willingness to meet time and budget requirements (10%), recent and current workloads (10%), location proximity (10%), minority business enterprise certification (5%), and volume of previous work awarded by GCSC (5%). The College encourages participation from Minority, Women Owned, and Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises. The evaluation committee will meet between September 17–21, 2026, with notice of award recommendation on September 23 and board approval on September 24. The contract contains no automatic renewal option.