University Village Apartments Balcony Rebuild Part 1

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is soliciting competitive sealed proposals for the structural repair and rehabilitation of residential balconies at University Village Apartments, an on-campus complex consisting of 58 garden-style apartment buildings located in Dallas County, Texas. This construction project involves the full removal and reconstruction of multiple second and third-floor balconies in Phase 5 Buildings 38, 39, 40, and 41, along with localized repairs to soffits, fascias, stucco, and siding, waterproofing upgrades, traffic coatings, caulking, and painting across 159 balconies with potential work on up to 558 total balconies requiring various levels of intervention. The selected contractor must possess demonstrated expertise in residential building construction, structural repair capabilities, and ability to maintain campus operations during construction while ensuring full compliance with University of Texas System Building Construction Contracts standards, OSHA requirements, and the 2021 International Building Code as adopted by the City of Richardson, Texas. Evaluation criteria include pricing and delivery proposal (approximately 60 percent weight), contractor qualifications and experience (40 percent weight), construction team qualifications, performance on past representative projects, project planning and scheduling capabilities, safety program competency, and warranty and service support offerings. A virtual pre-submittal meeting is scheduled for March 12, 2026, at 10:00 AM CST, with a written questions deadline of March 19, 2026; proposals are due April 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM CDT through the Bonfire Hub portal, with public bid opening scheduled for April 16, 2026, at 11:00 AM CDT and anticipated contract award in May 2026. The contract is structured as a lump-sum agreement with an anticipated Notice to Proceed of May 15, 2026, Substantial Completion by July 31, 2026 (93 calendar days after commencement), and Final Completion by August 15, 2026, with liquidated damages assessed at $1,000 per day for incomplete work beyond the substantial completion deadline.

The procurement requires all respondents to complete and submit a HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) Subcontracting Plan demonstrating good faith efforts to utilize Texas-certified HUBs, with responses lacking a completed HSP subject to rejection; prime contractors awarded contracts must provide notice to selected subcontractors within ten working days and submit compliance reports verifying HSP compliance. Proposals are limited to thirty pages (excluding covers, tables of contents, divider sheets, and pricing proposals) and must include HSP documents, pricing and delivery proposal, general questionnaire, signature page, addenda acknowledgement form, and technical proposal submitted via the Bonfire Hub portal with a maximum upload file size of 1000 MB per file. Respondents must maintain current Federal Tax Identification Numbers, comply with all Texas and federal certifications including boycott verifications, non-discrimination certifications, and employment eligibility verification through Form I-9, and provide criminal background screening for all service personnel. The contractor must execute Performance and Payment Bonds equal to 100 percent of the contract price within ten calendar days of award notification and obtain comprehensive insurance coverage including workers' compensation at statutory limits, commercial general liability at $1,000,000 per occurrence, and business auto liability at $1,000,000 combined single limit, with UTD named as additional insured on all policies except workers' compensation. The base proposal cost includes an Owner's Construction Contingency of $50,000 and Builders Risk Endorsement Coverage of $5 million or the estimated replacement value of the existing building structure, whichever is less, with two alternate proposals available for TREX Enhancer 1x6 composite decking and new LED lighting on balconies; no specific overall budget range or contract award value is disclosed in the procurement documents.