CITY OF FORT WORTH
NOTICE TO OFFERORS
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-AT-RISK (CMAR)
Convention Center Phase 1
Proposals from Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) Offerors for the Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, Texas, will be received at the Property Management Department, Facilities Division office, 401 W. 13th Street, Fort Worth 76102, until 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 24th, 2022.
A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 at the Fort Worth Convention Center- Room 100, 1201 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 .
The last day for questions from prospective Offerors is at 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 21st, 2022. A final Addendum will be posted Tuesday, April 26th, 2022.
The City will select the CMAR Contractor by using a two-step Request for Proposal (RFP) process. After evaluating the submitted Proposals from the CMAR Offerors, the City will shortlist no later than May 13th, and interview the week of June 14th & 15th. The City will then select and enter negotiations with the Best Value Offeror. The City may discuss with the selected Offeror, options for a scope or time modification and any price change associated with such modification.
The selected CMAR Contractor will provide Pre-Construction Services including Constructability Reviews, Value Engineering Recommendations and Estimating Services during the various phases of the design process. Prior to the construction documents being completed, the selected CMAR will need to provide an iGMP. Then once the Construction Documents are complete the selected CMAR will provide a final Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). The IGMP and GMP will be inclusive of Value Engineering and Estimating Services fees, General Conditions, Construction Manager’s Fee, contingency, bonds, insurance, and other agreed upon costs; plus the City’s “Owner Contingency”. The total construction cost is anticipated to be approximately $35,000,000.00, refer to the “Project Proposal Form” found in the Instructions to Construction Manager-At-Risk (CMAR).
The City of Fort Worth will negotiate a Pre-Construction Services Contract and later negotiate a Construction Services Contract, based on percentages established in the “Project Proposal Form” with the selected CMAR firm determined to have made the Best Value offer.
Refer to the Instructions to Construction Manager-At-Risk (CMAR) Offerors documents for the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Information. MBE participation will be evaluated in awarding this contract. The MBE participation goal is 25% for the estimated construction budget. There is no goal for the Pre-Construction Services. The goal will be applied to the GMP when the GMP agreements are reached. Offerors must submit an anticipated MBE Utilization Plan with their CMAR Proposal submittal. The submitted Plan will be part of the weighted selection criteria. Refer to Instructions to Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) Offerors for additional information. Contact the MW/BE Office at (817) 212-2674 to obtain a list of certified subcontractors and suppliers.
Also, Refer to Section 3. BUSINESS DIVERSITY ENTERPRISE (BDE) ORDINANCE PROVISION in the Instructions to Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) Offerors.
Upon completing the negotiations with the selected CMAR firm, the City will recommend to the City Council to award the CMAR contract to the selected CMAR firm based on the negotiations and the agreed upon estimated construction budget. The CMAR contract will be adjusted based on the agreed upon Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) after the design is completed.
he selected CMAR Contractor will be required to provide Payment and Performance Bonds and provide Contractors General Liability and Statutory Workers Compensation Coverage once the GMP is agreed upon.
CMAR Offerors may access the Instructions to Offerors, any Addendum, Sample Contract, General Conditions, Site Plans and other Reference Drawings, and any other related documents through the below link by cutting and pasting the following link in a web browser:
https://elementsofarc.box.com/s/ohxiw9al95zk3ah5rd0j46a0sv6gn7n8
For questions, contact David Crabtree at dcrabtree@broaddususa.com & Debbie Fulwiler at dfulwiler@elementsofarc.com.