Renovation and addition to a library in Avon, Ohio. Completed plans call for the expansion of a library.

The Lorain Public Library System Board of Trustees (Board or Library or Owner), located in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, plans to use the Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) construction delivery method for a renovation and expansion of the Avon Library Branch (the Project). The preliminary estimated construction budget for the Project is $9 million. RFC Contracting, LLC is the Owner Representative for the Project. The Board is separately procuring a Design Professional for the Project. The CMR firm selected will work with the Lorain Public Library System (LPLS) administrators and the Design Professional and Owner Representative selected for the Project. The Board invites firms interested in serving as the CMR for the Project to provide services beginning with preconstruction and continuing through construction and close-out of improvements included in the Project, to submit their qualifications and statement of interest for consideration. The Board wishes to use the services of a company experienced with the CMR delivery method for the Project; the Board does not anticipate allowing the selected CMR to self-perform any of the work on the improvements included in the Project, but reserves the right to consider a request from the selected CMR for self-performing work based upon specific circumstances. If the selected CMR firm wishes to self-perform work, the CMR must submit a bid for the work prior to acceptance of bids from prequalified subcontractors as provided in the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). As required by Ohio Revised Code (ORC) Section 9.33, et seq., the Board requests qualifications from experienced CMR firms to provide CMR services to the Board in connection with the Project. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) includes criteria against which qualifications submitted will be reviewed and evaluated by the Evaluation Committee to develop the short-list of firms from which pricing and technical proposals will be requested in the second phase of the selection process. Proposals submitted will be reviewed and evaluated to determine the CMR firm that will provide the best value to the Board for the Project; the CMR firm determined to provide the best value will be recommended by the Evaluation Committee to the Board for selection as the CMR for the Project.