Renovation of an educational facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Applications with attachments in addition to the pre-numbered sheets or otherwise not following this format will be discarded. One fully completed signed copy of each application shall be submitted. The copy may be printed and mailed or printed and delivered or scanned in PDF format and e- mailed. Printed submittals shall not be bound or stapled. E-mailed PDF copies, as well as printed copies, shall be received by Facility Planning & Control within the deadline stated. Cooling Tower Replacement, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, Louisiana, Project No. 19-671-22-01, F.19002431. This project consists of the replacement of one, three cell cooling tower on the Delgado Community College campus located at 2600 General Meyers Avenue, New Orleans, LA. The construction of the cooling tower includes demolition of the existing cooling towers and installation of a new 3,400 gpm three cell cooling tower, along with three new 25 horsepower, three phase, 460 volts, 60 hertz electric motors along with associated gearboxes, fans, basins, piping, electrical connections, service walkways, ladders and access doors, and management system communication connections. Integrate cooling tower unit controls into existing terminal building Synergy automation system. Perform system testing and commissioning of cooling tower, which includes coordinating tower start-up with Delgado's water treatment company. Construction shall be coordinated with the user agency and take into consideration that the building will remain occupied for the duration of the project. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the "Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal". The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $700,000.00 with a fee of approximately $50,974.00. Contract design time is 150 consecutive calendar days; including 50 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $100.00 per day will be assessed. Further information is available from Mark Bradley, Facility Planning & Control, mark.bradley@la.gov, (504)568-8545. LIMITS OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY Construction Cost Limit of Liability $0 to $10,000,000 $1,000,000 $10,000,001 to $20,000,000 $1,500,000 $20,000,001 to $50,000,000 $3,000,000 Over $50,000,000 To be determined by Owner Applicant firms should be familiar with the above stated requirements prior to application. The firm(s) selected for the project(s) will be required to sign the state's standard Contract Between Owner and Designer. When these projects are financed either partially or entirely with Bonds, the award of the contract is contingent upon the sale of bonds or the issuance of a line of credit by the State Bond Commission. The State shall incur no obligation to the Designer until the Contract Between Owner and Designer is fully executed. Firms will be expected to have all the expertise necessary to provide all engineering services required by the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction for the projects for which they are applying. Unless indicated otherwise in the project description, there will be no additional fee for consultants. Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship Program (the Hudson Initiative) and applicants are encouraged to consider participation. E-mailed PDF copies, as well as printed copies, shall be received by Facility Planning & Control within the deadline. DO NOT submit both printed and e-mail copies. The tentative meeting date for the Louisiana Engineering Selection Board is Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM in room 1-100 Louisiana Purchase Room of the Claiborne Building, 1201 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.