INTRODUCTION
Community College of Denver (CCD or College) seeks to retain a firm (or team) to provide
skilled Owner's Representative (OR) services to act as CCD's agent in the organization,
administration, oversight, and coordination of the state-funded Boulder Creek Health Science
Center Renovation, Phase 1 and 2 (AKA: Boulder Creek Center of Excellence in Health and
Wellness Education) project and other related projects. The OR firm will report directly to
CCD's designated internal project leader(s). The successful firm will interact with campus
stakeholders, the project committee, and will provide planning, procurement, oversight, and
management services for all project team members. The successful firm (or team) must also
demonstrate skill, experience, and expertise to meet the Owner's Representative
requirements described within this document. CCD may utilize this solicitation and selection
to award similar work within one year of issuance. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The State approved CCD for $34,307,725 in funding to renovate the existing Boulder Creek
Building for classroom, simulation, and skills spaces for our health science programs. Total
project value is $38,685,254. This project consists of three phases and a portion of Phase I
is complete. All phases have full funding appropriated by the State and through college
reserves. Phases I and II are funded by state funding and college reserves. Phase III is funded
by federal State and Local Recovery Funds (SLFRF) funding through the American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA). These projects are no longer being phased as originally planned or funded
because of the extent of work needed to keep the building occupied. The project will be built
in one phase, with possible coordination with construction to allow move out time for
occupants. Phase I-A for the Center for Chemical and Biological Analysis completed
construction in August 2022. Boulder Creek is currently occupied by all three institutions on the Auraria Campus: CCD,
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), and University of Colorado Denver
(CU Denver). Both MSU Denver and CU Denver will relocate to buildings elsewhere on
campus in several phases, making significant space available to CCD for their use and
providing an opportunity to locate CCD's consolidated health programs strategically while
reducing operating costs. The selected firm will be providing services related to two major project areas - first, planning
and execution for all of the related backfill and moves required to free up the space in
question. The tentative schedule for that effort is as follows. CCD anticipates using a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) approach to
project delivery. A Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) and an updated project duration
schedule will be completed by the Architect/Engineer and the Construction Manager/General
Contractor in conjunction with CCD and the selected OR team. The CM/GC will evaluate,
among other things, availability of materials and labor, project schedule, project costs as they
relate to the established budget, constructability, and will work closely with the
Architect/Engineer, CCD and the successful OR firm throughout the design and construction
phases of the project. The CCD team will expect all project participants to be active, engaged,
and value-driven members of the integrated project team. The process used in the selection of the OR firm is a two-step
process. STEP I is the Submittal
of Prequalification as described in Section II (D). STEP II is the Interview/Cost Proposal as
described in detail in Section III. A Jury Panel of individuals who will be involved in the project
and understand the required services associated with Owner's Representative services will
evaluate responses to this RFP for both STEPS. Upon completion of the evaluation of the
Submittals of Prequalification, a limited number of firms will participate in interviews. Sealed
Cost Proposals will be required only from those firms who are interviewed and are to be
submitted as indicated in this RFP. Both qualifications and cost will factor in the final ranking
of firms with interview qualifications given 70% of the value of the weighted criteria and fees
for the Cost Proposal given 30%.
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