Renovation of an educational facility in Toledo, Ohio. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Anticipated Award Date: 05/2025 Questions Submitted by:04/16/2025 The University of Toledo Health Science Campus is located at 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo, OH 43614 Respondents with questions or requiring clarification or interpretation of any section within this RFP must address these questions via e-mail to kimberly.sutton@utoledo.edu. A site visit is not being offered for this RFP. From the RFP Issue Date until an Award is made and announced by the University, Respondents are not allowed to communicate with any University employee, staff, faculty, student, physician or officials regarding this RFP, except at the direction of the University contact listed on the Cover Sheet of this RFP. Any unauthorized contact will disqualify the Respondent from further consideration of this RFP and any future RFP events of same nature. Respondents with questions or requiring clarification or interpretation of any section within this RFP must address these questions via e-mail to kimberly.sutton@utoledo.edu prior to the submission date stated in Section 2: RFP Schedule of Events. No phone calls will be accepted. The respondent needs to reference each question to the RFP in consecutive order, from beginning to end, following the chronology of the RFP. Each question should begin by referencing the RFP page number and section number to which it relates. Requests for extension of Due Date/Time will not be granted unless the University determines, at its' sole discretion, that the original Due Date/Time appears impractical. Notice of any extension will be provided in the form of an Addendum posted electronically to the purchasing website. All correspondence with RFP contact, for the duration of the RFP timeline, is to be in email format only (no phone calls will be accepted) and respondents are hereby advised that written communication received after the question and-answer period will only be responded to as deemed appropriate by the RFP contact. Scope- THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO located in Toledo, Ohio, is accepting competitive sealed proposals from qualified companies to provide Commissioning Authority services during the pre-construction, construction and post-occupancy turn-over phases for the Phase 2 - ABSL3/BSL3 portion of the Health Education Building HEB Biomedical Research Facilities Renovations. The objective of this procurement is to establish a contract with a consultant to provide the required services to ensure and document that the project is designed, installed, and tested to meet UToledo's and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)requirements, and the design intent. The Health Education Building HEB Biomedical Research Facilities Renovations project is partially funded by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant. The scope of work for this awarded construction project will (1) Expand the University of Toledo BSL-3/ABSL-3 facility into adjacent DLAR space, creating 3 new biocontainment suites and additional new BSL3/A-BSL3 space. (2) Renovate the existing BSL3/A-BSL3 space and associated entry/exit into 3 new biocontainment suites for non-Select Agent research and create a new shared entry/exit space for both Select Agent and non-Select Agent BSL-3/ABSL-3 spaces. Project Design Drawings are attached as Exhibit C. Please refer to CDCPolicy and Inspection Checklists for BSL-3/ABSL-3 attached as Exhibits D, E, and F. Construction of Phase 2 work is scheduled to begin June 30, 2025 with a completion date of September 30, 2025. An evaluation of the construction and mechanical/control design of this phase will be required by the Commissioning Authority prior to the start of construction.