Specifications include, but are not limited to: The CDA is seeking a partner (or partners) for the Project that will act as a Construction Manager (“CM”) or General Contractor (“GC”) for the construction of the Project. The firm(s) will assume the risks of delivering construction at the contracted price and provide consultation to the CDA regarding construction during and after the design of the project. The CDA is looking for responses from experienced construction management and/or general contractors who can demonstrate that they possess the qualifications, expertise, financial resources, and management capability to provide the requested services for the Project. The CDA has already engaged a developer-partner (New Year Investments, LLC) and Financial Consultant (Baker Tilly) to serve as the CDA’s representatives on this project, and Potter Lawson, Inc. as the A&E design professional who will work with the selected CM and GC. The CDA shall require that the CM/GC publicly advertise and solicit either competitive bids or competitive sealed proposals from trade contractors or subcontractors for the performance of all major scopes of work that provides the best value for the CDA on the Project, other than the scope of work that are to be included in general conditions outlined in the final project specifications. The CM/GC may seek to perform portions of the work itself if the CM/GC submits its bid or proposal for those portions of the work in the same manner as all other trade contractors or subcontractors and if the CDA determines that the CM/GC bid proposal provides the best value for the CDA. The CDA’s determination in such matters is final. The selected CM/GC and the CDA shall receive and open trade contractor or subcontractor bids or proposals in a manner that does not disclose the contents of the bid or proposal during the selection process. If the CM/GC reviews, evaluates, and recommends a bid or proposal from a trade contractor or subcontractor, but the CDA requires a bid or proposal from another trade contractor or subcontractor to be accepted, then, pursuant to the terms of the Contract, the CDA shall compensate the CM/GC by a change in price, time, or guaranteed maximum cost for any additional cost and risk, which has been demonstrated to the CDA ’s satisfaction and as required by the Contract, that the CM/GC may incur because of the CDA’s requirement that another trade contractor or subcontractor bid or proposal be accepted.
