Request for Qualifications (rfq)

E. Quality Control and Job Safety

E1- Provide your quality assurance plan for this project. Describe your firm’s approach for validating compliance with the construction documents. Explain your process for ensuring quality workmanship. Provide specific examples of how these techniques or procedures were used from any projects listed in B1 or C5 of your submittal to this RFQ.

E2- Describe how your quality control team will measure the quality of construction performed by subcontractors as required by Owner Specifications on this Project, and how will you address non-conforming work.
E3- Describe your job site safety program for this Project and specific safety policies in which employees must be in compliance.

7. SUBMITTAL OF STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Submit one (1) electronic copy of the complete package in .pdf format onto the GSFIC / Egnyte ftp site. Uploaded responses (file names) must reference the RFQ No. GBA-178C-GC, the firm’s name, and the word “QUALIFICATIONS.”

1. 
   Submittal Costs and Confidentiality.
   
   1. 
      GSFIC is not obligated to any party to reimburse for any expenses incurred in the preparation and submittal of a response to this solicitation.
      
   2. 
      All submittals received shall become the property of GSFIC.
      
   3. 
      Labeling information provided in submittals “proprietary” or “confidential” or any other designation of restricted use will not protect the information from public view. Subject to the provisions of the Open Records Act, the details of the proposal documents will remain confidential until final award.
      

a. GSFIC reserves the right to forego award, suspend or change the manner of award for the Project contemplated hereby.

b. This solicitation is not an offer to contract.

c. Your response to this solicitation regardless of whether the proposal is determined to be the best proposal, shall not be binding upon the Owner and it will not obligate the Owner to procure or contract for any services contemplated hereby or parts thereof.

d. Neither the Owner nor any party submitting a response will be contractually bound unless a written contract is mutually negotiated and executed by both parties.

e. The Owner reserves the right to waive non-compliance with any requirements of this RFQ/RFP and to reject any or all proposals submitted in responses.

f. Upon receipt and review of responses, the Owner will determine which responses in the sole judgment of the Owner are in the best interest of the Owner using the evaluation criteria stated herein.
C. Reciprocal Preference Law. Effective July 1, 2010, GSFIC will comply with all requirements of O.C.G.A. 13-10-3,

a. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 13-10-3, for the purpose of determining residency, a Georgia resident business shall include:

(1) Any business that regularly maintains a place from which business is physically conducted in Georgia for at least one year prior to any bid or proposal, or

(2) A new business that is domiciled in Georgia which regularly maintains a place from which business is physically conducted in Georgia (provided) that a place of business shall not include a post office box, site trailer or temporary structure.

75 Fifth Street, Suite 825

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Phone: 404.962.4071

With submission of a proposal, the Proposer hereby certifies:

(a) that this proposal is genuine and is not made in the interest or on behalf of any undisclosed person, firm, or corporation;

(b) that Proposer has not directly or indirectly enticed or forced any other Proposer to submit a false or insincere proposal; and

(c) that Proposer has not solicited or induced any person, firm, or corporation to refrain from submitting a proposal.

II. REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS (RFP)

(From Finalists)

General Contractor Services for

RFP No. GBA-178C-GC, Project No. GBA-178C

Boiler Replacement 2 Peachtree

Atlanta, Georgia
To firms who have been issued notification as having been deemed eligible, the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC), as “Owner,” on behalf of the Georgia Building Authority (“Using Agency”), issues this Request for Competitive Sealed Bids (RFP), for those firms to offer competitive sealed cost proposals for General Contractor services for this specific project.

1. GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION
Refer to Section 1 of the RFQ Document.

2. SELECTION PROCESS
Step II of the G/MC Selection process will be initiated by issuing an invitation to bid to the finalist firms (determined by the Selection Committee in Step I from evaluation of Statements of Qualifications). Finalist firms are required to submit Competitive Sealed Bids. The apparent successful G/MC will be the firm submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid.

3. 
   SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (STEP II)
   

A mandatory site visit will be conducted by the Owner for the finalist firms at a time and date to be determined. Attendance is mandatory for firms invited to submit competitive sealed bids. All details regarding the mandatory site visit will be provided in the Invitation to Bid. The Owner reserves the right to disqualify a bidder due to a failure by a bidder to arrive for the site visit by the scheduled time. Failure to attend a mandatory site visit will automatically result in disqualification from the bid process.

It is anticipated that the Owner will use the standard GSFIC Design-Bid-Build Construction Contract, a copy of which is to be included in the Project Manual, which shall be distributed with the bidding documents. The contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis. GSFIC does not intend to modify any language contained in the general requirements of the contract, and any significant exceptions proposed by a firm could lead to a firm being deemed non-responsive. Any approved exceptions to other areas of the contract, may be addressed as Supplementary General Requirements to the contract. The GSFIC Design-Bid-Build Construction Contract can be found at the following website address: http://gsfic.georgia.gov/construction-agreements-agency-request-form.

Bidding Documents include the Bidding Requirements and the proposed Contract Documents. The Bidding Requirements consist of the Request for Competitive Sealed Bids, Invitation to Bid, Bid Bond, and the Bid Form. The proposed Contract Documents include the Form of Contract between the Owner and the Contractor, Performance and Payment Bonds, General Requirements, Supplementary General Requirements, other forms and exhibits identified in the Form of Contract, Drawings, Specifications, and all Addenda issued prior to receipt of Bids, and Change Orders issued after execution of the Contract.

8. 
   Submittal Costs and Confidentiality
   

The Owner reserves the right to divide the Project into multiple parts, to reject any and all Proposals and re-solicit for new proposals, or to reject any and all Proposals and temporarily or permanently abandon the Project. Owner makes no representations, written or oral, that it will enter into any form of agreement with any respondent to this RFP for any project and no such representation is intended or should be construed by the issuance of this RFP.

For the purposes of this RFQ/RFP the term “Proposal” shall mean “Bid.”

Signature

Sworn and subscribed before me
This _____ day of ________, 20___.

____________________________________

NOTARY PUBLIC

____________

NOTARY SEAL

My Commission Expires: _________________

(Failure to submit this form with qualifications will result in the rejection of your qualifications)

By executing this affidavit, the undersigned contractor verifies its compliance with O.C.G.A. §13-10-91, stating affirmatively that the individual, firm or corporation which is engaged in the physical performance of services on behalf of The Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission has registered with, is authorized to use and used the federal work authorization program commonly known as E-Verify, or any subsequent replacement program, in accordance with the applicable provisions and deadlines established in O.C.G.A. §13-10-91. Furthermore, the undersigned contractor will continue to use the federal work authorization program throughout the contract period and the undersigned contractor will contract for the physical performance of services in satisfaction of such contract only with subcontractors who present an affidavit to the contractor with the information required by O.C.G.A. §13-10-91(b). Contractor hereby attests that its federal work authorization user identification number and date of authorization are as follows:

Federal Work Authorization User Identification Number

Date of Authorization

________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Officer or Agent of Contractor ­­­­­­­­­­­­

_________________________________________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

Printed Name and Title of Authorized Officer or Agent
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN

BEFORE ME ON THIS THE
_____ DAY OF ______________________, 20__
________________________________________

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: ___________________
*For the purposes of this affidavit only, anyone under contract with the Owner (i.e. architects, engineers, consultants, etc) is deemed a “contractor.”
Exhibit C

Disclosure Statement
All proposers should be aware that the project you are submitting a proposal on is a public project, and the Owner (GSFIC) is a public agency. Pursuant to the laws, rules and Executive Orders of the State of Georgia, GSFIC shall make every effort to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest or any impropriety in both the selection process for this project and the negotiation and performance of any resulting contract. As part of any submittal you intend to make for this project, you must include this Disclosure Statement with your submittal that answers or addresses the following specific statements:
1. Describe any business transactions occurring within the prior two years between your firm and GSFIC.
Insert Response
2. Describe any gift, hospitality, or benefit of any sort that your firm has provided to GSFIC within the prior one-year period.
Insert Response
3. A conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest is defined as any action, decision, or recommendation by a person acting in a capacity as a public official, the effect of which is or could be to the private monetary or financial benefit or detriment of the person, the person’s relative, or any business with which the person or a relative of the person is associated. The potential conflict of interest is viewed from the perspective of a reasonable person who has knowledge of the relevant facts. Based upon this definition, describe any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest that your firm has with GSFIC.
Insert Response
This Disclosure Statement should be dated and signed by an authorized signator for the Proposer and submitted with the Proposer’s Submittal as deliverable A9.

Name of Firm

Authorized Signature Date