REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition
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Project Number: KC661401-Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition
Status: Active
Advertisement Date: 01/10-2024
Campus: Kansas City
Construction Estimate:
10/01/2024 - Revised
RE: Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition KC661401
University of Missouri – Kansas City
The University of Missouri-Kansas City invites your firm to submit an electronic Statement of Qualifications, e-SOQ, to provide design services for a addition and renovation to the current Olsen Performing Arts Center. The consultant selected for the project will provide full design and construction administration. Total project cost identified for this project is $60M.
The selected design team will work with the University's project committee in establishing the program requirements for this project and developing the design of this important facility. The University intends to contract with the design team best showing experience and expertise in designing similar facilities as noted in the attached General Criteria for Consultant Selection. The University has a strong preference for Missouri based architectural or engineering firms.
The University has a 10% Supplier Diversity participation goal for this project. Your statement of qualifications must clearly state your plan to meet the University’s goal.
Your Statement of Qualifications should include a summary of your team's history and structure; relevant experience including a description of at least two projects you have completed of similar scope; qualifications of key team members that would be directly involved with this project; specific experience with similar facilities; and any supporting information that would further convey your team's qualifications for this project.
Please limit these materials to a maximum of 40 - 8 1/2" x 11" pages (front and back). Please submit in a PDF format (set up to print 20 sheets copied both sides). Covers do not count toward the forty (40) page limit. Maximum file size of the document should not exceed 5 MB. The electronic submittal must be received no later than 3:00 pm CT, October 21, 2024, delivered on a CD, thumb drive or emailed to the address listed below. Late submissions will not be accepted. Interviews will be scheduled for the week of November 5, 2024.
No more than 5 firms will be selected for interviews by the University project team. Selected firms will be notified by October 28, 2024. Interviews will be scheduled on the UMKC campus.
The successful firm will be recommended to the Board of Curators at their February meeting.
The University intends to issue a General Consulting Agreement to the successful firm and incorporate the requirements of the University's Consultant Procedures and Design Guidelines CPDG. The University takes no exceptions to the agreement form. Copies of the agreement are available on our website at:
/ums/fa/facilities/guidelines/
On this webpage, you will also find the UM Consultant Procedures and Design Guidelines (CPDG). The consulting agreement incorporates the requirements of the CPDG.
The University has established a maximum fee for the requested services of $3,150,000. In submitting qualifications for this project, the consultant is affirming they agree that services can be done for the established maximum fee. A Scope of Consultant Services, Project Statement, and Owner’s Schedule are attached.
Please review the enclosed information which describes the project scope and the selection criteria. In the interest of fairness, address all questions related to this project to me only.
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Angel Jenkins
Jenkinsad@umkc.edu
Enclosure
General Criteria for Consultant Selection
Project Name Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition KC661401
University of Missouri – Kansas City_________________________________________
Each Consultant Team will be evaluated on the following Criteria.
- Consultant Team qualifications.
- Team Organization
- Identity and experience of Key Team members including but not limited to:
- Project Manager
- Project Engineer [each discipline]
- Project Architect
- Sub consultants
- Key team members for each discipline
- Planning & design process proposed for this project.
- Clarity of the responsibilities among team members
- Consultant reporting structure.
- Approach for coordination of design disciplines included necessary for this project.
- Previous working relationships between team members and firms.
- Identity and experience of Key Team members including but not limited to:
- Competence
- Team members’ knowledge of and experience with the working elements of similar facilities.
- Demonstrated experience of key team members in planning and designing similar facilities.
- Demonstrated ability to provide accurate cost estimates, design within budgets and meet proposed schedules.
- Demonstrated ability in producing cost effective design, follow the University building codes, and follow the University standards for design and construction.
- Demonstrated ability in applying value analysis and life-cycle costing methods in the design process.
- Contract
- Note the ability of the prime Consultant to execute the University’ consulting agreement without exception.
- Team Organization
- The number of projects the firm has completed that are similar in scope and size.
- Projects should not be listed if proposed team members were not involved.
- If team members were engaged with other firms, make full disclosure.
- The Consultant Team past performance.
- Supply a list of references for the both the firms and key team members on similar projects.
- State any previous working relationships between team members and firms.
- The Consultant Team present work load.
- State the Consultant Teams ability to staff this project and meet the University’s goals.
- State the Consultant Team’s ability to perform this project with the proposed team members.
- The Consultant Team Supplier Diversity status and Supplier Diversity participation in the design team.
- Identify all MBE, WBE, Veteran, Service Disabled Veteran and/or DBE consultants and certification status.
- Describe the Consultant teams’ efforts and plan to achieve the University’s goal for this project.
- The Consultant Team status as a Missouri Firm.
- The University desires to contract with a Missouri firm and has a preference for Missouri firms.
Project Statement
UMKC Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition
University of Missouri – Kansas City
The project will add a 2,400 square feet Black Box theatre, 4 dance studios, including one that could be used for performances, and support space for those facilities including; 2 dressing rooms with restrooms and showers, and 6 office spaces to the Olson Performing Arts Center (OPAC).
This project is listed in the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's FY26 Capital Appropriations Request.
Although construction funds would not be available until 2025 at the earliest, the University intends for the selected Design Team to begin the development of the building program immediately following the selection process and to complete Schematic Design.
Owner’s Current Schedule
Olson Performing Arts Center Renovation and Addition
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Send RFQ 10/01/2024
Receive Statements of Qualifications 10/21/2024
Select Finalists for Interviews 10/28/2024
Interview finalists 11/05/2024
Receive Fee Proposal 12/13/2024
Board of Curators Approval 02/06/2025
Reviewed 2024-10-03