Provide bidding documents in sufficient quantity to facilitate competitive prices for this project. Respond to questions made by bidders and documenting those answers in the form of addenda. Provide warranty reviews at six and eleven months after acceptance of the project by the University. The Department of Housing is an auxiliary enterprise fund. As such, it is eligible for an accelerated process as authorized in S.B. 202 in 1992.
Legislative reviews are currently underway.
Final approval of the selected consultant team is contingent upon funding approval by the legislature scheduled for March 1, 2000. Each subsequent project shall follow a similar schedule with design beginning in May and construction following one year later until all five dining centers have been renovated. In order to meet this aggressive schedule, the consultants must be able to dedicate sufficient resources to this project and efficiently work together with the University and other groups involved in the design process. To maximize the University s understanding of the consultant s credentials and qualifications, the University reserves the right to request of any consultant further clarification of its position or to supply additional information deemed necessary to further assess the consultant s qualifications, or to reject any or all responses received. Each response must be in following format or the University may deem the response to be non-responsive.