New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 34 - LOCAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACTS LAWS › Subchapter 10 - DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS › Section 5:34-10.8 - Request for proposals

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The contracting
				unit shall issue a request for proposals to each bidder qualified pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				5:34-10.7 no fewer than 14 days prior to the date
				established for submission of statements of proposal. The date fixed for receiving
				the proposals shall not fall on a Monday or any day directly following a State or
				Federal holiday. A request for proposals shall be prepared by the contracting unit
				using a design professional or design official and must be crafted in such a way as
				to encourage free, fair, and open competition without unfairly or illegally
				discriminating against otherwise capable design-builders. No RFP shall contain the
				elements prohibited for RFQs pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				5:34-10.6(d).
(b) The request for proposals shall include,
				without limitation:
1. The technical proposal and
				price proposal forms;
2. Proposed terms
				and conditions of the design-build contract;
3. Instructions to bidders, including the manner
				of submitting and the method of receiving the statement of proposal;
4. Evaluation factor criteria for proposals,
				including the relative importance assigned to the factors and sub-factors to be
				considered with respect to the technical proposal and the price proposal. The
				evaluation factors for technical proposals may include, but need not be limited to,
				experience, design concepts, management approach, diversity, proposed technical
				solutions, plans for quality assurance and control, and the design-builder's
				understanding of the means and methods needed to complete the project on time and
				within budget;
5. A description of the
				drawings, specifications, or other submittals to be provided with the technical
				proposal, with guidance as to the form and level of completeness of the drawings,
				specifications, or submittals that will be acceptable;
6. Site development requirements, including, but
				not limited to, parking, lighting, equipment, and landscaping;
7. Description of physical relationships between
				site elements;
8. Specific architectural
				style or concept;
9. Performance
				specifications and prescriptive specifications regarding materials, systems,
				performance criteria, energy efficiency, life cycle costs, and known environmental
				issues;
10. Engineering, architectural,
				and/or environmental reports (for example, geotechnical evaluations, building
				evaluations, and/or environmental preliminary assessments);
11. In the case of a project that includes the
				removal of soil from the site, any documentation relative to the known soil
				conditions at the site including, but not limited to, any test results specifying
				the level of contamination, if any, of the soil that has been found at the site of
				the project;
12. If a project is located
				on a site with historical or suspected contamination, a line-item allowance or
				minimum unit price line item for soil testing and contaminated soil disposal, which
				shall be a good faith effort on the part of the contracting unit to reasonably
				estimate the total cost of testing and disposing of the soil;
13. Assignment of responsibility for obtaining
				required approvals and permits;
14.
				Budget limits for the work, if any;
15.
				Insurance requirements, and bonding or guarantees as may be required for public
				works projects under the Local Public Contracts Law or Public School Contracts
				Law;
16. A schedule for planned
				commencement and completion of the design-build contract;
17. Amount of the stipend, if any;
18. For projects by contracting units subject to
				the Local Public Contracts Law, a statement pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				40A:11-23.1.c indicating whether uniformed law
				enforcement officers will be required for the project;
19. A form listing all documentary and
				informational forms, certifications, and other documents that the contracting unit
				requires each bidder to submit with their statement of proposal, along with a means
				by which the bidder can indicate their inclusion of said items with the statement of
				proposal;
20. A means of acknowledging
				of receipt of revisions or addenda to the RFP; and
21. The documents required to be submitted by the
				successful bidder upon notice of award.