New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 9A - HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 6 - USE OF DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT DELIVERY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS › Subchapter 1 - USE OF DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT DELIVERY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS › Section 9A:6-1.8 - 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.A.C.
				9A:6-1.7, 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 full, free, fair, and open competition
				without unfairly or illegally discriminating against otherwise capable
				design-builders.
(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. Factor criteria for
				proposals, including the relative importance assigned to the evaluation 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 assessment);
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 pursuant
				to the State College Contracts Law or County College Contracts Law;
16. A schedule for planned commencement and
				completion of the design-build contract;
17. Amount of the stipend, if any;
18. 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;
19.
				A means of acknowledging receipt of revisions or addenda to the RFP;
				and
20. The documents required to
				be submitted by the successful bidder upon notice of award.