Design-Build Contract Procurement

Prior to project advertisement, the campus shall have held the prebid meeting wherein staff has developed a project budget, schedule, and other requisite information to create a request for qualifications (RFQ) and request for proposals for the project (RFP). Campus staff must draft and make these documents available for proposers review at time of issuance of the RFQ, refer to document communication tab below. Campus will advertise the project's RFQ, from which respondents will submit their responses.

Design-Build , Project Advertisement

Description:

Campuses must advertise all projects in the California State Contracts Register (using Dept. of General Services website, Cal eProcure) and run two weeks, but a longer period may be designated. It is recommended that the publication of the first ad coincide with the date that documents are available to bidders, the 2nd ad would follow one week later.

The campus must also advertise the project in one of the following two ways:

1. The campus to use newspaper advertising, advertising once a week for two consecutive weeks in a trade newspaper of general circulation, one published in Los Angeles, and one in San Francisco, and in one newspaper of general circulation published in the county for the campus on which the project is bidding);
   

   OR

2. The campus may advertise online through the PlanetBids Public Solicitation Portal.
   

References:

• SUAM Section X; 9202
  
• SUAM Section XII; 9701.07
• SUAM Sections XII; 9723- 9723.03
  
• SUAM Sections XII; 9774-9780.08
  
• Public Contract Code, sections 3300, 10742, 10743, 10785
  
• Business & Professions Code, section 7029.1
  
• CM Procedures Manual Section 5 and 6
  

Relevant websites::

CA State Contracts Register, Cal eProcure - http://www.dgs.ca.gov/pd/Programs/caleprocure.aspx PlanetBids Public Solicitation Portal - http://psp.planetbids.com/g/81563

Document Communication

Description:

The campus developed project budget, schedule, and other requisite information must be made available for proposers review at the time of the issuance of the Request for Qualification (RFQ). CSU and campus standards, guidelines, and project specific information such as feasibility documents, bases of design reports, CEQA documents, hazardous material reports, geotechnical engineering reports, surveys, owner projects requirements, bridging documents, and owner consultant developed documents shall be organized and packaged and made available for proposers review.

References:

• SUAM Section VI; 9060 - 9079
• SUAM Section XI; 9233.01
• SUAM Section XII; 9730
• CSU Procedures Guide Section 1.3.2
• CSU Seismic Requirements
• Commissioning Campus Mechanical and Electrical Standards
• Commissioning Guideline For CSU Capital Projects
• Control Systems Design Guideline
• Control Systems Procurement Guide
• CSU Access Compliance Design Guidelines
• CSU Energy Policy
• CSU Energy Metering for Utilities Management
• CSU Metering Guide
• CSU Indoor Lighting Guide
• Outdoor Lighting Design Guide
• CSU Mechanical and Electrical Basis of Design Guidelines
• Utilities Infrastructure Master Plan Guideline for CSU Campuses
• Utility Recharge Rate Computation Guide
• Owner's Project Requirements Template (completed by campus)
• CSU TIP Standards Fourth Edition (Telecommunication Infrastructure Planning)
• Guidelines for Post-Tensioned Concrete Structures
• CSU Bulletins​
  

Request for Qualification

Description:

CSU advertises the design-build project through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process. The Trustees shall advertise the project in the normal public works manner and identify that the potential proposers must contact the University for an RFQ package.

All respondents to the Request for Qualifications must have prequalified with the Trustees' Prequalification Coordinator, and submit a copy of their prequalification letter to the campus office receiving the Statement of Qualification (SOQ) packages.

The potential proposers must submit in accordance with the RFQ requirements, and a qualification committee shall review the SOQ packages and select the best four or five responses.

The successful proposers (and the unsuccessful) are notified, and Request for Proposal (RFP) packages are issued to the successful proposers. The advertisement must be included in the RFQ.

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References:

• SUAM Section IV; 9039, 9040
• SUAM Section X; 9203- 9212
• SUAM Section XI; 9232, 9233
• SUAM Section XII; 9701.07.01
• SUAM Section XII; 9701.08
• SUAM Section XII; 9701.09
• SUAM Section XII; 9700.4
• SUAM Section XII; 9723.03
• CSU Procedures Manual Sections 1.5, 2.1​

Relevant websites:

• CA State Contracts Register, Cal eProcure
  
  
• PlanetBids Public Solicitation Portal
  

Request for Proposal

Description:

Once the Trustees publishes the list of finalists or shortlist of proposers, the Trustees shall issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to each of the finalists with the bid/fee proposal package. The finalists will submit a cost proposal and a technical proposal based on the RFP after site visit and Pre-proposal conferences.

The University Facilitator will review and determine whether each proposal meets the minimum qualifications and is responsive to the RFP. Each proposal will be divided into two confidential submittals for the evaluation process:

1. The Cost Proposal including the name of the proposer and
2. The Technical Proposal including an identification number issued at least 5 days prior to the date for the receipt of proposals.

The purpose of the evaluation process is to establish, through the application of uniform criteria, the quality of the project contained in each proposal.

The Evaluation Board will conduct interviews with each proposer and evaluate each proposal. This committee will evaluate the Technical Proposals according to the criteria set forth, and assign quality points according to the maximum for each category.

The Quality Point Value determined by the technical evaluation board committee is final, and no appeal of its decision will be considered.

Separately, The final tabulation of the proposals on the abstract of proposals will be prepared and published.

References:

• SUAM Sections XII; 9740-9745; Prequalification
• SUAM section 9746; Bid Proposal Package
• SUAM section 9747, Addenda during Bidding
• CM Procedures Manual: sections 7-Prequalification, and 8-Bid & RFP Packages
• PCC section 4104.5 (Late addendum with material changes)
• PCC section 10760 (PQ required of bidders when estimated contract cost exceeds value of a minor cap project, demonstrate experience in performing public works);
• PCC section 10761 (Trustees shall adopt a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of standard questionnaires and financial statements, in respect to the size of the contract upon which each bidder is prequalified to bid.)
• PCC section 10764 (bidders must be prequalified to receive a bid proposal package); Labor Code section 1725.5 (contractor must register with DIR prior to bidding public works contracts.)

Relevant websites:

• CA State Contracts Register, Cal eProcure
  
  
• PlanetBids Public Solicitation Portal
  

Selection and Award

Description:

The Trustees will announce the final Quality Point Value assigned to each proposal at the subsequent public Cost Proposal opening. The Trustees will only announce the total figure, and will not present detailed analysis of the points assigned each item of the Technical Evaluation Criteria. The Trustees will match the Quality Point Value assigned each proposal with the appropriate cost proposal package, as determined by identification numbers, and then the cost proposals will be opened.

At the Cost Proposal opening the following equation will be used to determine the apparent finalist:

Cost Proposal / Quality Point Value = Cost / Unit Quality

The lowest quotient (cost per unit of quality) is thus determined and the apparent finalist announced.

Upon completion of the opening and announcement of the apparent finalist, the Technical Proposal and other documents submitted by the apparent finalist, will be available for review by all interested participants by appointment only. Detailed analysis and Technical Proposals for all other participants will be retained by the University.

CSU Contract/Construction Administrator shall issue the Notice of Intent to Award Bid Letter (award Letter).

When Contractor returns all counterparts of the contract docs, Construction Administrator shall review as follows:

1. all counterparts are signed by the Contractor and that the Contractor supplied the license and tax ID number, which is also on the STD 204 form to be returned with the contract;
2. that the certification form is appropriately filled out with the contractor indicating its business type and attaches requisite documentation authorizing signer to sign the contract;
3. ensure insurance coverage is correct;
4. ensure bonds are completely and correctly executed for each of the contract counterparts, and that sureties are admitted sureties in California (go to www.insurance.ca.gov, select company profiles, and search and print out a company profile for the surety), and
5. check that insurers AM Best rating is no less than A:VII, by accessing AM Best's website (www.ambest.com) and search/print out a copy of Best's Rating. Once Construction Administrator is satisfied that all contract documents are in order, s/he then routes them internally for all appropriate signatures, including Accounting, and then forwards the agreement package (Contract Documents and Agreement Certification form) to Office of General Counsel for signature. Counsel may also wish to review the contract specifications.

References:

• SUAM Sections XII; 9740-9745, Prequalification
• SUAM section XII; 9746, Bid Proposal Package
• SUAM section XII; 9747, Addenda during Bidding​
• CM Procedures Manual: sections 7-Prequalification, and 8-Bid & RFP Packages
• PCC section 4104.5 (Late addendum with material changes)
• PCC section 10760 (PQ required of bidders when estimated contract cost exceeds value of a minor cap project, demonstrate experience in performing public works);
• PCC section 10761 (Trustees shall adopt a uniform system of rating bidders, on the basis of standard questionnaires and financial statements, in respect to the size of the contract upon which each bidder is prequalified to bid.)
• PCC section 10764 (bidders must be prequalified to receive a bid proposal package);
• Labor Code section 1725.5 (contractor must register with DIR prior to bidding public works contracts.)

Relevant websites:

• CA State Contracts Register, Cal eProcure
  
• PlanetBids​ Public Solicitation Portal