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Since
January 2004, the
Capital Improvements Management Office (CIMO) developed several
initiatives to improve the way capital improvement projects are
completed and delivered to the citizens of Kansas City.
One such initiative is the Design-Build
method, a process in which both the
design and construction of a project are managed by a single prime
contractor. The
City Council first approved use of Design-Build on Feb. 19, 2004 with
the passing of a City ordinance
to use the Design-Build project delivery method on a select number of
capital projects managed by CIMO.
CIMO
team members sought
community
support for the Design-Build process by meeting with
members of the design and construction industry, seeking feedback and
input on the City’s intended design-build method and
procedures.
As a
result, in October 2006, City Council passed another
ordinance allowing the City to use the Design-Build method
on any City project that can benefit from this sort of delivery method.
All
Design-Build RFQs will include:
- Program/project
information and criteria, including budget and schedule parameters
- Invitation
for Bid (IFB) for the project
- Evaluation
and scoring criteria for Statements of Qualification (SOQ)
- Description
of contract award process
- Copy of
the design-build contract that will be used
Interested
Design-Build teams will be asked to submit their SOQs, which will be
evaluated and scored pursuant to criteria set forth in the RFQ, and
then the firms with the highest scores will be selected to bid for the
project. Only those firms will be invited to submit separate technical
proposals and cost proposals in response to the IFB. Details of the
proposal requirements will be provided in the IFB included in the RFQ.
Check
out our
fact sheet
for more information on the design-build process.
Contact CIMO
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