Athens Clarke County Tender

Prequalification are invited for Building Commissioning Services Classic Center Arena Project The Classic Center CCA ( CCA ), an Authority of the State of Georgia, in cooperation with the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (ACC), is soliciting proposals from firms specializing in Commissioning Services for large public assembly facilities and providing other related services to optimize efficient and effective facility infrastructure for the Classic Center Arena which is currently being designed and planned to be under construction by 2022. CCA and ACC are currently working with Perkins & Will, the designer for the planned public arena to be constructed in downtown Athens, Georgia adjacent to the facilities of the Classic Center Authority, known as Project No. ARENA1, Classic Center Arena Project ( Project ). The Project is one of a set of capital improvement projects included in a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) which was approved by voters on November 5, 2019. SPLOST funds are providing a portion of arena funding, with most of the funding being obtained through CCA initiatives. The Construction Management (CM) firm is J.E. Dunn, which, with its trade partners (to be determined) will coordinate construction and equipment installation activities on the site. This Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks to identify potential providers of Commissioning (CxA) Services detailed in the Scope of Services herein and seeks to solicit proposals that address the needs expressed herein from providers of the services. Responses to this RFP shall be reviewed by a select committee of CCA and ACC and one or more respondents who provide especially advantageous proposals, determined by utilization of the criteria herein, may be asked to meet to provide more information in an interview and possible selection and subsequent negotiation for actual provision of appropriate Commissioning services. Information submitted in response to this RFP shall remain confidential until such time that this procurement is completed or cancelled, subject to the exceptions and limitations of the Georgia Open Records Act. CCA reserves the right to communicate, through the issuing officer, with firms that respond to this RFP for additional information or clarifications. All respondents to this RFP are subject to instructions communicated in this document and are cautioned to completely review the entire RFP and follow instructions carefully.