LOT 15A – DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION FACILITY

The City of Gainesville Department of Water Resources (the City) requests Proposals from Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) firms for the construction of Gainesville 85 Business Park Lot 15A Distribution and Collection Facility. The City intends to build a new Distribution & Collection Facility located in Gainesville, Georgia at the Gainesville 85 Business Park, Lot 15A, and is considering the services of a CMAR firm to manage the construction, provide technical review during the pre-construction period, and provide cost evaluation assistance to the architectural and engineering team for facility construction. The CMAR will assume responsibility for project construction cost by issuing a guaranteed maximum price (GMP). The GMP will be a contractual obligation. The Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) will be under contract to supply pre-construction services and subsequently, by change order, construction services (under the Agreement) to complete the project and place the City in occupancy of the project in a “turnkey” fashion. The City has contracted with the Architect separately from the CMAR. Site Civil work will include only rough grading, sanitary sewer, water and stormwater, and will be design-bid-build by the City under a separate contract in early 2026. Close coordination will be required. The CMAR will be responsible for installation of all natural gas, electric, and fiber/communications onsite, as well as building specific components of all utilities (building electric, plumbing, roof drain systems, etc.), and all utility connections from the buildings to the on-site infrastructure that is installed by the site civil contractor (sanitary sewer, water and stormwater). The CMAR will also be responsible for finish work including finish grading, curb and gutter, sub-base and paving, permanent fencing, gates, lighting landscaping, permanent signage, and other hardscaping. Once a GMP is agreed upon between the City and the CMAR, the CMAR may be issued a change order for the amount of the GMP and will be “at risk” for project price, project schedule, and completion of all construction as set forth in the Contract Documents. The CMAR shall hold all trade contracts and trade supplier contracts. The CMAR will develop an overall final project schedule, which will be a contractual obligation. In addition, the CMAR will be responsible for methods of construction, safety, and the scheduling and coordination of the work of all construction and miscellaneous contracts required for completion of the project within its established budget and schedule