Specifications include, but are not limited to: A Construction Manager at Risk to provide construction management services for a new K-5 building located in Rosebud, SD. The District is proposing to engage the services of one selected party as a Construction Manager at Risk pursuant to the provisions of SDCL Chapter 5-18. The A/E team for the new elementary school has already been selected and the design work has begun. The A/E team for the project is Upper Deck Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota. One Construction Manager at Risk shall be selected. For the purpose of this Request for Proposal, the term, construction manager at risk, means any construction manager assumes the risk for construction, or repair of a public improvement, and provides construction management services to the public corporation. The Construction Manager at Risk shall directly contract with the subcontractors and suppliers for the project. In the role of Construction Manager at Risk, the successful applicant would fulfill the following requirements, pursuant to SDCL 5-18B-40. (1) Services provided in the planning and design phases of a public improvement project including the following: (a) Consulting with, advising, assisting, and making recommendations to the public corporation and architect or engineer on all aspects of planning for project construction; (b) Reviewing all plans and specifications as they are being developed and making recommendations with respect to construction feasibility, availability of material and labor, time requirements for procurement and construction, and projected costs; (c) Making, reviewing, and refining budget estimates based on the public corporations program and other available information; (d) Making recommendations to the public corporation and the architect or engineer regarding the pision of work in the plans and specifications to facilitate bidding and awarding of contracts; (e) Soliciting the interest of capable contractors and assisting the public corporation in taking bids on the project; (f) Analyzing received bids and verifying compliance with all local and state bidding statutes; and (g) Preparing and monitoring a progress schedule during the design phase of the project and preparation of a proposed construction schedule
