UCSB Library, Cheadle and Phelps Hall Mechanical and Electrical Improvements

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Introduction: Subject to conditions prescribed by the University of California, Santa Barbara (“University”), Design-Build proposals are sought from prequalified proposers for the UCSB Library, Cheadle & Phelps Hall Mechanical and Electrical Improvements project(s). The University’s primary objective in utilizing the design-build approach is to bring the best available integrated design and construction experience to this project. The University has determined that proposers who submit proposals on this project must be prequalified.

The University of California, Santa Barbara (“University”) has prequalified the firms listed below to competitively bid the Classroom Building project (“Project”) as a prime Bidder. 

1. Plant Construction Company

2. Smith Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing

License Requirement(s): Prequalified proposers will be required to satisfy the requirements set forth in the Prequalification Documents, including the possession of a valid and current California B- (General Building Contractor's) license.

Background & Introduction: As part of the University’s deferred maintenance program the following three (3) buildings have been allocated funding to replace mechanical and electrical system components that are at their end of life.  The scope of work identified for these buildings includes HVAC, cooling and electrical power systems that the University has identified as a priority to replace and/or upgrade.

Campus engaged a consulting engineer, P2S Engineering, to develop a detailed project program for each building to identify the design criteria / basis of design for the project(s):

Project ‘A’: University Library Air Handling Units and other HVAC systems. Construction cost estimate is $3,300,000.

Project ‘B’: Cheadle Hall Air Handling Units, HVAC components, CHW systems & Emergency Power Improvements. Construction cost estimate is $2,000,000.

Project ‘C’: Phelps Hall Air Handling Units and other HVAC systems.  Construction cost estimate is $2,500,000.

The successful design-build contractor will be contracted to design and construct the facility mechanical and electrical system improvements based on the design criteria described within the Request for Proposals (“RFP”). Planned construction start for each of the three projects is Summer 2025.  

Note, the awarded Design-Build Team will enter into three separate design-build agreements (A, B, & C), which will require its submittal of separate schedules for completion of the various design packages, construction work, approvals, and separate insurance, bonding, etc.

General Information: The University reserves the right to request, receive, and evaluate supplemental information after the above time and date at its sole discretion. The University reserves the right to reject any or all responses to Prequalification Documents and to waive non-material irregularities in any response received. All information submitted for prequalification evaluation will be considered official information acquired in confidence, and the University will maintain its confidentiality to the extent permitted by law. The successful proposer and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the Request for Proposals and to pay prevailing wage at the location of the work. The work described in the contract is a public work subject to section 1771 of the California Labor Code. No contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, may be listed on a proposal for, or engage in the performance of, any portion of this project, unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 and 1771.1. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.