RFQ Contractor - Yulee Primary School

This public notice is to solicit Pre-Qualification applications from General Contractors as per the State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF, 2014), Chapter 4.1 (1)(a) and Nassau County School District Administrative Rule 6.08 as follows: (1) Pre-qualification of General Contractors for Educational Facilities Construction. A Board shall pre-qualify contractors for a certain period or for a specific project. The intent of this section is to prescribe uniform requirements for pre-qualification of contractors. (a) Criteria. Contractors shall be pre-qualified by a board on the basis of the following criteria and such other criteria as the board may adopt. 1. Proof that the contractor holds a contractors license, which authorizes the contractor to supervise the work within the scope of the construction project. 2. Evidence that the applicant has financial resources to start up and follow through on projects and to respond to damages in case of default as shown by written verification of bonding capacity equal to or exceeding the amount of any project for which the contractor seeks pre-qualification. The written verification must be submitted by a licensed surety company rated excellent (A- or better) in the current A.M. Best Guide and qualified to do business within the state. In the absence of such written verification, the board may require the applicant to submit any audited financial information necessary to evaluate an applicants financial ability to perform the project and to respond to damages in the event of default. 3. Evidence of experience with construction techniques, trade standards, quality workmanship, project scheduling, cost control, management of projects, and building codes for similar or less cost or scope projects as shown by the successful completion within the past five (5) years of at least two (2) other projects of similar size. 4. Evidence of satisfactory resolution of claims filed by or against the contractor asserted on projects of the same or similar size within the five (5) years preceding the submission of the application. Any claim against a contractor shall be deemed to have been satisfactorily resolved if final judgment is rendered in favor of the contractor or any final judgment rendered against the contractor is satisfied within ninety (90) days of the date the judgment becomes final. 5. Type of work for which the contractor is licensed. Evidence of timely completion of projects of similar scope and size. Include any liquidated damages that may have been or could have been assessed on these projects. The school board of nassau county is calling for proposals for pre-qualifying of general contractors for the purpose of bidding on a construction project at yulee primary school.

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