Notice of Request for Proposals for Construction Manager

Notice of

Request for Proposals for

Construction Manager as Constructor Services

(2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project)

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Griffith, Indiana (the “Owner”), requests any construction manager as constructor (as defined in Indiana Code Section 5-32-2-5, as amended), which is interested in being considered by the Owner as the construction manager as constructor with respect to the proposed construction and equipping of a new Town Hall and Police Station to be operated by the Owner and to be located on property adjacent to the existing Town Hall and Police Station operated by the Owner at 111 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana (the “Existing Griffith Town Hall/Police Station”), and upon completion will replace the Existing Griffith Town Hall/Police Station (the “New Griffith Town Hall/Police Station”), certain equipment purchases and/or installation in connection therewith, demolition of the Existing Griffith Town Hall/Police Station upon the completion of the New Griffith Town Hall/Police Station, possible site improvements and related projects, all as described in more detail in the Request for Proposals for Construction Manager as Constructor Services for the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project, dated as of September 24, 2021 (the “2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP”)(the “2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project”), to submit a Verified Statement of Proposal to provide Construction Manager as Constructor Services for the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project. The estimated 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project Cost of the Work is approximately $9,500,000.

Verified Statements of Proposals shall be received by the Owner until 2:00 PM, applicable Central Time on Monday, October 18, 2021, Attention: Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, and if mailed, delivered to the Town of Griffith Construction Manager as Constructor Evaluation Committee, c/o Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, 111 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana 46319, and if delivered in person, to the Town of Griffith Construction Manager as Constructor Evaluation Committee, c/o Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, 111 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana 46319. Each response to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP that the Owner and the Owner’s Evaluation Committee (the “EC”) will determine to be a qualified response must be in accordance with the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP and all of the provisions of Indiana Code 5-32, as amended, and as applicable to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP process. Each response to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP must also be submitted by a person or entity satisfying the definition of a construction manager as constructor as defined in Indiana Code Section §5-32-2-5, as amended.

To obtain a copy of the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP or any other available additional information regarding the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project, please contact Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, 115 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana 46319, phone: (219) 924-7503 (extension 237), e-mail: greg.mance@griffith.in.gov. To ask any questions regarding the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP or the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project, please contact Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, whose contact information is as follows: Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith, 115 North Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana 46319, phone: (219) 924-7503 (extension 237), e-mail: greg.mance@griffith.in.gov.

Unless otherwise specifically authorized by Greg Mance, as of the date of this notice, all communication between any Offeror and the Owner and/or the EC or their respective agents shall be conducted through only Greg Mance, Chief of Police of the Town of Griffith. Any Offeror who otherwise contacts any employee, agent or elected or appointed official of the Owner or any member of the EC between the date of this notification and the award of the CMC Contract is subject to disqualification at the sole and complete discretion of the Owner.

All responses to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP received by the date and time set forth above, which shall be determined solely by the Owner in its sole and complete discretion, will initially be reviewed by the EC for compliance with the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP. The EC will then evaluate all responses and make a recommendation to the Owner regarding which Offeror it believes in its sole and complete discretion provides the best value to the Owner with respect to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project.

Each of the Owner and the EC reserves the right to reject for any reason and for no reason at all any and all responses received to the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP and to be the sole judges of the value and merit of the responses offered. The Owner reserves the right to terminate for any reason and for no reason at all the 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project prior to executing the CMC Contract. If such termination occurs, the Owner shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any of the Offerors with respect to any response to this 2021 New Town Hall/Police Station Project RFP.

Dated: September 24, 2021

Town of Griffith, Indiana

By: Rick Ryfa, Town Council President

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