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University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Facilities Management
Office of Facilities Planning
Request for Qualifications
Information Packet for the
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND
ADMINISTRATION EXPANSION AND
RENOVATION
The University of Colorado at Boulder proposes to expand and renovate the College of Business
and Administration. The objective of this packet is to provide information on:
• the scope of the proposed project presently anticipated,
• scope of services to be provided,
• anticipated schedule, and
• procedural requirements for submittals.
All consultants should examine the materials contained in this packet carefully prior to
submitting their proposal.
Contact Person: Philip A. Simpson, Jr., AIA
Facilities Planner
Phone: (303) 492-1275
Fax: (303) 735-4311
Submittals to: William R. Deno, FAIA
Campus Architect
Stadium Gate 7, Room 255
Campus Box 53
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0053
Date of Issue: Monday, May 15, 2000
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Scope of the Proposed Project:
Project Goals:
The mission statement of the College of Business and Administration and Graduate
School of Business Administration of the University of Colorado at Boulder asserts:
“Through our mission of teaching, research, and service we will develop people who are
knowledgeable in the best business practice and can think critically, communicate
effectively, adapt to and lead change, act ethically, value diversity, and are competitive in
the global economy.”
This embodies the college’s philosophical core and provides guiding principles for
establishing a contemporary and competitive business facility with strong academic
programs, a commitment to community development and outreach, and excellence in
scholarly research.
Offering undergraduate degrees in business administration, the college’s major
concentrations include accounting, finance, marketing, management, and information
systems. Areas of application focus on entrepreneurship, international business, real
estate, tourism management, and transportation. To challenge its top academic
performers, the college participates in the university’s honor's program. It also delivers
a minor in business administration to students pursuing non-business degrees. The
college’s graduate programs include the M.B.A., two five-year programs leading to M.S.
degrees, and a Ph.D. program in business administration. Joint programs with
journalism, law, architecture, engineering, economics, and music are also available.
The college enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduates, 320 master’s students, and 45
doctoral students. Many individuals enrolled in other university programs also pursue
the college’s courses in information technology and in the general business fields.
Profiles in American Enterprise is also an extremely popular course that draws large
enrollments from across campus.
Student enrollment growth at the College of Business, at 8.1% in 1998-99, has been
among the highest on campus and is a testimonial to the growing national reputation of
the college’s programs. Recent reviews conducted for accreditation by AACSB, the
governing body of business schools, as well as the University of Colorado’s internal
review process, have documented significant progress in the quality of the college’s
programs, strength of its faculty, and its overall visibility in the regional community.
The general assessment emerging from these reviews is that the college is well
positioned in the upper-middle of the group of business schools in publicly funded
AAW research universities. These reviews have also stressed the college's strong
potential to move to the next level of excellence.
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At the same time, these reviews document the need for additional facilities and
resources to accomplish that goal. Investments are necessary in enhancing both the size
and quality of academic programs, the quality of faculty performance, and the college’s
contributions and impact on its relevant communities of stakeholders and external
constituencies. A paramount need in this context is the development of additional
facilities and modernization of the existing structure to accommodate growth in student
demand, keep pace with contemporary innovations in instructional technology, and
enhance interactions with the community.
The proposed program, which includes a building addition as well as the
comprehensive renovation of the existing facility, is an integrated and critical element
of the college’s efforts to move to the next level of excellence. The programs to be
housed in the proposed facilities will enable the college to play its appropriate role in
the University of Colorado’s Total Learning Environment initiative. The resources
needed to support these efforts are to be generated in conformity with the institution’s
integrated resource management concept. The necessary funds will be developed from
a combination of state and university investments as well as gifts and endowments
from key college stakeholders.
Conceptual Response:
The conceptual response to College of Business’ objectives as described in the program
plan, envisions adding 54,000 gross square feet (GSF) to the existing building. New
library, classroom, and student space as well as the outreach programs of the college
would be in this new addition. Space vacated within the existing building
(approximately 36,000 GSF) will be renovated for expansion of other college programs.
This new addition shall be located south of the existing building in a portion of the
existing parking lot. The proposed structure is four stories, similar to the existing
building. The solution must be compatible with the existing building and the
architecture of the Boulder campus.
Creating a new public image for the College as it moves into the new millennium is an
important aspect of the project. As the campus has evolved, the main entrance to the
building has become obsolete, making the college difficult for the public to find. A new
entrance for the public off Regent Drive is desired that will improve the college’s
visibility.
The existing entrance will continue to be a main student entrance. The area
immediately west of the main entrance is abandoned right of way and a parking lot.
This area is to be removed and a new open space created.
To accomplish these objectives, the program plan proposes to relocate all existing
parking to the south of the proposed addition. Observatory Field, an existing passive
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recreation space, will be relocated north and east and combined with Business Field, a
scheduled playfield. Parking Lot 335, a residential lot for students of Reed and
Crossman Halls, will also be relocated south of Business to create a large, new open
space.
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Scope of Services:
General:
The University desires complete architectural and engineering services necessary for
the complete construction of the proposed facility. It is the intent of this solicitation to
design and construct a functional college of business. To that end, the consultants may
be required to provide services beyond those listed in the descriptions below.
University Services:
The University will provide surveys, maps, and all base data available on the proposed
site, including geotechnical, utilities, and related work completed to date.
The University will provide information contained in the Campus Master Plan regarding
the College of Business and Administration.
The University will provide information contained in the approved program plan
entitled Program Plan for the College of Business and Administration at the University of
Colorado at Boulder, dated May 27, 1999.
The University will coordinate input from multiple tenant groups through the
Department of Facilities Management and the College of Business and Administration.
The University will provide a copy of the latest standards for construction and
materials.1
Consultant Services:
The list of services that are desired by the University include but are not limited to:
• Participate with the University in the selection of mechanical, electrical, and
technology consultants.
• Work to achieve the University’s goals on MBE/WBE participation.
• Confirm and enhance programmatic data collected to date with input from the
College of Business and Administration, Facilities Management, and others as
appropriate.
1The University of Colorado at Boulder Building and Construction Standards are available at the Facilities
Management Design and Construction webpage http://decker.colorado.edu/standards/.
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• Provide basic analysis of the site, including utility, topography, circulation, and
other features.
• Lead design team meetings, documenting results and decisions made and
distributing them to design team members.
• Provide conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction documents
necessary to secure approvals of the University. Each phase shall include
appropriate architectural, landscape, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical,
technology, and life-safety information. All drawings shall be done on AutoCAD
Ver. 14 and shall conform to the Facilities Management CAD Standards.
• Provide supporting documentation necessary at each phase for proper review by
the Department of Facilities Management including but not limited to opinion of
probable cost, specifications with appropriate detail, code analysis, narrative
description of project, and other materials appropriate to each phase of design.
The design and specifications shall conform to the University’s standards for
construction and materials.
• Participate in the University’s technical review process and respond to all
comments made during the review.2
• Participate in the University’s public review process, including, but not limited to,
meetings with students, faculty, donors, alumni, the University’s Design Review
Board, the Boulder Campus Planning Commission and others as necessary.
• Participate in the selection of pre-qualified contractors eligible to bid on the
construction phase.
• Provide bidding documents in sufficient quantity to facilitate competitive prices
for this project. Respond to questions made by bidders and documenting those
answers in the form of addenda.
• Provide construction administrations services including field observation, shop
drawing and submittal review, participation in weekly construction meetings,
responding to Requests for Information, issuing Proposal Requests, review of
progress payments made by the contractor, review and comment on contract
change orders, and other services required for successful construction of the
project.
• Assist the University in selection of furnishings and moveable equipment.
2The University maintains a website to facilitate collection of comments and responses made by
consultants.
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• Provide project close-out services including operations and maintenance manuals,
record documents, and other necessary materials.
• Provide commissioning services for mechanical, electrical, and technology
systems.
• Provide warranty reviews at six and eleven months after acceptance of the project
by the University.
Anticipated Schedule:
The following schedule assumes that the project is funded for Fiscal Year 2000-2001.
• Consultant Selection by the Screening Committee June 19, 2000
• Selection approval by the Board of Regents August 3, 2000
• Conceptual Design complete February 2, 2000
• Schematic Design complete April 6, 2001
• Design Development complete June 1, 2001
• 95% Construction Documents September, 2001
• Final Construction Documents October 2001
• Bids received November 2001
• Construction Start for Addition January 2002
• Final Completion of Addition May 2003
• Begin Renovation May 2003
• Final Completion of Renovation January 2004
In order to meet this aggressive schedule, the consultants must be able to dedicate
sufficient resources to this project and efficiently work together with the University and
other planning groups involved in the design process. The consultant must be willing
to enter into contract negotiations prior to formal approval by the Board of Regents and
provide requested information in a timely manner as necessary.
Procedural Information for Submittal:
The University will accept letters of interest and information from consultants until 4:00
p.m., Thursday, June 8, 2000, addressed to William R. Deno, AIA, Campus Architect, at
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the Department of Facilities Management, Stadium Building, Gate 7 Room 255, Campus
Box 53, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0053.
Two (2) copies of each proposal shall be furnished marked on the outside of the en-
velope “College of Business and Administration RFQ.”
Consultant responses shall furnish credentials to be evaluated according to selection
criteria established by the Board of Regents at the University of Colorado. These cri-
teria include:
(1) Recent, direct experience with projects of a similar scope and budget.
• Demonstrated special design expertise, qualifications, and experience with
similar university business schools and colleges;
• Demonstrated experience working for major universities.
(2) Capability to undertake a project of this magnitude and complexity.
• Availability of adequate resources (staff and facilities) to appropriately
handle a project of this size and complexity.
• Location within Colorado of the team’s principal office, and availability and
appropriateness of out-of-town team members.
• Specific personnel assigned to this project and the services each will provide
on this project.
(3) Comprehension of the project and University goals.
• Demonstrated interest and understanding of this particular project (a college
of business), by this organization (a major university), in this particular place
(the city of Boulder).
• Sensitivity to the goals and objectives of the College of Business and
Administration.
• Understanding of the University of Colorado’s design process, and the
architecture of the Boulder campus.
(4) Demonstrated ability to plan, cost, schedule, and manage a project of similar scope and
budget.
• Design team’s methodology during design and construction phases of the
project;
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• Proposed project schedule incorporating the proposed dates listed in this
schedule
• Ability to scale work performed to fall within the clients limited budget and
schedule.
• Ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and communicate complex infor-
mation from many diverse groups in a timely manner.
To maximize the University’s understanding of the consultant’s credentials and
qualifications, the University reserves the right to request of any consultant further
clarification of its position or to supply additional information deemed necessary to
further assess the consultant’s qualifications, or to reject any or all responses received.
Pre-Submittal Information Meeting:
A Pre-Submittal conference regarding this RFQ will be held on Wednesday, May 31,
2000, at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 224 in the College of Business
Building on the main campus. The Pre-Submittal conference is informational and
attendance at this conference is not mandatory to be the successful consultant team.
Review of available data may be arranged by request after the Pre-Submittal
conference.
In the event it becomes necessary to revise any part of this RFQ as a result of any
inquiries or for any other reason, an addendum will be provided to each prospective
group known to have received the original RFQ information packet. Additional
information will be available online at:
http://decker.colorado.edu/webtemp/Planning/.
Clarifications of any portion of the RFQ may be obtained from Philip A. Simpson, AIA,
Facilities Planner, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0053. Phone:
(303)-492-1275.
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The University of Colorado at Boulder strongly supports the principle of diversity in all its
forms. We are interested in receiving applications from women, ethnic minorities, persons with
disabilities, veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam era.
