CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-AT-RISK for Texas School for the Deaf Central Plant Renovation Project

RFQ0007578

Posted

Bob Sonnier

(512) 463-1861

robert.sonnier@tfc.texas.gov

3/17/2026

3:00 PM

303

21+ Days for Solicitation Notice

Dual CTCD/CTCM certification

2/18/2026

2/18/2026 3:04 pm

90922-Building Construction, Non;
90923-Building Construction, Residential (Apartments, Etc.);
90924-Building Construction, Commercial And Institutional;
91115-C.I.P., Construction and Rehabilitation, Other than Buildings;
91116-C.I.P., Construction and Rehabilitation, Buildings;
90925-Building Construction, Prefabricated (All Types);
90930-Building Construction (Not Otherwise Classified);
90976-Site Work;
90977-Special Construction: Observatory, Security, Special Rooms, Etc.;

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1.     SCOPE: In accordance with the provisions of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2269, Subchapter F, Construction Manager-at-Risk Method, and Rules and Procedures adopted by theTexas Facilities Commission (TFC), TFC is requesting qualifications for a Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMR) to provide Pre-Construction and construction management services for Project #25-035-3303, Texas School for the Deaf, Central Utility (CUP) South Improvements project located at 1102 S Congress Ave,Austin, Texas, 78704 hereinafter described as the “Project”. This Project will be administered by TFC. This procurement will be a two-step award process witha two-part work requirement.

A.     Step One of the solicitation will include a submittal of company experience and qualifications focusing on projects of similar size and type. Respondents will be evaluated on experience and qualifications, as detailed in Section V, Submission Requirements. Only the highest ranked 5 or fewer Respondents will be shortlisted based on this evaluation and invited to participate in interviews.  Based on the interviews, the short-listed firms may beinvited to participate in Step Two.

B.     Step Two of the solicitation will include the short-listed firms participating in interviews.  The short-listed firms participating in the interviews may be requested to submit pricing information related to indirect construction costs as detailed in Section V, Submission Requirements.

2.     COST OF WORK: Respondents to the RFQ should consider the “Cost of Work” as Twenty-four Million Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand dollars ($24,475,000), not including any Pre-construction Management fees, Construction Management fees, and Construction General Conditions.

3.     CONTRACT TERM: Construction is required to commence within fifteen(15) calendar days after the Notice to Proceed for Construction is issued. For planning purposes, the pre-construction time period is estimated to be One-hundred Eighty (180) calendar days.  The construction contract period is projected for a term of four hundred sixty  (460) for a total contract term of six hundred forty (640) calendar days except as may be otherwise amended or negotiated.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project encompasses a comprehensive upgrade of the existing Central Utility Plant (CUP) and associated infrastructure at the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) campus. The CUP provides chilled and heating water thermal utilities to twenty buildings, including educational facilities, dormitories, administrative offices, gyms, and the campus auditorium.

Due to increasing thermal loads from past and planned campus expansions, the CUP and related systems have reached maximum operational capacity.The proposed improvements are essential to ensuring adequate capacity, system reliability, and energy efficiency to support current and future campus needs.

Central Utility Plant (CUP) Upgrades