CMAR Project: New Building Medical Examiner (Rebid)

Cook County is seeking Construction Manager at Risk ("CMAR" or "CM") services for the Public Safety portfolio. This specific project includes the construction of the new Cook County Medical Examiner's Office project, RFQ Package 1.

The Cook County Department of Capital Planning and Policy will be building a new facility for the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office (MEO). The County intends to contract with a Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) to provide pre-construction and full construction services. The expectation is the CMaR will provide pre-construction services during and upon completion of the design phases, to provide the County a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP).

The anticipated new, state-of-the-art, +/-120,000 square foot, multiple floor facility (plus basement and penthouse) will house visitor areas, administrative offices, laboratories, law enforcement support areas, forensics, and storage areas.

This solicitation is for RFQ Package 1 only.

The CMaR will provide comprehensive construction management services for the preconstruction and construction of the Medical Examiner's Office of approximately 120,000 sq. ft. and on-site surface parking that will meet the County's objectives for quality, cost, and schedule. The existing MEO building will stay fully functional until the completion and move-in of the new facility.

The A/E Design Team has been awarded under separate contract. The CMaR will be retained to provide constructability reviews, phase delivery approach support, cost estimating, value engineering reviews, and validation of the schedule. The Owner will require an early Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP an open book GMP) at 95% completion of Contract Documents.

This overall development of the site will be delivered as three (3) contracts for construction, as identified below.

• RFQ Package 1: New Medical Examiner's Office Building. (Includes site development with overall site responsibility (excluding the garage construction and design).
• RFQ Package 2: Existing MEO Demolition. (Includes existing MEO site clean-up / restoration)
• RFQ Package 3: Multi story Parking Garage – Design Build

Reflecting county's goals for project:

• The building shall be designed with the intent to achieve Net Zero Ready.
• Natural gas shall not be used as a primary fuel source for any systems in the building.
• The building shall be designed and constructed with the principles of decarbonization and material circularity in the construction process and the physical building itself, in addition to net zero carbon operation (no natural gas).

**ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMITTALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.** Interested firms ("Respondents" or "Submitters") must upload their response to the RFQ ("Submittal") to the Bonfire website at https://cookcountyil.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. Other means of deliveries will not be accepted.

The naming convention for the file should be as follow: 2661-02231R – CMAR – Vendor Name

The selection process will be conducted in three (3) steps as follows:

• Step 1: Presentation of Project Specific Qualifications and Approach
• Step 2: Construction Services Submittal interview
• Step 3: Level of Effort, Fee, General Conditions

Note that the RFQ submittal does not include a proposed price and price is not a part of the evaluation criteria.

| Evaluation Criteria | Score |
| --- | --- |
| Experience, Capability, and Capacity of the Submitter Team (Prime and Subconsultants) | 30% |
| Quality of the proposed Project Approach/Plan and Understanding of the County's Goals | 25% |
| Experience, qualifications, and availability of Key Personnel | 25% |
| M/WBE Utilization Plan | 15% |
| Responsiveness | 5% |

Construction is anticipated to start in Q3/2027. Site Visits will be conducted with the Most Qualified Firm (MQF).