BACKGROUND AND PROJECT OVERVIEW
The goal of this Membrane Water Treatment Plant Project (Project) is to provide construction management services for a 7.5 million-gallons-per-day (“MGD”) water treatment plant facility to serve as the future potable water supply source for the City of Ocala’s residents and customers. Water Treatment Plant (“WTP”) #2 will be constructed at 3744 South Pine Avenue, Ocala, Florida, and will receive a majority of its water supply from the Lower Floridian Aquifer.

The membrane process for WTP#2 will utilize nanofiltration treatment technology with adequate post-treatment stabilization in order to mirror the finished water from WTP#1. Raw water blending will consist of raw water from the Upper Floridian Aquifer to assist in post-treatment stabilization of the treated water.

With anticipated future expansions, WTP#2 will ultimately treat approximately 30 MGD. The full buildout for the Membrane Water Treatment Plant Project will be designed and constructed in multiple phases to meet the funding and capacity needs of the City of Ocala (“City”). The City reserves the right to continue each phase with the selected firm or to readvertise for re-selection at the completion of each phase.

On November 9, 2021, City issued a Request for Letters of Interest for professional engineering design services for the design and development phase of the Project. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (“Kimley-Horn”) was selected to provide complete design and construction documents and other related services necessary to implement the project.

In accordance with the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act (“CCNA”), codified at section 287.055, Florida Statutes, the City is now seeking proposals from highly qualified, experienced, and licensed firms to provide professional Construction Manager at Risk (“CMAR”) services during the pre-construction and construction phases of the Membrane Water Treatment Plant Project.

During the pre-construction phase, it is expected that the successful CMAR firm will provide design-assist services with Kimley-Horn for the purposes of preparing the construction documents and for the development of an acceptable Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) proposal. The CMAR will be expected to ensure that construction costs will be transparent through an open-book GMP process during construction.

Figure 1. Conceptual Layout
The WTP#2 facility construction will be completed in multiple phases to support the funding and capacity needs of the City. It is anticipated that the phasing will include the following phases – Phase 3 to Phase 8. The City reserves the opportunity to continue each phase with the selected CMAR or have the ability to readvertise for reselection at each phase’s completion.

MANDATORY PRE-BID/PROPOSAL MEETING: Refer to the listing for the pre-bid meeting date, time, and location. Physical attendance is required to submit a proposal for this project.

Please review the Letter of Intent (LOI) and exhibits for entire details.