Common use of Construction Planning and Procurement Strategy Clause in Contracts

Construction Planning and Procurement Strategy. 5.1.5.1 Identify equipment or material requiring extended delivery times and advise Owner on expedited procurement of those items. Advise Owner and Project Architect on the preparation of performance specifications and requests for technical proposals for the procurement and installation of systems and components and for the procurement of long lead items. If requested by Owner, and subject to Owner’s prior approval, issue requests for technical proposals to qualified sources and receive proposals and assist in their evaluation. 5.1.5.2 Make recommendations to the Project Team regarding organization of the Construction Documents to facilitate the soliciting of offers and the awarding of construction subcontracts in a manner that promotes the interests of the Project and the Owner. These recommendations may include, but are not limited to, phased or staged construction or multiple separate contracts. The recommendations shall take into consideration such factors as time of performance, type and scope of work, availability of labor and materials, overlapping trade jurisdictions, provisions for temporary facilities, comparisons of factory and on-site production costs, shipping costs, code restrictions, the Owner’s goals for HUB contractor participation, and other constraints. 5.1.5.3 Review the Construction Documents with the Project Team to eliminate areas of conflict and overlap in the work to be performed by the various Subcontractors or Owner’s separate contractors. 5.1.5.4 Develop a procurement package strategy in coordination with the Project Architect that addresses the entire scope of Work for each phase and stage of the Project. In developing the procurement package strategy, the Design/Build Contractor shall identify all procurement packages on which the Design/Build Contractor intends to submit a self-performance bid or proposal. The procurement package strategy shall be reviewed with the Owner on a regular basis and revised throughout the buyout of the Project so as to best promote the interests of the Project and the Owner. 5.1.5.5 Assist the Owner, the Project Architect, Owner’s other consultants, and the Owner’s separate contractors in obtaining all applicable risk management, code, and regulatory agency reviews and approvals for the Project including, without limitation, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the State Fire Marshal, the local fire department, and the Owner’s insurance provider. 5.1.5.6 Refine, implement and monitor required HUB Subcontracting Plans to promote equal employment opportunity in the provision of goods and services to the Owner for the Project. 5.1.5.7 Advise Owner of any tests to be performed, and assist Owner in selecting testing laboratories and consultants, without assuming direct responsibility for the work of such laboratories and consultants. 5.1.5.8 Design/Build Contractor shall review the Construction Documents to ensure that they contain adequate provision for all temporary facilities necessary for performance of the Work, and provisions for all of the job site facilities necessary to manage, inspect, and supervise construction of the Work. 5.1.5.9 Provide an analysis of the types and quantities of labor required for the Project and review the appropriate categories of labor required for critical phases and stages. Make recommendations that minimize adverse effects of labor shortages. 5.1.5.10 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment. Consult with and make recommendations to the Owner on the acquisition schedule for fixtures, furniture and equipment, and coordinate with the Owner as may be required to meet the Project Schedule.

Construction Planning and Procurement Strategy. 5.1.5.1 Identify equipment or material requiring extended delivery times and advise Owner on expedited procurement of those items. Advise Owner and Project Architect A/E on the preparation of performance specifications and requests for technical proposals for the procurement and installation of systems and components and for the procurement of long lead items. If requested by Owner, and subject to Owner’s prior approval, issue requests for technical proposals to qualified sources and receive proposals and assist in their evaluation. 5.1.5.2 Make recommendations to the Project Team regarding organization of the Construction Documents to facilitate the soliciting of offers and the awarding of construction subcontracts in a manner that promotes the interests of the Project and the Owner. These recommendations may include, but are not limited to, phased or staged construction or multiple separate contracts. The recommendations shall take into consideration such factors as time of performance, type and scope of work, availability of labor and materials, overlapping trade jurisdictions, provisions for temporary facilities, comparisons of factory and on-site production costs, shipping costs, code restrictions, the Owner’s goals for HUB contractor participation, and other constraints. 5.1.5.3 Review the Construction Documents with the Project Team to eliminate areas of conflict and overlap in the work to be performed by the various Subcontractors or Owner’s separate contractors. 5.1.5.4 Develop a procurement package strategy in coordination with the Project Architect A/E that addresses the entire scope of Work for each phase and stage of the Project. In developing the procurement package strategy, the Design/Build Contractor shall identify all procurement packages on which the Design/Build Contractor intends to submit a self-performance bid or proposal. The procurement package strategy shall be reviewed with the Owner on a regular basis and revised throughout the buyout of the Project so as to best promote the interests of the Project and the Owner. 5.1.5.5 Assist the Owner, the Project ArchitectA/E, Owner’s other consultants, and the Owner’s separate contractors in obtaining all applicable risk management, code, and regulatory agency reviews and approvals for the Project including, without limitation, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the State Fire Marshal, the local fire department, and the Owner’s insurance provider. 5.1.5.6 Refine, implement and monitor required HUB Subcontracting Plans to promote equal employment opportunity in the provision of goods and services to the Owner for the Project. 5.1.5.7 Advise Owner of any tests to be performed, and assist Owner in selecting testing laboratories and consultants, without assuming direct responsibility for the work of such laboratories and consultants. 5.1.5.8 Design/Build Contractor shall review the Construction Documents to ensure that they contain adequate provision for all temporary facilities necessary for performance of the Work, and provisions for all of the job site facilities necessary to manage, inspect, and supervise construction of the Work. 5.1.5.9 Provide an analysis of the types and quantities of labor required for the Project and review the appropriate categories of labor required for critical phases and stages. Make recommendations that minimize adverse effects of labor shortages. 5.1.5.10 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment. Consult with and make recommendations to the Owner on the acquisition schedule for fixtures, furniture and equipment, and coordinate with the Owner as may be required to meet the Project Schedule.