Bid package
Design-build and CMAR proposals
We prepare the qualifications, project approach and forms for your design-build or construction manager at-risk (CMAR) proposal.
Project phases
Roles
- Project executiveMonth 0 to month 15, part time
- Preconstruction managerMonth 0 to month 4, full time
- Project managerMonth 2 to month 15, full time
- SuperintendentMonth 3 to month 15, full time
- Project engineerMonth 4 to month 14, full time
- Safety managerMonth 4 to month 14, part time
- Full time
- Part time
The service
What you send. What you get.
You send
- The RFQ or RFP for each step, addenda and evaluation criteria
- Approved team facts: firm experience, key staff resumes and references
- Design partner information for design-build teams
- Your fee, general conditions rates and staffing plan
- Early design documents and any budget the owner has shared
Start with a short description. We arrange document sharing after confirming the work.
You get
- Step-by-step requirements matrixWhat each selection step asks for and how it is scored, with owners and status.
- Approach narrativePreconstruction, estimating, scheduling and delivery approach drafted from facts you approve.
- Staffing and fee formsStaffing plan, fee and general conditions organized in the solicitation’s format using your numbers.
- Decision listCommitments, exceptions and pricing items only your company can approve.
Typical buyers: General contractors pursuing CMAR selections; Design-build teams of contractors and designers; Preconstruction and business development managers.
What we check
Your bid requirements, organized.
The package holds qualifications, staffing plan, project approach and fee forms, drafted from facts and pricing you approve. Design-build puts design and construction in one contract. In CMAR, the construction manager advises during design and later commits to a price, often a GMP. We confirm fit and a fixed quote after reviewing the solicitation.
- Evaluation criteria for each selection step
- Key personnel, roles and time commitments
- Preconstruction services your company offers
- Fee, general conditions and staffing cost forms
- Price or GMP forms and the assumptions behind them
Who does what
Bidmere prepares. Your team decides.
The decisions that commit your company stay with your team, every time.
We prepare the package
- Lists each bid requirement and who needs to provide it
- Organizes forms, attachments and deadlines
- Writes proposal sections using facts you approve
- Flags missing information and questions for your team
You approve and submit
- Provides project facts and company information
- Sets rates, pricing and commercial terms
- Approves the draft and signs the forms
- Submits the response before the deadline
Before we start
Questions to resolve and work not included.
Questions we help identify
- Whether contingency sits inside or outside the GMP
- Which general conditions items the owner counts as fee
- Design partner scope and responsibility split on a design-build team
- Interview format and who presents
Not included
- Design services or engineering
- Setting your fee, GMP or contingency
- Bonds and insurance, which come from your surety and carrier
- Signing, certifying or submitting the proposal
Sources
Where the rules come from.
- FAR 36.102, Definitions (design-build, two-phase selection)
- FAR 36.303-1, Two-phase design-build: phase one
- Arizona Revised Statutes 34-101, delivery method definitions
- Florida Statutes 255.103, construction management entities
- FHWA, Construction Manager/General Contractor
- GMP contract definition, Wikipedia
Where this shows up
Owner sectors that use it.
Questions
About design-build and CMAR proposals.
What is the difference between design-build and CMAR?
Design-build combines design and construction in a single contract with one entity. In CMAR, the owner holds a separate design contract, and the construction manager provides preconstruction services during design before committing to a construction price.
What is a GMP?
A GMP caps the price for the construction work. The contractor is paid actual costs plus a fee up to the cap and generally carries costs above it unless a change order raises the GMP.
What must our team provide and approve?
Your team provides the facts, resumes, references, fee and general conditions numbers and approves every commitment in the response. Your company signs, submits and provides any bonds.
Plan your response
Related
Keep reading.
- RFP proposalsWe write your response to a construction request for proposals (RFP) and organize the required forms.
- Qualifications packagesWe prepare your response to a request for qualifications (RFQ), statement of qualifications (SOQ) request or prequalification form.
- Budget and conceptual estimatesConcept to design development
- Federal negotiated proposalsFederal negotiated proposal preparation organizes your response to a FAR Part 15 construction solicitation.
- Job order contracting proposalsJob order contracting (JOC) proposal preparation organizes your sealed proposal for recurring repair and renovation work priced from a unit price book.
Send the solicitation details.
We confirm availability, scope, price and timing before any work begins.