Contractors Request for Qualifications
General Terms
The Kansas City Neighborhood Stabilization Program is looking for qualified Section 3 contractors to work with to buy and repair vacant, foreclosed homes in the urban core. The City has received $7.3 million from the federal government to work on this and is contracting through five local developers to rehab these homes.
Contractors are required to submit the following in order to be considered in all open solicitations:
• Kansas City, Missouri business license
• Commercial General Liability Insurance- with limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate. Policy must be written or endorsed to include the following provisions:
o Severability of interests covered, applying to additional insured (sub-contractors)
o Contractual Liability
o No contractual liability limitation endorsements
• Worker’s Compensation as required by state of Missouri
• Commercial Auto Liability Insurance: with limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence covering owned, hired and non-owned vehicles
• When disturbing painted surfaces, adherence to Lead-Safe Work Practices Certification standard or Lead Abatement Contractor Certification from a HUD approved training facility
• Minimum three references that include name, company and contact information (at least two must be non-individual. i.e.; business, contractor, development company)
• Provide two addresses where previous construction work can be viewed. Work must be exterior if possible.
• Section 3 certification if applying as a certified section 3 business concern.
Qualified contractors may bid on projects. No contract will be awarded until all documentation has been received by the appropriate local developer and placed on file. Lowest and Best bids will be awarded contracts. All contractors will be paid within 30 days of completion and invoicing. Contractors must provide high quality work and be familiar and competent in pulling requisite permits and the 2006 International Residential Building Code and all other Codes as adopted by the City at time of contract signing.
*Contractors must have all documentation on file with the local primary property developer prior to having bids awarded!
Section 3 Participation
The five local primary property developers are committed to the inclusion of all prospective and certified Section 3 business concerns, during the execution of all home repair, development and other activities that are a result of all federally procured funds. Furthermore, in conjunction with the city of Kansas City, MO and its Section 3 Compliance office, we will use the full power of its community development network in order to maximize worker and contractor participation, by use of local and regional media outlets, community based alliances, and other corporate and non-profit websites.
As much as possible, we will seek to use Section 3 concerns in its construction and development contract. When there are deficiencies in prospective Section 3 concerns ability to effectively carry out contractual obligations, we will refer the concern to the city Section 3 office for remediation and training and will continue to support future efforts by the contractor or employee in continuing in its course of professional development.
Some specific points requiring action by the local property developers in their ongoing compliance with the Section 3 portion of the contract are:
• The employment goal of at least 30% of all new hires, generated in part by these developments will be extended to residents that are Section 3 qualified and/or,
• Utilization of Section 3 Business Concerns for at least 10% of the total dollar amount awarded to the contractor/developer; and /or
• 3% of the contract award amount shall go to all non-construction fields (Accounting, Insurance, Marketing, Law; etc) for the development of the project.
Please refer to HUD regulations (24 C.F.R., section 135) for further clarification on the goals of this program.
Use the below link for connection to the city Section 3 office for further guidance:
http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityManagersOffice/HumanRelationsDivision/Section3Office/SSDATA_20090826090436