LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation Receives Six Proposals in Response to Request for Proposals for University Lakes Project

LSU Lakes01/06/2020
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation, has received six proposals from highly qualified local and national firms in response to its request for proposals seeking a project advisor for the University Lakes Project. The RFP was issued Dec. 9, 2019, with a response deadline of 5 p.m. CST last Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

The LSU REFF expects that the University Lakes Project Management Committee will select a project advisor from the group of RFP responders by Jan. 17, 2020. As was announced last month, the committee anticipates engaging a designer in spring 2020 and engaging a contractor for dredging and construction by January 2021.

Responders to the RFP were a joint venture of Ankura Consulting Group LLC, Commonwealth James LLC, Sherman Strategies LLC, and Miles Granderson LLC; a joint venture of Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS; Bob Jacobsen PE LLC; Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc.; a joint venture of Partners in Energy LLC and Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC; and a joint venture of Stantec and KPMG LLP. Full responses are being kept confidential at this time to preserve the integrity of the competitive bid process, but they will be posted online at lsufoundation.org/reffprojects following the committee’s final selection. Both the RFP and a memorandum of understanding, detailing the project structure and the entities involved, were posted on the project web page last month.

The RFP invited qualified firms to submit proposals to assist with rehabilitation and improvement of the six lakes adjacent to the LSU campus and City-Brooks Community Park. The project advisor’s responsibilities will extend through the duration of the project and will include providing financial analysis; assisting with solicitation and selection of a design firm, a contractor and other vendors for design and performance of dredging, excavation and other improvements to the lakes; and assisting with compliance with the restrictions attached to the anticipated funding sources for the project.

 

 

 

Contact Ernie Ballard
LSU Media Relations
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Sara Whittaker
LSU Foundation
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