218693 - NVIT Student Housing and Daycare Construction

This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is part of the solicitation process for the general contractor to construct the new Student Housing and Daycare buildings at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. The project comprises two buildings, site development and landscaping at NVIT’s main campus in Merritt, BC. The daycare building, which will be described in more detail below, is approximately 8,300Sq.ft. and the student housing is approximately 12,000Sq.ft. Both buildings will be two-storey structures. The housing building comprises twelve townhouses and will be mainly traditional residential construction. The daycare building will include regular classrooms and will have some mass timber components, including a Nail Laminated Timber (NLT) suspended second floor and glulam beams. The design has been completed and the building lots, which include all civil services, will be completed by the time construction resumes. With regards to the construction schedule, the Owner is hoping to have the buildings completed, furnished and operating by the start of school in September 2026.
Interested contractors are invited to submit a Response to this RFQ for the opportunity to be evaluated and determined if they will pre-qualify and be shortlisted as Qualified Respondents to be eligible to put in a proposal to a subsequent Solicitation, if any. Only Qualified Respondents will be sent and may respond to a subsequent Solicitation, if any.