The intent is to award an Architectural firm a contract in mid-December of 2024. Construction is targeted to start in October of 2025 and be substantially complete by June of 2027 so that the school facility can open for students in August of 2027. Construction of the new building will be accomplished via the Construction Manager at Risk delivery method with a CM@R firm engaged after schematic level drawings. The design process will include a programming effort coordinated with the District Planning and Demographics department (a draft program has been provided for information purposes). The design will include approximately 150,000 SF (+/-) to provide adequate learning spaces for approximately 1,000 6th grade through 8th grade students. The site will include circulation, parking and a full complement of middle school athletic facilities -- track (with soccer field interior), baseball, softball and tennis. GCS maintains a written design guide for its facilities and expects that the facility will be designed in accordance with all applicable codes and the guide while taking into consideration the unique educational nature of the facility and best practices for sustainability. Question Deadline 09/30/2024 at 4:00 PM ET The deadline for written questions about the Form is at All questions should be submitted via E-mail to Matt Pettit jpettit@greenville.k12.sc.us. A written Addendum to respond to questions about the Form that were received by the above deadline shall be issued by GCS no later than EOD Tuesday, October 1st, 2024. Firms that are short-listed for interviews based upon their submission will be informed by Friday, October 11th, 2024. Interviews of the short-listed firms are anticipated to be scheduled on October 15th or 16th, 2024. Interviews will allow up to forty-five (45) minutes for presentation followed by a fifteen (15) minute question and answer period. The Design Team should check in with the receptionist upon arrival. The Design Team may arrive 15 minutes in advance of their scheduled interview for set-up. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.