The UPR is proposing to establish the UPR Center for Incubator and Technology Transfer (UPRCITT – “The Project”), which requires the issuance of this Request for Proposal (the “RFP”) for Design and Supervision Services. The purpose of this RFP is to request and receive proposals from qualified Architecture and Engineering firms for the development of all design documents: As-Built, Basis of Design, detail design, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, scopes of work, bidding documents, bidding process assistance, supervision services and other required documentation for the compliance of the requirements of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The awarded firm or professional will also provide services of oversight and coordination for the execution of a complete comprehensive project.

The project consists of the construction of the entire fourth (4^th) floor of the Molecular Sciences Research Center (MSRC) to establish the UPR Center for Incubator and Technology Transfer (UPRCITT). The UPRCITT laboratories will be outfitted with a perimeter of open laboratory spaces of approximately 20,000 square feet. The 4th floor will house: (1) an administrative area with 12 private offices and three double offices for researchers/companies, (2) two open work stations, a Meeting Room convertible into two areas, and a break room, (3) a cGMP Cleanroom with laminar flow hood, (4) a BSL-2 and Stem Cell-Primary Cell Culture Suite with biosafety cabinets, (5) Microbiology suite with incubators, (6) Instrumentation room, (7) Microscopy lab, (8) Chemistry suite with fume hoods, (9) Bioreactor room, (10) an open laboratory area with benches and independent sink modules, and (11) ancillary space.

The UPR is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate as to sex, gender or sexual identity, race, age, national origin, religious creed, civil status, war veterans, handicap or disable status. The UPR reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to award the auction under the conditions it deems most convenient to the interests of the UPR, regardless of the amount of the bids or to cancel the auction award at any time before the contract is signed. Every visitor to the MSRC must wear, at least, closed shoes, long pants and shirts with sleeves to enter the building.