Wildflowers Childcare Expansion and Mezzanine Renovation

The Municipality is planning the Wildflowers Childcare Expansion Project, an interior renovation within the Jasper Activity Centre. The project will convert existing storage space into a new licensed daycare playroom providing 22 new full-time childcare spaces, and will construct a new mezzanine above to provide a Jasper Gymnastics Club viewing platform, a flexible meeting space, and three to four offices. The scope includes structural work to support the new mezzanine (independent foundations, steel framing, composite deck), mechanical and electrical upgrades including two new rooftop units, fire alarm system modifications, and a building code reclassification. The Activity Centre, including the existing daycare and gymnastics program, will remain in operation throughout construction. Detailed design is underway. The anticipated construction budget is approximately $1,200,000. Project timing is driven in part by daycare expansion grant reporting requirements, in addition to an acute community shortage of childcare spaces. The Municipality is issuing this RFEI to: ▪ inform the construction market of the project ahead of design completion; ▪ gauge contractor interest and capacity to deliver the project; ▪ identify high-level risks or considerations that should be accounted for in finalizing the design and construction schedule; and ▪ identify Respondents that meet the Minimum Qualifications in Section 2.8 for a Shortlist that may be invited to a future restricted Invitation to Tender (ITT) once design is complete. This RFEI is not a tender, Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or other binding procurement process. No contract will be awarded directly from this RFEI, and the Municipality is not obligated to purchase any goods or services as a result of it.