The Jacksonville Jaguars issued another invitation to bid on the Stadium of the Future as the organization continues seeking contractors for the $1.4 billion project that is scheduled for completion in time for the 2028 NFL season.
Work starts on renovating the 30-year-old EverBank Stadium now that the 2024 season ended.
The team’s timeline calls for the stadium construction to begin in February 2025.
The Jaguars intend to play at the stadium at a reduced seating capacity in 2025 and 2026 and move to another venue in 2027.
Now, the Jaguars seek bids for Bid Package IFC #2B for “underground & blindside waterproofing, expansion joints, and vertical transportation.”
Submissions for the latest Invitation to Bid, advertised from Dec. 26 to Jan. 23, are due Jan. 30 for building interior demolition, precast structural concrete, structural steel-roof steel, structural steel-floor framing main concourse infill, tensioned fabric cable nets, tensioned fabric structures, subroof, and fluid applied flooring.
The posting says initial budgetary pricing is due Jan. 23 and final bids will be based on documents to be issued in early March, with bids due March 18.
Other scopes will be advertised at a later date.
The Jaguars say at jaguars.com/stadiumofthefuture/employment that requests for prequalification and bidding documents can be sent to MJ Fratianni at [email protected].
Construction team takes shape
The Requests for Proposals awarded to date are:
Architect: HOK
Construction manager: AECOM Hunt + Barton Malow
Geotech: Langan
Survey: ETM
Phase 1 environmental: Terracon Consultants
Project management services: IMPACT Development Management
Technology services: ME Engineers
Cost consultant: Ridder Levett Bucknall
Insurance broker: Gallagher
Structural connection design: W.P. Moore
The Jaguars say on the website that it and the city of Jacksonville will partner with qualified businesses on service needs.
It says all requests for proposals and bid packages will be advertised in accordance with the procurement code of the city.
“The Jaguars are committed to maximizing opportunities to work with local businesses on various development, projects, including the Stadium of the Future, by working with the City of Jacksonville’s Small & Emerging Business Division (JSEB). Interested companies should become certified with the JSEB office.”
It links to the jseb.jacksonville.gov site.
Jaguars Director of Business Communications Lyndsay Rossman said Nov. 6 two bid packages were expected to be out in November and December for 24 total scopes of work for major construction work.
The first, Bid Package IFC #2A, comprised six scopes of work from demolition to concrete foundations.
Construction services manager AECOM Hunt + Barton Malow received bids by Dec. 12.
IFC is “Issuance for Construction,” basically the designs, drawings or documents for the services/scopes.
Bid Package IFC #2B, which is out now, includes 18 scopes of work, such as precast concrete, structural steel, building steel, fire protection, plumbing, AV and video production.
Rossman said that the Jaguars are handling all bid negotiations for the Stadium of the Future.
She said Stadium of the Future awardee information is at the jaguars.com/stadiumofthefuture/employment site, which is also where RFP/bid packages are hosted.
The stadium deal
The Jaguars have been working for months with city and service agencies to prepare to start renovations.
The structure at 1 EverBank Stadium Drive anchors the Sports & Entertainment District on the eastern edge of Downtown.
The NFL owners’ group gave final approval Oct. 15 to the Jaguars’ deal with the city.
Jacksonville City Council finalized a deal June 25 to revamp and modernize EverBank Stadium and keep the team in it for the next three decades.
The a $1.45 billion package of legislation included funding for the stadium’s makeover, a 30-year lease, a nonrelocation agreement and $56 million in spending on riverfront parks and the stadium-adjacent flex field.
Contained in Ordinance 2024-0904, the deal includes $775 million in public funding for the stadium, the most expensive single capital project in the city’s history. The Jaguars lease the stadium from the city, which owns it.
The NFL owners’ group gave final approval Oct. 15 to the Jaguars’ deal with the city.
Work begins
The city issued a permit Dec. 10 to the AECOM Hunt + Barton Malow venture for test piles around the foundation as the city reviews another permit application for a $78 million project for foundation work at the stadium.
That larger project covers the partial demolition of the existing structure for construction of the foundations and structural elements embedded into the foundations.
Those include piles, pile caps, grade beams, cast-in-place walls, strip footings, steel reinforcing dowels, anchor rods and other structural elements that will be embedded into the foundations.