The University of California (USA), Merced campus, issued a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the UC Merced 2020 PPP project.

The draft RfP has been sent to the three shortlisted teams:

• E3 2020:  Balfour Beatty Investments, Inc.
• Edgemoor Plenary EdR Partners (EP2):  Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate LLC, Plenary Group USA Ltd., and Education Realty Trust, Inc.
• Merced Campus Collaborative: Lend Lease (US) Investments, Inc., Macquarie Capital Group Limited and American Campus Communities, Inc.

Three other teams submitted statements of qualifications (SOQs) in November 2014 but were not qualified.

The project is the second phase of campus development under UC Merced's Long Range Development Plan. The project will be located in San Joaquin Valley on approximately 219 acres, which includes the existing 104-acre campus, and will involve up to 1.85 million square feet of new facilities. 

Academic, administrative, research, student services and recreational/athletic buildings will comprise approximately 1.2 million square feet, student housing and dining would comprise approximately 650,000 square feet. The project will also include the development of the associated roadways, parking and landscaping.

The preferred bidder will be responsible for master planning, programming, design and construction of facilities, design and construction of associated infrastructure, financing and operations and maintenance.

The project aims to support projected enrollment growth from 6,200 current students to 10,000 students by the year 2020.