Requests for Qualifications – Professional Engineering Services
HAMILTON COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
1153 US Hwy 41 NW, Suite 2, Jasper, FL 32052
Telephone: (386) 792-6639 Fax: (386) 792-6808
Qualifications Statement Title: Professional Engineering Services
Deadline for Submitting: Friday, October 28, 2022, by 4:00 p.m.
Opening Date and Time: Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:05 p.m., or soon thereafter.
In accordance with the “Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act” (F.S. 287.055) the Board of County Commissioners of Hamilton County, Florida will receive sealed Qualifications Statements from qualified individuals or firms to provide engineering and support services for Hamilton County.
Engineering services will include, but not be limited to, planning, survey, design, permitting, procurement, inspection, and construction administration of projects, with a focus on roadway, utilities, drainage, and buildings. Respondents shall be capable of performing all tasks associated with capital projects, including grant administration, preliminary design and budgeting, facility assessment, investigation, public input, and any other task that may be requested by the Commission.
Consultant shall provide administration of any applicable loan and grant programs and provide planning and engineering services, as necessary. These services shall be provided in conjunction with any applicable Federal and State programs, and in accordance with the terms defined by Hamilton County. Additional duties may include preparation of bid documents, prepare/coordinate/monitor contracts, process change orders, conduct pre- construction meetings, construction management, construction inspection of roads, bridges, drainage facilities and occasionally buildings or other structures. The County will utilize objective criteria when evaluating and ranking qualified respondents. These criteria are outlined in the County’s Request for Qualifications documentation. Engineering fees will be negotiated after ranking, in compliance with the Florida Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act. It is the County’s intent to procure the services of two engineering firms.
The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners will receive qualifications at the Office of the Clerk of Court, 207 NE First Street, Room 106, Jasper, FL 32052 until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2022. Responders must provide one (1) original and seven (7) copies in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “SEALED RFQ – PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES” on the outside of the envelope. Qualifications will be publicly opened on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 4:05 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, for Professional Engineering Services.
This solicitation does not commit Hamilton County to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a qualifications statement, or to procure or contract for services. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all qualifications statements received as a result of this request, to negotiate with all qualified responders, to select and contract with more than one consulting firm, to select a consultant based solely on the quality of the Statement of Qualifications, to cancel in part or in its entirety this solicitation, or re-advertise if it is in the best interest of the County to do so.
The Board of County Commissioners does not discriminate because of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, or handicap status.
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INQUIRIES AND PROPOSALS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
W. Greg Godwin
Hamilton County Clerk of Courts
207 N.E. First Street, Room 106
Jasper, FL 32052
Phone: (386) 792-1288
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]