8-Professional Reference Form.pdf

This is a Professional Reference Form submitted to the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, in response to a request for proposals for sea turtle nesting monitoring services. The form requires bidders to provide a minimum of five (5) current professional references from work completed within the last three years, demonstrating the firm's qualifications, financial stability, and relevant experience. For each reference, bidders must document the name and address of the firm, city, county, or agency; scope of work performed; project dates; contract amount; primary contact information including name, telephone number, and email address. The Town reserves the right to verify all references and may reject proposals for failure to furnish complete reference information. The underlying contract opportunity involves daily monitoring of marine turtle nests from March 1st through October 31st, including documentation of nesting activity, false crawls, hatching success, lighting source monitoring, escarpment formation reporting, and seabird/shorebird monitoring within the Town of Palm Beach boundaries, all in accordance with Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) requirements and protocols established by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The reference verification form includes designated space for Town evaluation, allowing staff to record comments and confirm whether references were successfully verified. No pricing information, set-asides, incumbency details, or funding sources are specified within this reference form document itself, as it functions solely as a qualification verification tool. Bidders must submit all proposal materials, including this completed reference form, through the Town's online Bonfire eProcurement platform, with proposals remaining binding for one hundred and twenty (120) days from the proposal opening date. A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference was scheduled to be held virtually via Microsoft Teams to allow potential bidders to obtain additional information about project requirements and specifications.