Non-Competitive Oversight Committee Justification Form

This is a Non-Competitive Oversight Committee Justification Form from Pinellas County, Florida, relating to an executive search services procurement. The form documents the justification for selecting a vendor through non-competitive procurement rather than through open bidding. The form requires specification of the project or purchase name, total budget estimate, duration of engagement, project manager, and requisitioning department. It requires detailed explanation of the justification for the non-competitive purchase and whether the selected vendor was utilized on prior contracts with supporting background information. The form was approved by the Non-Competitive Oversight Committee with sign-off required from committee members Merry Celeste, Don Crowell, Chris Rose, and the Department ACA, each indicating approval or denial of the non-competitive procurement request.

The executive search services contract opportunity is structured as an as-needed, non-exclusive contract with one or more firms to conduct nationwide recruitment for executive-level positions including Department Directors, Division Directors, Engineers, Assistant County Administrators, and other roles as needed. The initial contract term is 12 months with two optional 12-month renewal periods. Proposal submissions are due April 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM via the OpenGov portal, with questions due by April 2, 2026. No specific budget amount is stated; pricing will be evaluated as a proposal component using a percentage of annual base salary of placed candidates plus minimum flat fees per recruitment. The contract requires Commercial General Liability Insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate) and Cyber Risk Liability Insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence/$1,000,000 aggregate), with compliance mandated for E-Verify, Common Carrier Attestation, Human Trafficking Affidavit, and Foreign Country of Concern Affidavit requirements.