Non-Competitive_Oversight_Committee_Justification_Form.docx

This is a Non-Competitive Oversight Committee Justification Form for Pinellas County, Florida, related to a Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Professional Engineering Services procurement. The form documents the requisitioning department's rationale for pursuing a non-competitive purchase rather than a competitive selection process. The form requires completion of project or purchase name, total budget estimate, duration of engagement, project manager identification, and requisitioning department information. A detailed justification section explains the reasoning for the non-competitive approach, and the form requests information regarding any prior vendor utilization and relevant background context. The procurement falls under Florida Statutes Section 287.055, the Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), which establishes procedures for selecting professional firms including architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, and surveyors and mappers for professional services.

The Non-Competitive Oversight Committee approval section identifies three required approving officials: Merry Celeste, Don Crowell, and Chris Rose, along with the Department ACA, each of whom must provide approval or denial of the non-competitive justification. The form indicates that the standard CCNA competitive process typically evaluates professional firms based on quality of personnel, minority business enterprise consideration, past performance, willingness to meet time and budget requirements, location, workload, and volume of work previously awarded by the County. By seeking non-competitive approval, the requisitioning department is requesting an exception to this standard competitive selection procedure. The form was last revised on May 5, 2023.