Preinvite_Email_87_Vendors.pdf

This is a pre-invitation email from Sarasota County, Florida announcing an upcoming Request for Professional Services solicitation for Engineering and Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Services for the Hudson Bayou Dredging Project. Solicitation number 262837AMS seeks qualified professional engineering firms to provide comprehensive services including design, permitting, bid phase support, post-design construction services, and full construction engineering and inspection for dredging operations extending from downstream of US 41 to the bayou mouth. The project aims to restore hydraulic capacity, improve flood resiliency, and address sedimentation impacts, with particular attention to contaminated or polluted sediments. Proposals are due by March 27, 2026. The County anticipates awarding a CCNA Specific Project Agreement to run for the duration of the project. A Professional Services Review Committee will evaluate written proposals and conduct discussions with at least the three highest-scoring proposers before ranking candidates for award recommendation; short-listed proposers must attend presentations or interviews either in Sarasota, Florida, or virtually.

Minimum qualifications require that proposing firms be registered with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation and employ at least one registered Professional Engineer licensed in Florida, with preferred qualifications including a Lead Engineer holding PE licensure with hydraulic and hydrologic modeling experience for coastal waterway systems. The project is funded in whole or in part by a combination of City of Sarasota surtax and HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds; no specific budget or award value is disclosed. Required insurance includes Commercial General Liability of $500,000 per occurrence with $1,000,000 aggregate, Professional Liability of $1,000,000 per claim, Workers' Compensation in accordance with Florida Statutes Chapter 440, and Marine Liability (Protection & Indemnity) coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence if vessels are used. Proposers must comply with Davis-Bacon and Related Acts labor standards, HUD labor standards requirements, and federal grant compliance standards. The County encourages participation from small business, minority business, women's business enterprise, veteran-owned business, and labor surplus area firms, though no specific set-asides are indicated. Within 30 days of the Notice of Recommended Award, the selected consultant must submit a detailed Scope of Services for County approval and contract inclusion.