TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.pdf
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- RFP-00272
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- Hillsborough County, Florida
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This document contains technical questions and answers related to a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Seven, for District-Wide Gopher Tortoise Support Services. The services requested include coordination with agencies, engineers, and organizations; field work, surveys, and data collection; permit application preparation and pursuit; capture and relocation of gopher tortoises; installation, monitoring, maintenance, and removal of exclusionary fences and enclosures; and construction and maintenance support. The requirement for at least one Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent of the core team to be permitted to perform blood sample collection has been removed, and URTD testing, including blood sample collection, will be performed as directed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and reimbursed to the vendor at cost.
The contract opportunity covers the jurisdictions of Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa in the state of Florida. Pricing, set-asides, incumbents, funding requirements and sources, and other salient information were not provided in the document.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| RFP Complete Package.pdf | ||
| ADDENDUM #1.pdf |
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TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DOT-RFP-22-7022-LV
DISTRICT-WIDE GOPHER TORTOISE SUPPORT SERVIES
Question 1: Item 5 of Section III, Minimum Qualifications of Staff (page A-2) of the request for proposal (RFP) states “at least one of these [core] staff shall also have a current, valid Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent permit allowing that staff to perform “Collection of Blood Samples.”
Collection of blood samples for Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD) testing is rarely required and very few FWC Authorized Agents hold this certification. Currently only two Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Authorized Agents hold this certification, and both are located in north Florida.
Can a person other than an Authorized Agent such as veterinarian or similarly qualified perform this activity?
Answer: The requirement for at least one Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent of the core team to be permitted to perform “Collection of Blood Samples” has been removed. If needed, URTD testing, including collection of blood samples, will be performed as directed by FWC and reimbursed to the vendor at cost. See Addendum 1.
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