Carlton Water Quality Monitoring

Sarasota County, Florida is issuing a Request for Professional Services (RPS) solicitation seeking a qualified proposer to provide groundwater monitoring and sampling services at the Carlton Memorial Reserve (CMR) Wellfield. The primary deliverables include quarterly sampling of 19 monitor wells (conducted in March, June, September, and December) and monthly sampling of up to four additional monitor wells on a 12-month cycle, with all work to comply with Florida Department of Environmental Protection Standard Operating Procedures and Southwest Florida Water Management District water use permit requirements. The County will be responsible for all shipping, laboratory work, and laboratory fees, while the selected proposer must provide all manpower, equipment, and sample collection coordination. Prospective bidders must be registered with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation to provide engineering or geology services and must have at least one key personnel member who is a licensed Professional Engineer or Professional Geologist in Florida. The evaluation process will involve a Professional Services Review Committee that will score written proposals, with the top three proposers advancing to presentations and interviews (either in Sarasota or virtually at the County's discretion) before final ranking and award recommendation. The anticipated initial contract term is three years, executed as a CCNA Non-Library Continuing Services Agreement. The proposal due date is April 9, 2026, with the solicitation having been posted on OpenGov Procurement with vendor outreach initiated on February 25, 2026.

The solicitation documents do not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions limiting participation to particular types of organizations, such as disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses. No incumbent vendor or current contractor information has been identified in the available solicitation materials. Proposers must maintain professional liability insurance at limits not less than $1,000,000 per claim/occurrence, along with workers' compensation coverage, commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and business automobile liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit. The solicitation materials do not indicate an existing contract value, budget range, or award amount; pricing terms were not specified in the available documentation. All interested vendors must register with OpenGov Procurement at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/scgov to access full solicitation documents, attachments (including a well locations map), and to submit questions through the platform's Q&A function once the solicitation becomes active. There is no fee to participate in Sarasota County solicitations, and vendors are encouraged to subscribe to the Sarasota County Procurement Portal to receive additional solicitation notifications.