CDBG-DR - Owner's Representative and CEI Services - New Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) Facility - HS004

Escambia County, Florida is seeking a consulting firm to provide Owner's Representative and Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) services for a new Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) Facility located on Clarinda Drive in Pensacola. The procurement is a Request for Letters of Interest (RLI) for a Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funded project aimed at developing a 55,000-square-foot, single-story public transportation facility. The project requires a consultant with at least ten years of experience in consulting services, specifically in public mass transit facility programming, design, and construction engineering and inspection. Proposers must employ registered architects and civil engineers with knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations. The evaluation will be conducted across five criteria, with a total of 100 points: Experience (30 points), Personnel Qualifications (15 points), Personnel Availability (15 points), Project Administrative Management (25 points), and Performance (15 points). Key dates include a pre-solicitation meeting on June 18, 2025, at 2:30 pm, questions due by June 25, 2025, and electronic submissions required by July 11, 2025, at 10:00 am.

The project includes specific Section 3 requirements mandating workforce and contracting goals for low-income residents and businesses. Contractors must ensure 25% of total project hours are worked by Section 3 workers, with 5% performed by Targeted Section 3 workers. Businesses must qualify as Section 3 Business Concerns, with criteria including 51% ownership by low-income individuals or public housing residents, and 75% of work hours performed by Section 3 workers. The facility will be designed to Enhanced Hurricane Protection Area (EHPA) specifications, serving as a potential emergency shelter, and replacing the existing ECAT facility damaged by Hurricane Sally in 2020. While a specific budget range is not explicitly stated, the project is funded through HUD's Rebuild Florida initiative, with comprehensive federal contract provisions applying to the procurement. Contractors must comply with various federal regulations, including E-Verify system registration, domestic procurement preferences, and detailed record-keeping requirements. Non-compliance could result in sanctions, contract termination, or debarment from future HUD-assisted contracts.