CEI Services for Phillippi Creek Dredging Ph 2

Sarasota County, Florida is issuing a Request for Professional Services (RPS) solicitation for Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) services related to the Phillippi Creek Dredging Project, Phase 2, with proposals due March 25, 2026. The procurement seeks a qualified consultant to provide comprehensive oversight of dredging operations, verification of staging site setup, inspection of disposal sites, material sampling and testing, contract administration, bathymetric surveys, daily reporting, drone aerial photography services, and permit closeout support. Proposers must be registered with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation to provide engineering services in Florida and include at least one registered Professional Engineer licensed by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Key qualifications include experience in grant compliance, permit closeout, and creek dredging operations, along with current certifications from the Florida Department of Transportation Construction Training Qualification Program and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Stormwater, Erosion, and Sedimentation Control Training and Certification Program. Evaluation and selection will involve short-listed proposers attending presentations and/or interviews, with the county planning to conduct discussions with and require public presentations from no fewer than the three highest-scoring proposers before making a final award recommendation. The project is funded entirely or in part by U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds, requiring the CEI firm to ensure contractor compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act and all applicable federal grant requirements.

The selected consultant must maintain professional liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per claim and in the aggregate, commercial general liability coverage of $1,000,000 each occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, workers' compensation insurance, and business automobile liability coverage of $1,000,000 combined single limit, with all certifications maintained throughout the contract term. Contractors must comply with extensive federal and state requirements including equal employment opportunity, debarment and suspension screening, anti-lobbying certification, domestic preference provisions, small business utilization expectations, lead-based paint procedures, Section 3 employment preferences for low-income residents, five-year records retention, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, and clean air and water standards. Additional Florida state requirements include attestations regarding foreign country of concern ownership, human trafficking, and scrutinized companies engaged in boycotts or sanctioned activities. The contract may be terminated by the County with 30 days' written notice for convenience or for cause following written notice and cure opportunity, with disputes governed by Florida law and exclusive jurisdiction in Sarasota County courts. Project closeout documents must be submitted electronically within 15 calendar days of final acceptance of the construction contract. No specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in the available solicitation documents.