City of Jacksonville Resilient Florida Adaptation Plan

The City of Jacksonville, Florida's Planning Department Office of Resilience has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a qualified consultant to develop a comprehensive Adaptation Plan aligned with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Adaptation Planning Guidebook. The procurement aims to prioritize adaptation needs and strategies to address climate-related resilience challenges, with the ultimate goal of prioritizing Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects to maximize city resilience. Key deliverables include a project management plan, three steering committee meetings, a draft adaptation plan with decision-making tools and prioritized strategies, a community engagement public meeting, and a final adaptation plan with prioritized CIP projects, with final completion targeted for September 30, 2026, and a final presentation by March 31, 2027. Contractors must meet three mandatory minimum qualifications: demonstrated experience planning at least three Capital Improvement Projects related to climate resilience including flooding abatement, experience working on at least one Resilient Florida grant-funded project, and demonstrated experience hosting and facilitating a public meeting with at least 50 participants. The RFP evaluation will be conducted on ten criteria totaling 100 points, including knowledge of FDEP Adaptation Planning (15 points), familiarity with Jacksonville's Resilient Jacksonville Strategy (5 points), adaptation plan development experience (15 points), CIP project planning experience (10 points), ability to prioritize projects (20 points), community engagement experience (5 points), professional graphics design capability (5 points), current workload capacity (5 points), ability to develop decision-making tools (10 points), and cost (10 points). The RFP solicitation opened on February 4, 2026, with a response deadline of February 24, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and the question cutoff date was January 29, 2026. Proposals are limited to 30 single-sided pages, 1.5-spaced, 8" by 11" with 11-point Arial font, excluding appendices and required forms, with the contract awarded to the highest-ranked responsive and responsible bidder.

The RFP documentation does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond, nor does it identify any disadvantaged enterprise requirements or incumbent vendors. The initial contract term is two years with two optional one-year renewal periods, subject to mutual agreement between the supplier and the City. The RFP documentation does not provide an explicit budget range or award value; however, pricing will be evaluated as one of ten criteria worth 10 points, with the lowest bidder receiving maximum points and others receiving proportional points based on cost comparison. All pricing must remain firm for the first contract year, with any escalation requests thereafter limited to documented Consumer Price Index changes or industry-wide increases subject to City approval. The City is exempt from state and federal sales taxes, and all proposals must be submitted in accordance with the specified formatting requirements and evaluation methodology outlined in the RFP.