Engineering & Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Services for Hudson Bayou Dredging

Sarasota County, Florida is issuing a Request for Professional Services (RPS) solicitation numbered 262837AMS for Engineering and Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Services for the Hudson Bayou Dredging Project, with proposals due by March 27, 2026. The County seeks qualified professional engineering firms to provide comprehensive services including design, permitting, bid phase support, post-design construction services, and full construction engineering and inspection for a dredging project extending from downstream of US 41 to the bayou mouth, including two northern channels. The project aims to restore hydraulic capacity, improve flood resiliency, and address sedimentation impacts within Hudson Bayou, with particular attention to identification and management of contaminated or polluted sediments. Required deliverables and services encompass environmental assessment, bathymetric and hydrographic surveying, sediment characterization, hydraulic and hydrologic analyses, dredging design, permitting support, and construction administration. Minimum qualifications require that proposing firms be registered with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation and employ at least one registered Professional Engineer licensed in Florida, with preferred qualifications including a Lead Engineer holding PE licensure with experience in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling for coastal waterway systems and team experience with dredging design, permitting, sediment management, and embankment construction. The Professional Services Review Committee will evaluate written proposals and conduct discussions with at least the three highest-scoring proposers before ranking candidates for award recommendation. Short-listed proposers are required to attend presentations or interviews either in Sarasota, Florida, or virtually, with all meetings and the anticipated schedule posted in OpenGov Procurement.

The contract will be awarded as a CCNA Specific Project Agreement running for the duration of the project, with no specific set-asides indicated for disadvantaged enterprises in the available documentation, though the County encourages participation from small business, minority business, women's business enterprise, veteran-owned business, and labor surplus area firms. Proposers must comply with grant-funded terms and conditions, including Davis-Bacon and Related Acts labor standards administration, HUD labor standards requirements, and federal grant compliance standards applicable to Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding. Insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability coverage of $500,000 per occurrence with $1,000,000 aggregate, Professional Liability coverage of $1,000,000 per claim, Workers' Compensation insurance in accordance with Florida Statutes Chapter 440, and Marine Liability (Protection & Indemnity) coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence if vessels are used, with Sarasota County named as an additional insured on applicable policies. The project is funded in whole or in part by a combination of City of Sarasota surtax and HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds; no specific budget or award value range is disclosed in the available solicitation documents. Within 30 days of the Notice of Recommended Award, the selected consultant must submit a detailed Scope of Services for County approval and contract inclusion.