Moving Services

The State of Florida, Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for professional moving services, specifically to relocate staff assets from 700 Central Avenue, Suite 600 in St. Petersburg to two separate locations in Tampa, Florida. The procurement seeks a contractor to manage a comprehensive office relocation project involving planning, packing, disassembly, transportation, delivery, reassembly, and post-move clean-up across a total of approximately 26,298 square feet of office space. Bidders must demonstrate significant experience by providing documentation of at least three large-scale commercial or government office relocations involving a minimum of thirty employees and office spaces of at least 10,000 square feet. Key procurement dates include a mandatory site visit on September 11, 2025, bid submissions due on September 26, 2025, at 2:00 PM, and an anticipated contract award date of September 30, 2025. The contract will commence on October 3, 2025, or upon purchase order issuance, and terminate no later than November 30, 2025. Evaluation criteria will focus on the lowest responsive and responsible bid, with bidders required to submit a fixed-price, all-inclusive proposal and provide a Certificate of Liability Insurance.

The solicitation does not explicitly indicate specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. Bidders must be licensed and insured movers, registered with the E-Verify system for all newly hired employees, and complete mandatory forms including a Vendor Certification Form and an Attestation of No Coercion. The OAG reserves the right to make a single award or multiple awards based on what is deemed most advantageous to the state. The contract's performance and the state's payment obligations are contingent upon annual legislative appropriation. While no specific budget range is detailed in the documents, the scope involves relocating ten file cabinets, one modular desk, one office chair, and most shelving units across multiple locations. The moving company will be responsible for providing boxes and crates, with employees packing their own offices and cubicles using provided materials. Electronic equipment will not be part of the moving company's responsibility, as specified in the Scope of Work.