Progressive Design-Build Services for the New World Substation

Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) is soliciting qualifications from design-build teams for a new 230/26kV substation at the southwest corner of Normandy Boulevard and New World Road in Jacksonville, Florida, with a mandatory pre-response meeting on November 13, 2026 and responses due December 8, 2026. The procurement is qualifications-based under Florida's Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA). JSEB participation is an optional scoring factor, not a set-aside.

Respondents must have successfully completed three similar substation engineering, procurement, and construction projects within the past ten years at voltages of 115kV or above. The design-build team performs all engineering, permitting, design, structure and material procurement, and construction services. Place of performance is Jacksonville, Florida 32221, in Duval County.

Selection criteria are professional staff experience (15 points maximum), similar project experience (30 points maximum), project schedule (20 points maximum), design approach (15 points maximum), construction approach and resource availability (15 points maximum), and optional JSEB participation (5 points maximum). Pricing is excluded from the initial evaluation. JEA will negotiate contract terms and pricing with the highest-ranked qualified respondent.

JEA intends to award one contract but reserves the right to award multiple contracts or exclude certain work items if in its best interest. The indicated in-service date is December 22, 2028, and the contract includes liquidated damages tied to completion deadlines. The contract will be presented within 30 days of award and must be executed within 10 days of receipt. Funding may include federal assistance; if federal funds are used, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, Equal Employment Opportunity provisions, and other federal contract clauses apply.

Timeline: the mandatory pre-response meeting is November 13, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST via Microsoft Teams. The optional site visit is November 17, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EST at 6011 POW MIA Memorial Parkway. Responses are due December 8, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EST and must be submitted electronically through JEA's Zycus Supplier Network portal.