Request for Qualifications - Financial Consulting Services

Closed State & local contract opportunity

Solicitation number
2025-064
State
Florida
Responses due

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The City of St. Cloud, Florida is requesting qualifications for financial consulting services on an as-needed basis under RFQ 2025-064, with proposals due April 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and questions due by March 19, 2025.

Proposers must be licensed to do business in Florida and provide a minimum of five references from other local governments for closely related work within the past five years. The scope encompasses professional financial consulting services, including comprehensive rates, fees, and charges studies as well as financial and management evaluations for municipal activities. The City anticipates selecting multiple consultants and will issue individual consulting agreements on a task basis, with each task requiring a detailed scope of work, schedule, and not-to-exceed budget submitted by the consultant within 15 days of request.

The maximum contract value is $150,000 per year with an aggregate cap of $450,000, with an initial three-year term and potential for two additional one-year renewals. Insurance requirements include general liability, automobile liability, and professional liability coverage, with the City of St. Cloud named as additional insured. Work will be authorized by written Notice to Proceed, and compensation is contingent upon appropriated funds and the City's determination of consultant capability.

Evaluation will use a 100-point scoring system across three categories: qualifications (35 points), project understanding and proposed approach (35 points), and experience with similar projects (30 points). The City reserves the right to negotiate fees and will select consultants at its discretion. No pre-response conference is required. The City abides by Florida Statutes provisions on fund appropriations, and any resulting contract is effective only to the extent funds remain available.

Opportunity text
  1. SCOPE OF SERVICES SUMMARY
    The City of St. Cloud is seeking to retain the services of qualified and experienced consultants for Request for Qualifications - Financial Consulting Services on an "as needed" basis, as specified in the Detailed Scope of Services and Requirements Section of this RFQ document. The successful proposer shall prove by their qualifications, experience, and plan for the work, that they will best serve the overall needs of the City. The selection of the successful proposers shall be at the City's discretion and shall be made in a prompt manner after receipt and evaluation of all responses. If you are interested in preparing a response to this RFQ, please complete all the requirements set forth in this RFQ document. Under the proposal process, the stipulations set forth herein are fully binding on the proposer to the extent that you confirm acceptance by your electronic signature on the Respondent's Certification.
  2. PRE-RESPONSE CONFERENCE
    A pre-response conference is not required for this RFQ.
  3. CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
    After selection of Consultants by the City, each Consultant will be required to negotiate and execute a Professional Services Agreement with the City.
  4. MINIMUM BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS
    In order for a Proposal to be considered by the City, Proposers shall demonstrate, in their proposals, compliance with the following minimum requirements:
    • Consultant must demonstrate qualifications and experience in providing professional financial consulting services.
    • Consultant licensed to do business in the State of Florida.
    • Minimum of five (5) references from other local governments for closely related work in the past five (5) years.
  5. FUND AVAILABILITY
    Any Contract resulting from this solicitation is deemed effective only to the extent that funds are available. The City of St. Cloud abides by the provisions set forth in Florida Statutes relative to appropriations of funds. The ability of the successful Proposer to maintain a sense of fiscal responsibility and budgetary awareness shall be favorably considered in the ranking and award of a contract. This disclosure is being made to assist all Proposers in the gauging of their desire to participate in this Proposal and in the planning and preparation of their written response. The City reserves the right to negotiate all Proposer fees, costs, charges, for any proposed services or appurtenant requirement.
  6. PERSONNEL
    The work shall be performed and directed by the key personnel identified in the submittal from the awarded firm or individual in response to this RFQ. The awarded firm or individual shall not subcontract, assign or transfer any work under the agreement without the prior written consent of the City. Subconsultants must be identified in the submittal and shall be subject to the approval of the City. Any changes in the identified personnel shall be subject to the prior review and approval of the City. When directed by the City, subconsultants personnel whose performance or behavior is determined to be unsatisfactory shall be immediately removed. The awarded firm or individual shall provide a sufficient number of qualified personnel as necessary to effectively carry out its responsibilities under the agreement.

Files

File Type Posted
Request_for_Qualifications_-_Financial_Consulting_Services_(Addendum_#3_Revision).pdf PDF
No_Response_Form_(4).doc DOC document
Sample_Agreement.docx DOCX document
C-2_Acord_Certificate_of_Insurance_Sample_.pdf PDF

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