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Award of Term Contract to Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc., for Engineering Services of Capacity Expansion and Design of Emergency Operations Structure Project for Ridge Manor Wastewater Reclamation Facility for Utilities Department (Contract No. 22-RG0128/AP; Amount: $3,250,787.00)
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Procurement Department issued Request for Qualification (RFQ) No. 22-RG0128/AP on May 31, 2023, at the request of the Hernando County Utilities Department, to obtain bids for Engineering Services for the Capacity Expansion of the Ridge Manor Wastewater Reclamation Facility including Design and Addition of an Emergency Operations Structure to increase the annual average daily flow from 0.75 to 2.0 million-gallons-per day (MGD).
The Procurement Department staff placed the legal advertisement in the Hernando Sun and posted on the OpenGov website on May 31, 2023. The bid was sent to two thousand and six hundred twenty-two (2,622) matching vendor/contractors from the website. The bid document was downloaded by forty-two (42) vendor/contractors and two (2) bid submissions were received from the following firms:
* Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.
* McKim & Creed, Inc.
Proposals were reviewed and evaluated by the Procurement Department to determine if they were responsive and responsible. Since only two proposals were received, Procurement placed all firms pre-qualified under Contract 18-R00020 Continuing Engineering Services into the pool for discussion and negotiations as necessary and depending on the outcome of discussion and negotiations with the responding firms. Proposals were then reviewed and evaluated by the PSC for award recommendation based on the Bidder's ability to perform the contract in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications required.
The Procurement Selection Committee (PSC) comprised of Ron Patel P.E., Utilities Engineering Division Manager; Brad Smith, Senior Project Manager; Scott Harper, Solid Waste Servic...
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