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Award of Contract and Professional Services Agreement With KMF Architects, LLC, for Architectural and Engineering Services for County Fire Station Prototypes (Contract No. 25-RFQ01153; Amount: $296,902.60)
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Procurement Department issued Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 25-RFQ01153 on October 8, 2025, at the request of Hernando County Fire Rescue (HCFR) for Architectural and Engineering Services for Fire Station Prototype Designs.
The Procurement Department placed the legal advertisement in the Hernando Sun on October 17, 2025, and the OpenGov website on October 8, 2025. The solicitation was sent to three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight (3,898) matching vendor/contractors from the website. The solicitation document was downloaded by ninety-six (96) vendor/contractors and thirteen (13) submissions were received.
The Procurement Department reviewed and evaluated submissions to determine if submissions were responsive and responsible. The Procurement Selection Committee (PSC) met on December 10, 2025, to evaluate the proposals. The committee included Erik van de Boogaard, Hernando County Construction Coordinator, Fire Chief Kristian Sloane, Louise Galajda, Chief Financial Officer, and Keith Jeppeson, Sr. Project Manager. The PSC consensus scoring evaluation resulted in the following scores:
Firm Total Score (Max Score: 100)
1. KMF Architects LLC 89.5
2. Fleischman And Garcia Architecture & Planners, AIA, PA 88
3. Wilder Architecture 86
4. Long & Associates Architects/Engineers, Inc. 82.5
5. The Lunz Group 82.25
6. Sweet Sparkman Architects, Inc. 82
7. Open Workshop for Architecture LLC 81
8. Monarch Design Group LLC 80.75
9. H2M Architects & Engineers, Inc. 79.75
10. Grace Design Studios, LLC 76.25
11. P.L.U.S. LLC 74.5
12. Rispoli & Associates Architecture Inc. 72.25
13. Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) 67.75
The PSC requested to proceed with oral presenta...
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