FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

PROJECT NUMBER:           DOH 70053350

PROJECT NAME:                Polk County Health Department, Lake Wales

PROJECT LOCATION:       Lake Wales, Florida

The State of Florida, Department of Health, Division of Administration, Bureau of General Services, Office of Design and Construction requests qualifications from construction management firms to provide construction management services for this project. The estimated construction budget for this project is $5,000,000.00. Applicant must be a licensed general contractor in the State of Florida at the time of application. Further, if a corporation, the applicant must be registered by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, to operate in the State of Florida at the time of application.

The selection will be made in accordance with Section 255.29(3), F.S. and the procedures and criteria of Building Construction.

INSTRUCTIONS

Firms interested in being considered for this project must submit Four (4) copies of their application with a table of contents and tabbed sections in the following order:

1.     Letter of interest detailing the firm’s qualification to meet the above referenced selection criteria.

2.     A current Experience Questionnaire and Contractor’s Financial Statement, Form DBC5085. Mandatory use of Department of Health financial form is required. A current electronic form can be obtained by calling (850)245-4066.

3.     Resumes of proposed staff and staff organizations.

4.     Any examples of project reporting manuals, schedules, past experience and examples of similar projects completed by the firm.

5.     References from prior clients received within the last five years.

Response Due Date:            Thursday, December 7, 2006

                                                by 4:00 p.m.

Applications are to be sent to: Margaret Nicolosi, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin B06, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1734, (850)245-4444, ext. 3164. All proposal information submitted becomes the property of the Department of Health, will be placed on file, and not returned. Applications which do not comply with the instructions set forth above and/or do not include the qualification data required will be considered improper and disqualified. Proposals submitted by qualified firms shall be evaluated in accordance with Chapter 60D-2, Florida Administrative Code, and Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. The Department of Health shall shortlist a minimum of three (3) firms.

Phases to be implemented are dependent on the availability of funding subject to actions of the Florida Legislative process and at sole discretion of the Department of Health.