INVITATION TO BID

Proposals are requested from qualified General Contractors by the Florida Department of Children and Families, hereinafter referred to as Owner, for the construction of:

PROJECT NUMBER: DCF 07240270 & 07246500

PROJECT:      ELEVATOR ADDITION & RENOVATIONS

                        DCF SERVICE CENTER BUILDINGS

                        QUINCY AND MARIANNA, FLORIDA

PREQUALIFICATION: The Owner accepts bids from those firms which demonstrate current relevant licensure with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Registration by submittal of a copy of that license or certificate with their bid and compliance with the pre-qualification requirements as stated hereinbefore and in the project specifications.

The work includes interior renovations and an elevator addition to the Marianna Service Center. The project shall be the construction of a 2-stop elevator, concrete block elevator shaft & machine room. Elevator shaft and machine room roof shall be structural metal steel studs and structural metal deck with 3'' rigid insulation board with prefinished standing seam metal roof. Interior renovations include installing handicapped door openers, installing interior steel stud and sheetrock partitions with new steel door frames and solid core wood doors.

Additive Alternate One includes interior renovations and an elevator addition at the Quincy Service Center. The alternate shall be the construction of a 2-stop elevator, concrete block elevator shaft & machine room. Elevator shaft and machine room roof shall be structural steel studs and structural metal deck with 3'' rigid insulation board with prefinished standing seam metal roof. Interior renovations include installing handicapped door openers and modifications to an existing aluminum storefront and glazing.

Additive Alternate Two includes asphalt resurfacing and stripping at the Marianna Service Center.

PERFORMANCE BOND AND LABOR AND MATERIAL BOND: If the construction award is $100,000.00 or more, a Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond are required.

BID DATE AND TIME: Sealed bids will be received at the architect’s office on March 8, 2007 until 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

PRE-BID INSPECTION: Pre-bid inspection of the on-site conditions shall be by appointment only. Bidders must contact Elaine Bowden at (850)487-1086, extension 4, with the Department of Children and Families to arrange a site visit.

PROPOSAL: Bids must be submitted in full accordance with the requirements of the drawings, specifications, bidding conditions and contractual conditions, which may be examined and obtained for a $75.00 refundable deposit from the architect:

                HICKS NATION ARCHITECTS, INC.

                1382 TIMBERLANE ROAD, SUITE C

                TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32312

                TELEPHONE: (850)893-1130

CONTRACT AWARD: The bid tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation will be posted at 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), on March 12, 2006, at the architect’s office. In the event that the bid tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation cannot be posted in this manner, then all bidders will be otherwise notified. Any protests of the bid must be made within 72 hours of posting of the results. “Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.53(5), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.” If no protest is filed per Section B-21 of the Instructions to Bidders, “notice and Protest Procedures: the contract will be awarded to the qualified, responsive low bidder in accordance with Chapter 60D-5, F.A.C., by the Owner.