The Florida Department of Transportation announces the following project:

BID/PROPOSAL NUMBER: E-9077

FINANCIAL PROJECT NUMBER: 422514-1-32/52-01

MBE/DBE RESERVATION OR PREFERENCE: The Owner encourages the recruitment and utilization of certified and non-certified minority businesses. The Owner, its contractors, suppliers, and consultants should take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that minority businesses have an opportunity to compete for and perform contract work for the Owner in a nondiscriminatory environment.

BID/PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: June 11, 2008, 2:30 p.m. (local time)

SCOPE OF SERVICES: Roof Replacement at the Lake City Sign Shop, 590 N. W. Lake Jeffery Road, Lake City, Florida 32055.

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 1:00 p.m. (Local Time) at the Lake City Maintenance Office, Conference Room, 710 N. W. Lake Jeffery Road, Lake City, Florida 32055. Owner representatives will be present at the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting to discuss plans, specifications and conditions of the project. Proposal Form (bid packages) will be issued only to attendees of the mandatory pre-bid meeting. All bidders must be present and signed in prior to the start of the mandatory pre-bid meeting. Anyone not signed in at the commencement of the meeting will be considered late and will not be allowed to bid on the project.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Each bidder shall submit a current “Building Contractor License” or “General Contractor License” issued by the State of Florida, and if the bidder is a Florida Corporation, they shall also provide a copy of the Corporate Charter as prequalification of their eligibility with the bid document to: Mike Schafenacker, Contracts Administration Office, Florida Department of Transportation, 605 Suwannee Street, Room B-1 (Basement), Mail Station 55, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0455, (850)414-4000. If the Contractor’s License is not included with the bid, or with the fax order form submitted when requesting the proposal documents, the bid shall be rejected.

PERFORMANCE BOND AND LABOR AND MATERIALS BOND: If the construction contract award amount is $100,000.00 or less, a Performance Bond or a Labor and Material Payment Bond are not required. If the contract sum exceeds $100,000.00 a Performance Bond of one 100% and Labor and Materials Bond of 100% shall be required. If increases are made to the original contract sum, the contractor shall also furnish the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with additional bonding equivalent to the increases Bidders/Proposers shall refer to section A-25 of The Fixed Capital Outlay Specifications for clarification of the Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Bond amount and the provisions surety companies are required to comply with.

REQUESTING BID/PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS: Requests for Plans, Specifications and/or Bid/Proposal Documents should be directed via the Fax Order Form available at: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/cc-admin. CENTRAL OFFICE LETTINGS/LAKE CITY SIGN SHOP ROOFING PROJECT and faxed to the attention of: Mike Schafenacker or Bessie White via the fax number on the Fax Order Form. They may also be reached at phone number (850)414-4000.

OPENING OF THE BID PROPOSALS: June 11, 2008, 2:30 p.m. (Local Time)

POSTING INFORMATION: Unless otherwise notified in writing the notice of intent to award will be posted on the Department website: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/cc-admin/ on June 20, 2008.

The notice of intent to award will also be posted in the office of the Clerk of Agency Proceedings, Florida Department of Transportation, 605 Suwannee Street, MS 58, Room 550, General Counsel’s Office, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0458.

BID SOLICITATION/AWARD/NON-AWARD PROTEST RIGHTS: Any person adversely affected by this Bid Solicitation shall file a notice of protest within 72 hours of receipt of the bid documents. Any person adversely affected by the intended decision of the Department to award a contract or to reject all bids shall file a notice of protest within 72 hours after the posting. If notice of intended decision is given by certified mail or express delivery, the adversely affected person must file the notice of protest within 72 hours after receipt of the notice of intent.

A formal written protest must be filed within 10 days after filing the notice of protest. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. All protests must be submitted in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 28-110, F.A.C. The required notice of protest and formal protest must each be timely filed with the Clerk of Agency Proceedings, Florida Department of Transportation, 605 Suwannee Street, MS 58, Room 550, General Counsel’s Office, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0458.

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

THE DEPARTMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS/PROPOSALS RECEIVED.