SECTION A

PROPOSALS ARE REQUESTED FROM QUALIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTORS BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF:

PROJECT NO: EK-02-(WT)

PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION: Water System Improvements – Apalachee Correctional Institution

FOR: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

PERFORMANCE BOND AND LABOR AND MATERIAL PAYMENT BOND: If the construction contract award amount is $100,000.00 or less, a Performance Bond and a Labor And Material Payment Bond are not required.

PUBLIC ENTITY CRIME INFORMATION STATEMENT: A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, F.S., for Category Two for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.

PREQUALIFICATION: Each bidder whose field is governed by Chapters 399, 489 and 633, Florida Statutes, for licensure or certification must submit prequalification data of their eligibility to submit proposals five (5) calendar days prior to the bid opening date if not previously qualified by the Department for the current biennium (July 1 through June 30) of odd numbered years, or if you are not sure, please call Ms. Sandra Rogers at (850)922-8855, for Prequalification Requirements. You must be prequalified five (5) working days prior to bid opening; otherwise you will be ineligible to bid. After the bid opening the low bidder must qualify in accordance with Rule 60D-5.004, F.A.C. A copy of the rule requirements is included in the Instruction To Bidders under Article B-2 “Bidder Qualification Requirements and Procedures”.

Sealed bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud on:

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, July 8, 2008, 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)

PLACE: Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., Woodcrest Office Park, 325 John Knox Road, EX 200, Tallahassee, FL 32303

PROPOSAL: Bids must be submitted in full in accordance with the requirements of the Drawings, Specifications, Bidding Conditions and Contractual Conditions, which may be examined and obtained from the:

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER: Baskerville-Donovan, Inc. Tallahassee Office, 325 John Knox Road, EX 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32303

TELEPHONE: (850)656-1212

CONTACT PERSON: Kenneth Hatcher, P.E.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 10:00 a.m. Local Time (Central Daylight Time) at the Correctional Institution’s Administrations conference room.

Drawings and specifications may be purchased for $100.00 per set from the Architect/Engineer, Baskerville-Donovan, Inc.’s Tallahassee Office, 325 John Knox Road, EX 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32303, (850)656-1212. Partial sets may not be purchased.

CONTRACT AWARD: Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation will be sent to all bidders by Facsimile, (FAX), Return Receipt Required. If no protest is filed per Article B-20 of the Instructions to Bidders, “Bid Protests, Points of Entry”, the contract will be awarded by the Secretary, Department of Corrections. Right is reserved to reject any or all bids.