ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

PROPOSALS ARE REQUESTED FROM QUALIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTORS BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS OWNER, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF:

PROJECT NO: DOH 70717100

PROJECT NAME: NORTHSIDE CLINIC RECONFIGURATION

LOCATION: Escambia County Health Department, 8390 N. Palafox Street, Pensacola, FL 32533

FOR: State of Florida, Department of Health

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.

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.

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

DATE AND TIME: September 4, 2008, Until 2:00 p.m. (Local Time)

PLACE: Escambia County Health Department, 1295 West Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, FL 32501

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:

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER: Bay Design Associates Architects, P.L. 720 Bayfront Parkway Suite 200, Pensacola, FL 32502 (Attn.: Mr. Walter J. Smith), (850)432-0706, extension 101.

CONTRACT AWARD: The Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation will be posted at 2:30 p.m. (Local Time), September 4, 2008, at the location where the bids were opened. In the event that the Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation cannot be posted in this manner, then all bidders will be notified by certified United States Mail, return receipt requested. If no protest is filed per Section B‑21 of the Instructions To Bidders, “Bid Protests, Points of Entry”, the contract will be awarded to the qualified, responsive low bidder in accordance with Chapter 60D‑5, F.A.C., by the Owner.

The qualified, responsive low bidder will be required to be registered with MyFloridaMarketPlace before a contract can be executed. However, they will be exempt from the one percent fee.