Notice of Request for Proposals

Peter R. Brown Construction, Inc. (CGC-061419), the Construction Manager for the FDOH Orange County Health Department, 3rd Floor Renovation hereby solicits sealed proposals for the referenced project in accordance with the proposal documents to include but not limited to the following:

The Scope of Work for this project includes but is not limited to the following:

This project consists of an existing 9,467 sq. ft. office space located within the existing Orange County Health Department Downtown Office Building. New partition walls, flooring finishes and acoustical ceiling system are to be installed to accommodate the new layout which will be utilized as a Public Health Clinic. The Health Clinic includes nine exam rooms, thirty offices, a specimen lab, nurse work area, public waiting area, check-in and check-out areas, two new restrooms and storage areas.

This renovation includes the addition of eighteen new plumbing fixtures including a mop sink in a new Janitor Room. The existing air distribution system and thermostats will be adjusted to accommodate the new floor layout, new HVAC equipment is not required. Existing fire sprinkler heads will be adjusted to accommodate the new floor layout as well.

The electrical portion of this project consists of new lighting fixtures, receptacles, fire alarm devices, panel boxes and rough-ins for telecommunications & security devices. New panels for the 3rd floor connected to the existing fusible BUS plug, re-feed existing 4th floor panels from the new 3rd floor panels and connect 3rd floor panels to existing emergency panel located in basement.

A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. (Local Time); Tuesday September 23, 2008 at the following location:

Orange County Health Department

Downtown Center

832 West Central Blvd. – Building – 3rd Floor

Orlando, FL 32805

Deadline for receipt of All Proposal Packages has been set for 2:00 p.m., October 9, 2008. Only proposals received on or before the time and date listed will be considered. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m., of the day specified above, will be returned unopened.

All interested subcontractors must be pre-qualified or have completed the pre-qualification process within the last year. Subcontractors must submit pre-qualification prior to September 23, 2008 in order to be considered for this project. Please contact the following person to obtain information or documents about the pre-qualification requirements for this project:

Jenny Sanchez, Estimator

Phone: (727)535-6407 – Fax: (727)539-8485

Florida Department of Health and Peter R. Brown Construction, Inc. are committed to provide equal opportunity and strongly encourage all interested M/WBE and SBE firms to submit proposals.

One set of plans and specifications will be supplied to all pre-qualified trade contractors at no cost. Drawings will be available September 12, 2008. Trade contractors are responsible for the cost of shipping. Additional sets may be purchased directly from the copy center. Copy center information will be distributed with the Proposal Packages.

Florida Department of Health and Peter R. Brown Construction, Inc. reserve the right to accept or reject any and all proposals in whole or part and to waive informalities and irregularities.

No verbal instruction or directives will be accepted regarding this project during the proposal period. All instructions or directives must be clarified through written Addenda or Supplements. All questions regarding the work should be directed to: Construction Manager, in writing by September 30, 2008. The Owner and Architect will not accept calls regarding this project.