The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board of Sarasota County, Florida is accepting statements of qualifications from Architectural/Engineering Consulting Firms under the provisions of the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act, Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. The scope of work may include programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for all architectural, civil, site work, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and structural design work for the common areas and tenant fit out projects on an approximately 40,000 sq. ft., existing, shelled medical office building located at 1950 Arlington Street, Sarasota, FL 34239. Firms interested in being considered as candidates are required to submit five bound statements of qualifications that include at least the following data, to be organized in the following order:

Firms to submit include Architectural/Engineering firms or an association of firms under the direction of the Architect. Services required may include architectural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and structural. Firms are required to submit qualifications that include at least the following data, in the order listed below:

1.             A copy of Florida Professional and Corporate Registration certificates.

2.             Proof of General and Professional Liability Insurability.

3.             Whether the firm or any of the associations are a Minority Business Enterprise

4.             Proposed design team with resumes

5.             Similar successfully completed projects

6.             Proposed schedule for completion of this project

7.             Qualified firms will be notified of the public selection meeting.

Comments:

1.             The Hospital reserves the right to reject any or all submittals and to discontinue the selection process at any time

2.             The Hospital reserves the right to request information or the submittal of documentation in addition to that set forth above.

3.             Questions regarding submissions shall be directed to: Thomas Perigo at (941)917-2048

4.             Submittals must be received by the hospital no later than 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Submit statements to: Thomas Perigo, Director of Architecture and Facility Planning, 1515 S. Osprey Avenue, Building A, Sarasota, FL 34239. Submittals received after this deadline (will be unopened and available for pick up).

5.             Only the person listed as the contact person shall be contacted. No other SMH staff, administrators, or board members shall be contacted. Failure to comply could result in immediate disqualification at the discretion of the Director of Architecture and Construction.

Submissions shall be titled

Architectural and Engineering Services

for

The Medical Arts Medical Office Building

at Sarasota Memorial Hospital