SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA

The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board of Sarasota County, Florida is accepting statements of qualifications from General Contracting Firms under the provisions of the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act, Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. The scope of work may include pre-construction phase services such as cost estimating, value engineering, critical path method scheduling, constructability reviews and cost control, in addition to construction services 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:

1.     A copy of Florida professional and corporate registration certificates.

2.     Completed AIA Document A305 Contractor’s Qualification Statement latest edition.

3.     Proof of general and professional liability insurance coverage.

4.     A separate statement as to whether the firm is a certified small/or Minority Business Enterprise as defined by the Florida Small Business Assistance Act of 1985.

5.     A list of at least five client references consisting of name, title, address, telephone number and project name(s) for each project.

6.     Resumes of key personnel that would be used on the projects at Sarasota Memorial and their past experience in projects of similar size and scope.

7.     Location of firm’s main office.

8.     A proposed schedule of completion for this project.

All interested firms are further informed as follows:

1.     The hospital reserves the right to reject any or all submittals.

2.     The basis for selecting candidates includes, but is not limited to, consideration of related project experience, qualifications of proposed team. The hospital reserves the right to request additional information beyond the data set forth above.

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

Submissions shall be titled

“GENERAL CONTRACTING WORK

for

The Medical Arts Medical Office Building

at Sarasota Memorial Hospital

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 at 1515 S. Osprey Avenue, Building A, Sarasota, FL 34239. Submittals received after this deadline will unopened and available for pick up.

5.     Interested persons should contact: Tom Perigo at (941)917-2048 with any questions.

6.     No attempts shall be made to contact Administrators, Board Members or any SMH staff other than the contact name(s) listed under the potential penalty of disqualification from the process.