Renovation of a laboratory facility in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Completed plans call for the renovation of a laboratory facility.

SCOPE OF WORK: Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, supervision and permitting to remove the existing air handlers & cooling towers and replace them with new air handlers & condensing units per the contract documents. Bidder Prequalification is required for all bids. Each bidder shall provide a copy of its biennial pre-qualification letter from FDEP's Bureau of Design and Construction. If not pre qualified, the bidder must submit a current State Contractor license certification or registration and current Corporate Charter registration with the bid. Pursuant to Executive Order 07-126 and Section 255.252(3), F.S. the Department requires the proposed project be designed and constructed in accordance with green building standards where applicable. PARK LOCATION: Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, 505 Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra Beach FL 32082. Park Manager: Lia Sansom, Telephone Number: (904) 823-4502, Email: Lia.Sansom@FloridaDEP.gov. The Department of Environmental Protection supports diversity in its Procurement Program and requests that all sub-contracting opportunities afforded by this bid embrace diversity enthusiastically. The award of sub-contracts should reflect the full diversity of the citizens of the State of Florida. The Department will be glad to furnish a list of Minority Owned Firms that could be offered sub-contracting opportunities. Notice of Intent to Protest the Bid Specifications must be filed with (received by) the Agency Clerk, Lea Crandall, Department of Environmental Protection, Office of General Counsel, MS 35, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee FL 32399-3000, (850) 245-2242, FAX (850) 245-2303, Lea.Crandall@dep.state.fl.us during the 72-hour period after Bid Specifications are posted. Failure to file a Notice of Intent to Protest or a formal, written Protest in accordance with Rule 28-110, F.A.C., within ten days after the 72- hour period ends, as prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of your right to an administrative hearing on the Bid Specifications under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. Rules for bid protests can be found in sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S., and Chapter 28-110, Florida Administrative Code. A bid protester shall comply with these statutes and rules. The Work to be performed under the Agreement shall commence within the time set in the Notice to Proceed and shall reach Substantial Completion within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date set in the Notice to Proceed, and shall reach Final Completion within thirty (30) days after the date of Substantial Completion. If the Contractor fails to complete the Work within the time set for Substantial Completion, the Contractor shall pay the Department as liquidated damages for such delay, and not as a penalty, $200.00 for each and every day elapsing between the date set for Substantial Completion and the date such Substantial Completion was fully accomplished.