Renovation of a fire / police facility in Avon Park, Florida. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a fire / police facility.

In accordance with the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (F.S. 287.055), the City of Avon Park, Florida is seeking Statements of Qualifications from Florida registered firms to design, survey, permit, prepare construction documents, assist with construction bidding, and provide certifications for required clearances for a project that will consist of removal and proper disposal of existing stucco and soffit material on exterior walls and ceilings and repair damaged walls structure and replace with new soffits and stucco compliant with city, state and federal codes. Remove and properly dispose of existing roofing material, repair damaged roof structure and replace with hurricane rated roof of like dimensions compliant with city, state and federal codes as according to ASCE 7. Remove and properly dispose of eight (8) fire truck garage doors and five (5) man doors and replace with new wind rated garage doors and wind rated man doors of like dimensions compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Purchase and install fifteen (15) impact rated motorized roll up hurricane shutters on windows that are of like dimensions compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Remove and properly store exhaust system and hanging items, remove and properly dispose of ceiling drywall and replace with new drywall of like dimensions, and reinstall all exhaust system and hanging items compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Inspect six (6) interior walls for repair; repair six (6) interior walls by covering wall holes and penetrations compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Remove and properly store all items from bay floor surface, clean and prepare bay floor surface, complete all necessary repairs to bay floor surface, properly resurface with slip resistant material, and reinstall items to bay floor surface compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Secure fiber optic line connection between City Hall and Fire Department to establish reliable service during storm conditions and consolidate breaker boxes compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Remove and properly dispose of thirty (30) outdated circuits and replace with new circuits for garage door openers, magnetic securing devices, and hurricane shutters of like dimensions compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Remove and properly dispose of undersized refrigerator and replace with 3 new refrigerators and freezers and complete cabinet work compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Purchase and install new station paging system on roof including wires, high powered base radio station, and external antenna compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Remove and properly dispose of two (2) existing Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and replace with new HVAC systems compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Install block wall with doors in and expand fire detection system to include the new block wall compliant with city, state, and federal codes. Procurement and contracting for all services shall conform to CDBG guidelines as well as the state and federal regulation including 2 CFR, Part 200. All records shall be maintained in accordance with state and federal CDBG requirements. All proposals shall remain valid for a period of ninety days (90) beyond the deadline for submission and may be extended beyond that time by mutual agreement. The Board will automatically reject the response of any person or affiliate who appears on the convicted vendor list prepared by the Department of Management Services, State of Florida, under section 287.133(3)(d), Florida Statutes. the City of Avon Park declares that all or portions of the documents and work papers and other forms of deliverables pursuant to this request shall be subject to reuse by the City. An award, if made, will be made to the Respondent(s) deemed to receive the highest ranking based on the evaluation criteria included in Section 2.0 of this Request for Proposals. Each proposal will be reviewed to determine if the proposal is responsive to the RFQ. Proposals deemed to be non-responsive will be rejected without being evaluated. A responsive proposal is one which has been signed and submitted by the specified Proposal deadline, and has provided the information required to be submitted with the Proposal. While poor formatting, poor documentation and/or incomplete or unclear information may not be cause to reject a proposal without evaluation, such substandard submissions may adversely impact the evaluation of a Proposal. Respondents who fail to comply with the required and/or desired elements of this RFQ do so at their own risk. All questions shall be directed to Andy Mogle in writing and will be accepted as addenda until Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. in order to provide sufficient time for the city to respond appropriately. The failure of a Proposer to submit acknowledgement of any addendum that affects the proposal price(s) may be considered an irregularity and may be cause for rejection of the proposal. The Evaluation Committee shall review all proposals for compliance with the specifications and select a vendor(s) for recommendation. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive informalities in any or all proposals, to re-advertise for proposals, and to separately accept or reject any item or items and to award and/or negotiate a contract in the best interest of the City of Avon Park. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.