This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Lake City, Florida. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Consultant to select a Railroad Operator and Negotiate an Agreement with the selected rail operator on behalf of Columbia County Board of County Commissioners for the North Florida Mega Industrial Park based upon the Tasks below. Questions regarding this solicitation must be received via email to bccpurchasing@columbiacountyfla.com no later than August 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM. Responses to those questions considered material to the solicitation shall be distributed via formal addenda. Columbia County welcomes your response to this bid. Proposals should be prepared in accordance with the bid instructions and will be evaluated by Columbia County as stated in the evaluation section of this document. Columbia County reserves the right to waive any formalities, to reject any or all proposals or to re-advertise for proposals for these services. Columbia County may withdraw all or part of this bid at any time to protect the interests of the County. All Proposers are asked to be thorough yet concise in their response. Failure to provide the response in the manner prescribed herein may be grounds for disqualification. Describe your understanding of the scope and your organizations intended approach to this specific project. It is anticipated that the primary Respondent indicated in the response to this RFP shall be the primary person providing services to the County, notwithstanding said entity may use staff to prepare work product required to fulfill the contractual obligations to the County. Respondent shall include a list of the proposed staff positions and employees that will provide the work required if awarded this contract, along with the qualifications and of such staff members. In addition, the Respondent shall indicate whether any subcontractors will be used and identify such subcontractors. Each Respondent shall provide at least three (3) public sector references for the same or similar services during the past three (3) years. If no public sector references are available, non-public sector references may be provided. Each reference shall include, at a minimum: Name and address and contact persons at these public sectors. The County reserves the right to reject any and all responses and to waive technical errors and irregularities as may be deemed best for the interests of the County. Responses which contain modifications or are incomplete, unbalanced, conditional, obscure, or which contain additions not requested or irregularities of any kind, or which do not comply in every respect with the instruction to Respondents, and the contract documents, may be rejected at the option of the County. Final selection of the successful respondent(s) shall be made by the County at a noticed public meeting. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.