Site work and new construction of an educational facility in Port Charlotte, Florida. Completed plans call for the construction of a educational facility; and educational facility.

As of April 18, 2024, bidding is underway. Bidding is currently open for GC’s. Construction start (Mobilization) sometime in June/July 2024. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: SOLICITATION TITLE: ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR CTC AVIATION TECH FACILITY This request intends to engage a single firm to provide architectural and engineering design, permitting, bidding, construction, and closeout services for a new educational facility to accommodate the relocation and expansion of the existing Charlotte County Public Schools, Charlotte Technical College, FAA- certified Aviation Maintenance Technician School. The general program components include multiple classrooms, work/conference room, breakroom, administrative offices and aircraft maintenance and repair hangar. Additional required components may be identified during the program process and incorporated within the facility design. The academic program will accommodate 150 adult student capacity with classroom instruction and hands-on mechanical training within the hangar facility. Site improvements include 100-spot parking lot, vehicular drive access from the PGD Air Center and required stormwater management. Planning for relocation and adaptation of existing instructional equipment and aircraft components from the existing facility to the new facility is included in the project scope. The complete examination and understanding of the solicitation documents, and all addenda or other revisions, and site of the proposed work is necessary to properly submit a proposal. Solicitation documents are available for examination and/or download online at Demand Star s website (demandstar.com) beginning October 10, 2022. Demand Star s support contact e-mail is demandstar@onvia.com. Although this service is not a mandatory requirement in bidding with CCAA, it is the only way to be notified automatically of solicitations and all addenda or other revisions issued during the solicitation process. Solicitation documents are also available for examination in the CCAA Administration Office at the Punta Gorda Airport, beginning October 10, 2022. Please contact Cory Elijah, Project Coordinator (941) 639-1101 ext. 141 to coordinate. The Charlotte County Airport Authority reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in or reject any or all proposals and to award or refrain from awarding the contract for the work. Affirmative Action Requirements A2 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REQUIREMENT A2.1 SOURCE 41 CFR part 60-4 Executive Order 11246 A 2.2 APPLICABILITY Minority Participation. Sponsors are required to set goals for minority participation in AIP funded projects exceeding $10,000. The goals for minority participation derive from Economic Area (EA) and Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) as established in Volume 45 of the Federal Register dated 10/3/80. Page 65984 contains a table of all EAs and SMSAs and the associated minority participation goals. To find the goals for minority participation, a sponsor must either refer to the Federal Register Notice or to the Department of Labor online document, Participation Goals for Minorities and Females . EAs and SMSAs span state boundaries. A sponsor may have to refer to entries for adjacent states in order to locate the goal for the project location. Female Participation. Executive Order 11246 has set a goal of 6.9% nationally for female participation for all construction projects. This value remains constant for all counties and states. Civil Rights Notice Solicitation Title VI Solicitation Notice: The (Charlotte County Airport Authority), in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders or offerors that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, [disadvantaged business enterprises] will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time