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Pursuant to Florida Statutes 287.055, NOTICE is hereby given that Palm Beach County Water Utilities requires professional consulting services on the following project: All Engineering Services Required for Professional Consulting Services: Surveying and Mapping Services WUD Palm Beach County, Florida. 1) Letter of Interest (20 printed pages maximum) including reference to this Notice. Minimum font of 11 and minimum margins of 0.75 requested along with sufficient spacing within the letter. 2) GSA Form SF 330, to include those personnel within your firm, or sub-consultants who have expertise in the following categories: 5.02 Topography Engineering Surveying 3) A completed Prime Consultant Qualification Questionnaire. 4) A completed Sub-Consultant Qualification Questionnaire (for each consultant). 5) EBO Schedules 1 and 2 6) Commercial Non-Discrimination Certification. 7) Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form In accordance with Palm Beach County Code 2-351 through 2-358, Cone of Silence hereby applies and shall be in effect as of the deadline to submit the proposal, bid, or other response to a competitive solicitation, and is defined as the prohibition on any communication, except for written correspondence, regarding a particular Request for Proposal, Request for Qualification, bid, or any other competitive solicitation between any person or person s representative seeking an award from such competitive solicitation, and/or any County Commissioner or Commissioner s staff, or any employee authorized to act on behalf of the Commission to award a particular contract and shall terminate at the time the Board, or a County Department authorized to act on behalf of the Board, awards or approves a contract, rejects all bids or responses, or otherwise takes action which end the solicitation. Palm Beach County is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide land surveying and mapping services at Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department Water Treatment Facilities, Production and Disposal wells, Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reclaimed Water Treatment Facilities, storage, pumping, transmission and collection facilities and other County and non-County facilities. Only one (1) firm will be selected. The term of the contract is three (3) years. Assignment of tasks to the selected firm will be at the sole discretion of the County. The County may choose to select another firm or use in-house staff to perform any of the above described items in whole or in part. Task assignments will be subject to scope definition and fee negotiation on a task by task basis. No amount of professional services or compensation is guaranteed to the selected firm. Pursuant to the Palm Beach County Code Section 2-80.20 2-80.40 (EBO Ordinance), the County will provide contracting opportunities for S/M/WBEs in the area of professional services pursuant to Section 287.055, Florida Statues, as amended, known as the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA). Responses will be evaluated based on the selection criteria set out in the County s PPM# CW-O-048 and the Affirmative Procurement Initiatives (APIs) determined by the County s Goal Setting Committee. The APIs for this solicitation are: 1. Up to 15 evaluation preference points shall be reserved for all SBE prime respondents or bidders. See EBO Ordinance Section 2-80.27(3)(d)Option 1. In addition, prior to submission of a proposal, any firm or individual, as a prime consultant or as a sub-consultant, desiring to provide surveying and mapping professional services to Palm Beach County must first be CCNA certified with the Roadway Production Division of the Engineering and Public Works Department as qualified pursuant to law, and in accordance with the most recent administrative procedures for awarding of consulting contracts adopted by Palm Beach County. In order to do business with Palm Beach County, vendors are required to create a Vendor Registration Account OR activate an existing Vendor Registration Account through the Purchasing Department s Vendor Self Service (VSS) System, which can be accessed. IF PROPOSER INTENDS TO USE SUBCONSULTANTS, PROPOSER MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT ALL SUBCONSULTANTS ARE REGISTERED AS VENDORS IN VSS. ALL SUBCONSULTANT AGREEMENTS MUST INCLUDE A CONTRACTUAL PROVISION REQUIRING THAT THE SUBCONSULTANT REGISTER IN VSS. COUNTY WILL NOT FINALIZE A CONTRACT AWARD UNTIL THE COUNTY HAS VERIFIED THAT THE PROPOSER AND ALL OF ITS SUBCONSULTANTS ARE REGISTERED IN VSS. This will allow the County to notify you of upcoming solicitations. Proposers shall not add or delete team members, or adjust team participation after the proposal due date. If a S/M/WBE team member withdraws before final selection, the Proposer shall submit a new Subconsultant s Questionnaire Form or new Schedules 1 and 2 and request a substitution from the Palm Beach County s Office of Equal Business Opportunity. In accordance with F.S. 287.133 (2) (a), persons and affiliates who have been placed on the convicted vendor list may not submit bids, contract with or perform work (as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor or consultant) with any public entity (i.e. Palm Beach County) in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars (or such other amount as may be hereafter established by the Florida Division of Purchasing in accordance with F.S. 287.017) for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list. The County, in accordance with the provisions of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the implementing regulations, hereby notifies all respondents 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 proposals in response to this solicitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. After the notification of recommended award has been posted, any unsuccessful proposer may request a debriefing from the Deputy Director, Krystin Berntsen, P.E., PMP, by email to Kberntsen@pbcwater.com. Palm Beach County reserves the right to reject any or all responses; to waive any or all informalities and/or irregularities; to re-advertise with either an identical or revised scope, or to cancel the solicitation in its entirety. Any plans are subject to reuse in accordance with Section 287.055(10), Florida Statutes. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.