Site work and new construction of a transportation facility in Miami, Florida. Completed plans call for the construction of a 218,600-square-foot transportation facility; and for site work for a transportation facility.

As of May 9, 2024, construction is underway. All trades have been awarded. This contract also has a 0.25% Small Business Enterprise Goods and Service goal (SBE-G/S). SCOPE OF WORK: Miami-Dade County (County) Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) has identified the need to construct a new electric bus maintenance & operations facility with approximately 218,600 square feet to maintain, energize, and operate a new fleet of 100 articulated (60-ft) battery-electric-buses (BEB). The facility will include all the functional requirements and characteristics to maintain and operate this fleet from location on a 19.99-acre site. Miami-Dade County current facilities do not have the capacity nor the infrastructure to maintain, energize, and/or operate electric buses, thus the proposed site is to include the standard space requirements that would be needed to accommodate the required equipment, furnishing and infrastructure to operate and maintain this new fleet. The proposed South Dade Transit Operations Center (SD TOC) is anticipated to serve an integral component for bus operations in the South Dade region of the County and will provide the following functional spaces: Bus Maintenance Bus Operations & Administration Parts Storage Body Repair & Paint Service & Wash Lanes Security/Vault Pull Facilities & Systems Maintenance Shared Space Pedestrian Bridge connecting employee parking and operations building. Two level parking garage (first level covered parking and charging stations for 100 articulated (60ft) battery electric buses. Second level approximately 252 Employee / Visitor Parking Gate Arm Maintenance Building FPL Vault. The project will be located in Miami-Dade County, State of Florida at Property North of Biscayne Dr., West of SW 127th Avenue and East of SW 129th Court. A SBE Construction goal of 20% has been stablished for this contract, and a SBE G&S of .025% goal has also been stablished along with a Small Business Development Division (SBD) has established a Community Workforce Program goal of 10.00% to the overall project. Written communications are to be submitted via e-mail to Katherine.Fernandez@MiamiDade.gov with a copy to the Clerk of the Board at Clerk.Board@miamidade.gov. The County shall respond in writing and file a copy with the Clerk of the Board, which shall be made available to any person upon request. Each Bid must be accompanied by a certified check or acceptable bid bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the proposed total bid amount as guarantee that the Bidder, if awarded the Contract will provide, as set forth in the Bid Documents, a Performance and Payment bond satisfactory to Miami-Dade County, equal to one hundred (100%) percent of the Contract award amount. The County reserves the right to postpone or cancel the bid opening at any time prior to the scheduled opening, reject any and or all Bids, to waive informalities and irregularities, or to readvertise the Project. The County, choosing to exercise its right of rejection, does so without imposition of any liability against the County. The contract duration will be 420 Calendar days for substantial completion and 540 Calendar days for final completion. The deadline for submittal of RFI's is close of business, November 15, 2023. Document Acquisition Note: Payment shall be in the form of a company check, cashier's check, or money order payable to "Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works." These Solicitation and Contract Documents contain instructions and requirements, not addressed by this Advertisement, that are essential to the preparation and submittal of Bids.