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

The City of Sebring is requesting qualifications from individuals or firms for Professional Engineering Services on a continuing basis. All submitting firms must have at least five (5) years previous experience in Engineering. Consultant engineering services may include, but are not limited to, participation in the development review process; project assistance and construction inspection services related to contracted construction projects, utilities, storm drainage, sidewalks and roadways, signage and traffic signals, recreation facilities and public building facilities; providing support services for drainage complaint investigations and surveys; and attendance at various meetings. The City intends to negotiate with and award a contract to the highest ranked firm(s) in accordance with Florida Statute 287.055. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) provides guidelines for the submission of qualifications in response to the City of Sebrings solicitation for firms and individuals to provide Professional Engineering Services. Any questions regarding the specifications, terms and conditions, and/or the RFQ process should be submitted to purchasing@mysebring.com Proposers shall submit one (1) signed original and three (3) complete copies of the package. One (1) digital/electronic copy will be submitted on a flash drive or other electronic media in Adobe Acrobat PDF readable format replicating the content of the paper version of the submission. The digital copy will be an exact duplicate of the paper response submitted. Qualifications proposals must be clear, concise, and specific. The following information shall be submitted in all responses in the format as specified herein. Failure to submit the requested information in this format may result in a reduction of the evaluation points assigned to your proposal and possibly rejection of the entire submittal. Note: A fee schedule is not applicable to this solicitation and will not be requested as part of the proposers submittal. The City will not be responsible for the late delivery of any qualifications proposals that are incorrectly addressed, delivered in person, by mail, or any other type of delivery service. The Sebring City Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all qualifications proposals or any parts thereof; and the award; if an award is made, will be made to the most responsible firm with the best qualifications proposal whose proposal and qualifications indicate that the award will be in the best interest of the City of Sebring. The council reserves the right to waive irregularities in the RFQ responses. Fair Housing / Equal Opportunity Employer Evaluation and ranking of firms: April 19, 2024 Approval by City Council: May 2, 2024 Qualifications proposers are urged to promptly review the solicitation addendum (if any) as well as the requirements of all solicitation specifications and submit questions to Jamee Cook, Purchasing Agent at purchasing@mysebring.com for resolutions as early as possible during the RFQ period. All questions will be answered up to three (3) business days prior to the opening of the proposals and posted Online. Otherwise, this will be construed as acceptance by the qualifications proposers that the intent of the specifications is clear and that competitive responses may be obtained as specified herein. Protests with regard to specification documents shall not be considered after qualifications proposals are opened. CONTACT INFORMATION: Jamee Cook, Purchasing Agent, purchasing@mysebring.com. Any interpretation, clarification, correction or change to this document will be made by written addendum issued by the City Purchasing Department and posted online. Any oral or other type of communication concerning this document shall not be binding. Respondents to this solicitation or persons acting on their behalf may not contact, between the release of the solicitation and the end of the 72-hour period following the City posting the notice of staff recommendation, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, any employee or official of the City concerning any aspect of this solicitation, except in writing to the purchasing agent or as provided in the solicitation documents. Violation of this provision may be grounds for rejecting a response. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.