Bidders shall submit all inquiries regarding this RFB in the "Question and Answer" tab of the RFB. See "Inquiries/Questions" in the "Instructions to Bidders" below for more information. Bidders are prohibited from contacting, by any means, whether orally, telephonically, electronically or in writing, any member of the Board, any County employee, including the County Manager, the County Attorney or the Commission Auditor, any member of the designated Evaluation Committee or any agent of the County regarding the Request for Bids in any respect during the Request for Bid Period. The Request for Bid Period during which no contact may occur commences from the date of publication of the notice of a Request for Bids and ends upon a Bid Decision becoming final, i.e. after the notice of bid protest period of 72 hours has expired. However, in the event of a notice of protest, the no contact rule continues in place during the Protest Period and does not end until a resolution of the protest has occurred and become final. The following exceptions exist to the no-contact rule: Inquiries may be submitted to the Purchasing Department if specifically provided in the Request for Bids;
Pre-bid conferences provided for in the Request for Bids; and
Formal presentations by Bidders to the designated Evaluation Committee or to the Board or any committee thereof specifically contemplated in the Request for Bids.
The Board reserves the right and power to reject any and all Bids without cause and to waive technical and non-technical or non-material defects in the Request for Bids or submittal of any Bid, and in its discretion to re-advertise the Request for Bids. The Board reserves the right to award Request for Bids which would be in the Best Interest of the County. Interested vendors are advised that the Clay County Board of County Commissioners has a local preference policy and Buy American policy. Professional Engineering Consulting Services are desired for the design of a new half-mile section collector road, Pringle Road, and provide enhancements to quarter-mile section of arterial road, County Road 218 in Clay County, Florida. Both roadways are within one (1) mile of a major US highway , US-301, that runs through Clay, Duval, and Bradford Counties. The awarded Consultant shall prepare a complete set of construction documents to construct a new roadway in accordance with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Standards. The design shall consist of the construction of a new four (4) lane divided roadway with sidewalk and possibly a multi-modal path (Attachment H). The design alignment may require the acquisition of right-of-way from the adjoining land owner for the expansion of a stormwater pond. In addition, to coordination with another adjacent land owner (IKO) to coordinate the roadway to work with their private development elevations.
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