Renovation of a museum in Venice, Florida. Completed plans call for the renovation of a museum.

Management Services for the Lord-Higel House PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of Venice, Florida (City) seeks a qualified facility manager (Manager) to provide adaptive reuse of the Lord-Higel House facility. The facility, Lord-Higel House, is located at 409 Granada Avenue, Venice, FL 34285. The facility consists of a 2-story historical building, originally constructed in 1896 and renovated in 2024. This renovation includes central air conditioning, insulation, power upgrades, fire protection, an accessory restroom, and storage building. Proposals should work to meet the goals as presented to City Council on March 15, 2024. The City is using a Request for Proposals for this project and will award the contract to the Proposer the City finds, in its sole discretion, best meets the needs of the City and can meet all requirements. All questions, comments, or concerns about this RFP must be submitted in writing to Mr. Peter Boers, Procurement- Finance Department, for the City of Venice, Room 204, 401 West Venice Avenue, Venice, FL 34285. Mr. Boers is the only designated representative of the City authorized to respond to comments, questions, and concerns. The City will not respond to comments, questions or concerns addressed to any person other than Mr. Boers. If the City determines that a particular comment, question or concern necessitates a global response to all Proposers, the City will issue a clarifying memorandum or addendum. The final day that the City will accept questions will be January 31, 2025, by 1:00 P.M. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all proposals, to waive irregularities and technicalities, and to request re-submission. Any sole response received by the submission date may or may not be rejected by the City, depending on available competition and the timely needs of the City. The City reserves the right to select a firm with or without interviews and may decide not to select any of the firms submitting proposals. The City reserves the right to award the contract to a responsible proposer submitting a responsive proposal, with a resulting negotiated agreement which is most advantageous and in the best interests of the City. The City shall be the sole judge of the proposal, and the resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision shall be final. Also, the City reserves the right to make such investigations, as it deems necessary to determine the ability of any proposer to perform the work or service requested. Proposers, their agents and associates shall not contact or solicit any City Council member, City employee, or official regarding this RFP during any phase of this RFP. Failure to comply with this provision may result in disqualification of the Proposer, at the option of the City. Only the individual listed, as the contact person in this Notice shall be contacted.