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The Clay County Board of County Commissioners (County) is requesting qualifications from Consultants to develop the County's Comprehensive Safety Action Plan in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Street for All Program. The purpose of the Safety Action Plan is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating fatalities or serious injuries to all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, personal conveyance and micro-mobility users, and commercial operators. The Safety Action Plan will identify data-driven projects and strategies and incorporate best practices, stakeholder input, and equity and environmental considerations to address the needs of the County roadways. Prospective bidders are notified that the failure to include a proper bid bond or other security approved under the county's purchasing policy, if required for this request, will result in rejection of the bid and shall, as well as the failure to file a written notice of protest and to file a written petition initiating a formal protest proceeding within the times and in the manner prescribed in chapter 8, section I of the county's purchasing policy shall, constitute a waiver of the right to protest the bid request, any addendum thereto, or the bid decision, as applicable, and to initiate a formal protest proceeding under the purchasing policy. The county's purchasing policy can be viewed at the county's website by following the appropriate links from the homepage address set forth above. If a prospective bidder is in doubt whether this request requires a bid bond, such prospective bidder is solely responsible for making appropriate inquiry. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids without cause and to waive technical and non- technical or non-material defects in the request or submittal of any bids. A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in section 287.017, florida statutes, for category two for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list. Last Date of Inquiries:March 12, 2025, 4:30pm Inquiries may only be submitted to the Purchasing Department. Jessica Loos Senior Purchasing Officer 477 Houston Street Green Cove Springs, FL 32043 Email: jessica.loos@claycountygov.com Phone: (904) 284-6388 Department: Grants Department Head: Megan Covey Grants Manager Estimated Date for Recommendation to Board of County Commissioners :April 8, 2025, 4:00pm If provided for in the RFB Advertisement, Introduction Timeline, or Supplier Questionnaire Section; Bids require a five (5%) percent bid bond and may not be withdrawn after the scheduled opening time for a period of thirty (30) days. The term bid bond shall include bonds or cashier or certified checks payable to the County. Any Cashier or Certified Check must be uploaded with the Bid and the original Cashier or Certified Check must be received by the Purchasing Department no later than two (2) business days after the RFB due date. The following are exempt from the Bid Bond requirement: a. SHIP - Bidders bidding on SHIP rehabilitation projects are exempt from the Bid Bond. b. Fixed Unit Price - Bidders bidding on Contracts with a fixed price, or any other type of Contract that does not commit the Board to an actual exchange transaction (purchase) but rather seeks only a Fixed Unit Price Commitment from a Bidder in the event a future purchase decision is made. A prospective Bidder is solely responsible for determining whether a particular Request for Bids requires a Bid Bond, and for resolving any doubt by making appropriate inquiry. 2.27. Performance and Payment Bond Requirements: Awarded Bidder has 10 days from the execution of the Agreement to provide a compliant Performance and Payment Bond. Performance and Payment Bonds are not required for projects of $200,000.00 or less. Prior to commencement of a project exceeding $200,000.00, in accordance with F.S. 255.05, the awarded Bidder shall file a 100% Performance Bond and Payment Bond (using Clay County's Standard Form) in the Public Record of Clay County, Florida, Recording Dept./Room 130, 825 North Orange Avenue, Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043. The recorded Performance and Payment Bonds shall be provided prior to the commencement of construction to Clay County Purchasing Department, PO Box 1366, Green Cove Springs, Florida 32043. Performance and Payment Bonds must be increased in accordance with any change order increases on the project. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all Bids without cause and to waive technical and nontechnical or non-material defects in the request or submittals of any Bids. 3.4. Scope of Services The awarded Consultant shall develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that shall be used to identify projects aimed at reducing transportation hazards and reducing roadway-related fatalities to zero ("Target Zero"). Main strategies shall include, but are not limited to: Analysis of existing conditions and historical trends to establish a baseline for crashes involving fatalities and serious injuries across Clay County. Analysis shall include an evaluation of crash locations, severity, contributing factors, and types of road users involved. Identification of systemic and specific safety needs, along with geospatial analysis of higher-risk locations. Work with local organizations (Florida Department of Transportation, Jacksonville Transportation Authority, North Florida Transportation Planning Organization, etc.) on advanced analytics, technology partnerships and regional deployment of low-cost/high impact solutions. Develop a holistic root cause analysis to detect both customary and hidden contributors to risk. Create an equity + access project prioritization index to reduce crashes while enhancing access to daily destinations safely via multiple modes. As such, land use will be a focal point of the analysis. Create menus of proven countermeasures based on stakeholder input, FHWA research, peer County experience, and testing, to be employed in future projects. Determine monitoring methods. Identify projects (individual and grouped based on crash characteristics) and create a timeline for implementation. This shall include a list of priority safety projects and strategies to address the identified safety problems. Create a plan for engagement with the public and relevant stockholders that allows for both community representation and feedback. Information received from these engagements and collaborations shall be analyzed and incorporated in the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. Assess current policies, plans, guidelines, and/or standards to identify safety problems. The projects and strategies should range from low-cost quick implementation projects to high-cost complete projects that may require additional study or design to move forward. The Consultant shall be aware that as the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan is developed, certain modifications and/or improvements to the original concept(s) may be required. The Consultant shall incorporate these refinements into the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and consider such refinements to be an anticipated and integral part of the work. The awarded Consultant shall have the final report no later than September 30, 2025. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time. awarded to: Foresite Group, LLC