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The County will not exercise any powers of eminent domain as part of the NSP Program. All contractors will be required to maintain and provide proof of builders risk insurance on all new construction and rehabilitation contracts under the NSP Program . The County will advertise for contractors in a newspaper published in a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with circulation throughout Indian River County . County may also include advertising through Onvia Demandstar (www . demandstar. com) . The County will allow contractors a minimum of 15 days to submit prequalification packages . All contractors must be pre-approved prior to bidding on projects . Pre-approval will include completing a pre-qualification package , providing proof of proper licensing through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, providing proof of insurance, providing proof of liability and worker' s compensation insurance (provided waivers will be evaluated) , and providing references and background documentation. Contractors who that have a potential conflict of interest with any reed sub- recipients , developers or potential beneficiaries will not be allowed to submit bids or perform any work under the NSP pragfam . A list of prequalified contractors will be developed and maintained . Bid specifications meeting the criteria of the program will be developed on for each property by the County ' s Housing Specialist, sub-recipient, or developer. While Bbid specification packages and contracts for multifamily projects with eight ( 8 ) or more units will include Federal Labor Standards requirements , including Davis Bacon compliance, Labor Standards provisions , Section 3 requirements and other applicable Federal labor requirements, Tthe County is not planning to purchase or rehabilitate any properties with eight ( 8 ) or more multifamily units . For rehabilitation of NSP houses acquired by the County or sub_recipients , the following procedures shall apply : Prequalified contractors will be notified in writing of all available bid packages and mandatory bid walkthroughs . In the bid specifications , the date and time that the bids are due , as well as the public bid opening date , will be specified. All bids will be submitted to the County . The bids will be publicly opened as stated in the contractor bid notification . Bids will be evaluated, and the lowest qualified bidder will be awarded the contracts . a a for- appre� � ' . Only bids received from prequalified contractors that wh&-had a representative attend the mandatory bid walkthrough will be considered for contract award. For rehabilitation of NSP homes acquired by developers , the above procedures shall not apply. Instead , developers shall establish their own procedures , which must not conflict with NSP CDBG requirements , for rehabilitating NSP acquired homes . 6