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On April 8, 2014, the Board reviewed the proposed RFP and authorized staff to issue the RFP to <br /> select a consultant to prepare an Economic Development Positioning Plan. Subsequently, the <br /> County issued an RFP for a consultant to prepare the plan. By the May 14,2014 proposal submittal <br /> deadline,the county received twelve(12) complete proposals and two (2) additional proposals that <br /> were disqualified by the Purchasing Division because they were incomplete. <br /> The 12 firms that submitted complete proposals were as follows: <br /> • Analytica <br /> • Boyette Strategic Advisors <br /> • Brant Ronat Co <br /> • DCG Corplan Consulting LLC <br /> • Fairfield Index Inc <br /> • Gold & Associates <br /> • North Star Destination Strategies <br /> • Redevelopment Management Associates <br /> • Strategic Planning Group <br /> • Thomas Miller & Associates <br /> • Urbanomics Inc. <br /> • Voltedge Inc <br /> On May 19, 2014, a consultant selection committee comprised of Stan Boling, Community <br /> Development Director, Kristin Daniels, Budget Analyst on behalf of Jason E. Brown,Management <br /> and Budget Director, Helene Caseltine, IRC Chamber of Commerce Economic Development <br /> Director, Jay Hart, VP, Wells Fargo Business Banking, and Beth Mitchell, IRC Economic <br /> Development Council Representative and President/CEO of Sebastian River Area Chamber of <br /> Commerce,reviewed the twelve(12)proposals and ranked the firms in order to develop a shortlist of <br /> consultants to be interviewed. The top three(3)ranked shortlisted consulting firms were contacted <br /> for interviews. Those shortlisted consulting firms in ranked order were: <br /> • Voltedge, Inc. (dba Ady Voltedge) <br /> • DCG Corplan Consulting LLC <br /> • Strategic Planning Group, Inc. <br /> All three(3)of the top ranked consulting firms accepted the County's invitation for an interview and <br /> on May 23, 2014 were interviewed by the consultant selection committee. Voltedge, Inc. was <br /> interviewed via web-based audio/video link. DCG Corplan and Strategic Planning Group had <br /> representatives present at the selection committee interview meeting. <br /> Based on each firm's written proposal and interview,the consultant selection committee ranked the <br /> three (3) consulting firms that were shortlisted. The final ranking of the three (3) interviewed <br /> .,, consulting firms were as follows: <br /> 2 <br /> 125 <br />