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General Instructions
<br />Sealed Submittals and Envelope Markings: All responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope or box. The
<br />outside of the envelope shall be clearly marked with the Consultant's Name and Return Address, Proposal #,
<br />Title, Date of opening, and Time of Opening.
<br />Opening Location: Responses must be received by the Purchasing Division at 1800 27th Street, Vero Beach, FL
<br />32960, on or before the closing hour and date listed in the Request for Proposals. SOQs received after the stated
<br />time and date will not be accepted or considered.
<br />Submission: Submit one marked original and five (5) copies of your SOQ.
<br />Taxes: Indian River County is exempt from any taxes imposed by State and / or Federal Government. Exemption
<br />Certificates, if required, are to be furnished by the successful Consultant and will be filled out by the County.
<br />Indemnification: The Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the County and its commissioners,
<br />officers, employees and agents, from any and all losses, damages, expenses (including reasonable attorneys
<br />fees) and other liabilities of any type whatsoever, arising out of or relating to any negligence, intentional tort,
<br />breach of contract, or breach of applicable law by the consultants, or its employees, agents, subconsultants, or
<br />other persons or entities performing work under the contract.
<br />Public Access: The Consultant shall comply with Florida's Public Records Law in accordance with the provisions
<br />of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. Specifically, the Consultant shall keep and maintain public records that
<br />ordinarily and necessarily would be required by the County in order to perform the service. The Consultant shall
<br />provide the public with access to public records on the same terms and conditions that the County would
<br />provide the records at a cost that does not exceed the costs provided in Chapter 119 or as otherwise provided
<br />by law. The Consultant shall ensure that public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public
<br />records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized bylaw. The Consultant shall meet all
<br />requirements for retaining public records and transfer, at no cost, to the County, all public records in possession
<br />of the Consultant upon termination of the contract and destroy any duplicate public records that are exempt or
<br />confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements. All records stored electronically must be
<br />provided to the County in a format that is compatible with the information technology systems of the County.
<br />Public Entity Crimes: Pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 287.133(2)(a), all Consultants are hereby notified that
<br />a person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity
<br />crime may not submit a bid, proposal, or reply on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity
<br />(defined as the State of Florida, any of its departments or agencies, or any political subdivision); may not submit
<br />a bid, proposal, or reply on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or
<br />public work; may not submit bids, proposals, or replies on leases of real property to a public entity; may not be
<br />awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any
<br />public entity; and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in
<br />Florida Statutes Section 287.017 for CATEGORY TWO [currently $35,000] for a. period of 36 months from the
<br />date of being'placed on the convicted vendor list. A "public entity crime" means a violation of any state or
<br />federal law by a person with respect to and directly related to the transaction of business with any public entity
<br />or with an agency or political subdivision of any other state or with the United States, including, but not limited
<br />to, any bid, proposal, reply, or contract for goods or services, any lease for real property, or any contract for the
<br />construction or repair of a public building or public work, involving antitrust, fraud, theft, bribery, collusion,
<br />racketeering, conspiracy, or material misrepresentation.
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