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7 <br />CONSENT0 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director <br />FROM: Andy P. Sobczak, Infrastructure Project Manager <br />SUBJECT: Award of Bid No: 2019016 <br />US Highway 1 Landscaping - South County Line to Oslo Road <br />DATE: November 2, 2018 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In response to numerous requests from citizens for landscaping along the section of US <br />Highway 1 located between Oslo Road and Highlands Drive SE, on February 7, 2017, the Board <br />of County Commissioners approved Work Order No. 9 with Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. to <br />design a landscape plan for US Highway 1. At that time, the Board of County Commissioners <br />also authorized expenditure of $100,000.00 from the County's Tree Ordinance Fund as a grant - <br />match for a forthcoming Florida Highway Beautification Council Highway Beautification Grant <br />application. <br />Following submittal of the Grant application, Countystaff received notification in late 2017 that <br />it was one of ten state-wide recipients of the 2018 Highway Beautification Grant, and that the <br />total grant award was $82,067.90. Following notice of the Grant, the project plans were <br />finalized and the project was advertised. At the bid opening on August 1, 2018, no bids were <br />received for the project. One reason for the lack of bids was the requirement that only Florida <br />Department of Transportation (FDOT) pre -approved landscaping contractors could bid on the <br />Grant funded project. This requirement narrowed the pool of eligible contractors to less than <br />20 state-wide. To address this, the County's Purchasing Division staff reached out individuallyto <br />pre -qualified landscaping contractors in preparation for re -bidding the project. <br />On September 9, 2018 the project was advertised for the second time, and at the bid opening <br />on October 3, 2018, two (2) qualified bids were received. The successful bidders and their <br />respective bids are as follows: <br />1) Green Construction Technologies, Inc. $373,659.52 <br />2) Sunshine Land Design, Inc. $408,952.92 <br />Green Construction Technologies, Inc. is lowest, responsive, responsible bidder for the project <br />with a bid of $373,659.52. Green Construction Technologies, Inc. has successfully completed <br />numerous landscape beautification projects, including several highway median landscaping <br />72 <br />