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8-a. <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: January 26, 2024 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director, Office of Management and Budget <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: Rejection of Response to RFQ 2024028 for Asbestos Concrete Pipe <br />Replacement Program, Area 3 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In compliance with Section 287.055, Florida Statute, and on behalf of the Department of Utility <br />Services, Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) were solicited for the planning, engineering, and <br />design, permitting, bidding and construction phase services for the Asbestos Concrete Pipe <br />Replacement Program (ACP) for Area 3 within the water distribution system. The solicited work is <br />an approximate six -mile portion of the total 20.62 miles of asbestos concrete pipe to be replaced <br />in the entire program. <br />RFQ RESULTS: <br />Advertising Date: December 1, 2023 <br />RFQ Opening Date: January 3, 2024 <br />DemandStar Broadcast to: 579 Subscribers <br />RFQ Documents Requested by: 17 Firms <br />Replies: 1 Firm <br />Bidder <br />Location <br />Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd <br />Melbourne <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Section 287.055(4)(a), Florida Statutes states requires the county to "conduct discussions with... <br />no fewer than three firms" as part of the solicitation process for engineering design work. <br />Anticipating that low response could be attributed to the RFQ open period overlapping much of <br />the holiday season, Purchasing Staff reached out to planholder firms to ask if they would submit <br />an SOQ if an extended deadline to respond was provided. The only firm to respond indicated after <br />review of the RFQ the project was smaller in scope than they are targeting. <br />117 <br />