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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: March 7, 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 />Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />FROM: Shelby Ball, Purchasing Specialist <br />SUBJECT: Award of RFP 2024032 for a Vulnerability Assessment Study <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On behalf of the Natural Resources Department, a Request for Proposals ("RFP") was issued to <br />conduct vulnerability assessments in order to comply with Florida Statutes and provide in-depth <br />data on how to protect and adapt the County's most vulnerable critical assets. The awarded <br />Consultant will prepare and deliver a Vulnerability Assessment Report that addresses objectives <br />such as: compliance with F.S.S. 380.093, measuring the impact of flooding on assets, and the <br />impacts of sea -level rise on critical and regionally significant assets. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />A selection committee comprised of Andrew Sobczak, Planning and Development Services <br />Director, Eric Charest, Interim Natural Resources Director, Howard Richards, Utilities Capital <br />Projects Manager, Laura Yonkers, Stormwater Engineer, and Michael Staudt, GIS Manager <br />independently reviewed and scored the received proposals. The committee then met to compile <br />an initial ranking of firms. After discussions, the committee determined no interviews were <br />necessary, and declared the ranking final. <br />Firm <br />Total Proposed Cost <br />1. Tetra Tech, Inc. <br />$248,675 <br />2. Brizaga, Inc. <br />$226,739 <br />3. Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC <br />$224,275 <br />4. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. <br />$245,000 <br />Pending Board of County Commission approval of Staff's recommendation and execution of all <br />contract documents, it is anticipated that the project would commence in April 2024 with an initial <br />kick off meeting. Due to the extensive data research and on-going County input associated with a <br />study such as this, the next milestone event in this project would be the generation of a draft <br />Vulnerability Assessment report projected to be provided to the County in December 2024. After <br />84 <br />