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BOOK PAGE �1 n <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Macht, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Stanbridge, that the <br />Board find Adnan Investment "not qualified" based <br />on the information provided by references and award <br />Bid #2037 to Barth Construction, as recommended <br />by staff. <br />Jonathan Ferguson, 1600 South Federal Highway, Ft. Pierce, attorney for Adnan, <br />disagreed and felt that Adnan is a qualified bidder. He did not believe the Board's <br />information was sufficient and provided a handout to the Board. (CLERK'S NOTE: Mr. <br />Ferguson provided copies of additional reference materials for Adnan Investment which are <br />on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board with the backup for this meeting.) He felt the <br />letters submitted were applicable to contracts with other agencies for projects similar in <br />scope to the County's project. He also felt there had been a personality conflict with Mr. <br />Opalenski, one of the persons responding to a request for recommendations. <br />Chairman Adams questioned the tearing down of one of the buildings referenced, and <br />Mr. Ferguson stated that the plans were written incorrectly. He noted that Adnan had <br />recently been awarded a St. Lucie County School Board project for site work for <br />reconstruction of existing schools in the amount of $515,500. He also submitted that Adnan <br />had a contract with the Florida Department of Agriculture in the amount of $379,550 and a <br />newly awarded project for the St. Lucie County Jail. He believed that staff had made only <br />a cursory review of individual opinions and that, under the old rules, pre -1995, that would <br />be sufficient. However, those rules changed in 1995 when the State Legislature legislated <br />JUNE 69 2000 <br />-62- <br />