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+ I6 -ER � � INDIAN RIVER COUNTY �V COQ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 4 1801 27th Street, Vero Beach FL 32960 772 -226- 1237 / 772 -9784806 fax * * www. ircgov. com �ORIII �' September 16 , 2008 Debbie Boyette Department of Community Affairs Division of Housing and Community Development 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee , FL 32399 -2100 RE : Sole Source Request, CDBG Contract # 08DB-T34040-01 -N25 Indian River County Gifford Fire Station Dear Ms . Boyette : On November 17 , 2004 , Indian River County advertised in the Vero Beach Press Journal , a daily newspaper of general circulation within the Sebastian-Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, requesting qualifications for design-build firms to construct several fire stations . One of the fire stations included in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is the Gifford Fire Station, which is now the subject of the County ' s Neighborhood Revitalization Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) , contract number referenced above . Responses to the county ' s RFQ for design-build services were due to the county by 2 : 00 PM on December 15 , 2004 . By that time , the county received seven responses to the RFQ . Barth Construction was ultimately selected and awarded the design-build contract . At this time , the County respectfully requests Florida Department of Community Affairs (FDCA) approval to use Barth Construction for the construction of the Gifford Fire Station. This request is based on the following : 1 . The selection process that the county used was competitive ; 2 . The county followed appropriate procedures to select the design-build firm ; 3 . When the competitive procurement for the firm to design and build the Gifford Fire Station was done several years ago , it was not known that the Gifford Fire Station would be a CDBG project ; and 4 . The county ' s RFQ process was intended to save taxpayer dollars by allowing the negotiation of not-to -exceed prices for each Fire Station .