REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS
FOR
TAYLOR COUNTY COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR
The Taylor County Board of Commissioners is seeking letters of interest and statements of qualifications from agencies or firms interested in coordinating transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged in Taylor County, Florida. The selected contractor will be the designated Community Transportation Coordinator for the Transportation Disadvantaged Program, as authorized by Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, and more fully described in Chapter 41-2, Florida Administrative Code. Experience with eligibility-based transportation services is required.
The Community Transportation Coordinator is defined by Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, as a transportation entity recommended by the appropriate designated official planning agency to ensure that coordinated transportation services are provided to the transportation disadvantaged population in a designated service area. The Community Transportation Coordinator has full responsibility for the designated service area. The Community Transportation Coordinator has full responsibility for the delivery of transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged as outline in Section 427.015(2), F.S.
The transportation disadvantaged are defined by Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, as those persons who because of physical or mental disability, income status, or age are unable to transport themselves or purchase transportation and are, therefore, dependent upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life sustaining activities, or children who are handicapped pr high risk as defined in Section 411.202, F.S.
Letters of interest are required to include statements of qualifications in the following areas: knowledge of Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, requirements, experience applying for grant funding, experience contracting with transportation providers, experience contracting with purchasing agencies, a description of scheduling and routing computer software used to coordinate transportation, a list of available vehicles and ability to acquire vehicles. Letters or interest and qualifications should be limited to six (6) pages.
Letters of interest and qualifications shall be submitted to Taylor County Board of Commissioners, ATTENTION: Annie Mae Murphy, Clerk of Court, P. O. Box 620, 108 N. Jefferson St., Suite 102, Perry, Florida 32348. Letters must be clearly marked LETTER OF INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR TAYLOR COUNTY COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR. Letters of interest and qualifications must be received by 4:00 p.m., November 15, 2011. Letters of interest and qualifications will be opened November 15, 2011, 6:10 p.m., in a regularly scheduled Taylor County Board of Commission Meeting.
Faxed and emailed responses will not be accepted. Late letters will be returned unopened with the notation, This letter of interest was received after the delivery time designated for receipt and opening in the legal notice. Only responses to the request for letters of interest and qualifications will be considered if a request for proposals is issued for Community Transportation Coordinator. The Taylor County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject all responses in the best interest of the State and/or the County.
