OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS for
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES
The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board of Sarasota, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota County, Florida (“the Hospital”) is accepting statements of qualifications from Architectural/Engineering Consulting Firms under the provisions of the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act. The scope of work may include programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for all architectural, interior design, civil, site work, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, structural design work, and all required demolition of an existing 5-story, 50,000-square-foot building, demolition of an emergency transformer vault, and the relocation of an existing service road, in association with the design of a new inpatient comprehensive rehabilitation facility, along with related outpatient rehabilitation services, to include two options.
Option 1 is a 4-story, approximately 85,000-square-foot comprehensive rehabilitation facility where level one is surface parking and patient drop off, level two is outpatient rehabilitation and support space, and level three and four are inpatient comprehensive rehabilitation nursing units. Option 1 also includes the relocation of an existing service road and the demolition of an existing transformer vault. New and existing facilities will have to be connected to the main energy plant.
Option 2 is a 5-story, approximately 110,000-square-foot comprehensive rehabilitation facility where level one is surface parking and patient drop off, level two is outpatient rehabilitation and support space, level three and four are inpatient comprehensive rehabilitation nursing units, level 5 is enclosed interior, conditioned mechanical space, and the entire building structure is designed with vertical expansion capability to 9 stories. Option 2 also includes the relocation of an existing service road and the demolition of an existing transformer vault. New and existing facilities will have to be connected to the main energy plant.
Services required by qualified firms include architectural design, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and structural design and engineering; and construction administration. Firms interested in being considered as candidates are required to submit five bound statements of qualifications that include at least the following data, to be organized in the following order:
1.A copy of Florida construction licensure and corporate registration certificates.
2.Proof of General and Professional Liability Insurability.
3.A separate statement as to whether the firm is a certified Minority Business Enterprise. If your firm claims MBE, WMBE status, a copy of your firm’s current, valid MBE, WMBE certificate is required as part of the submission package.
4.Proposed design team with resumes.
5.A current list of five client references consisting of name, title, address, telephone number and project name(s) for each project specified.
6.Past design experience on inpatient comprehensive rehabilitation units, outpatient rehabilitation services and associated support functions.
7.Design and permitting experience within the City of Sarasota, FL and other applicable permitting agencies.
8.Location of the design firm’s main office, and location of the proposed team for this project.
9.An explanation of how the firm intends to respond expeditiously on urgent project matters.
10.Illustrate the project team including resumes for each.
All interested firms are further informed as follows:
1. This will be a two-step public selection process:
a.An initial public meeting will be conducted to short list three firms from all who submit complete and on-time submissions.
i.The three short list firms will be announced and invited to return for a second public meeting.
ii.An information packet will be given to the short list firms.
iii.The owner representative will answer questions up to the time of the submission deadline.
b.A second public meeting will invite the three short list firms to present project specific qualifications.
i.This second public meeting will be used to rank and award the project to the number one ranked firm.
2.The Hospital reserves the right to reject any or all submittals at any time during this process.
3.The basis for selecting candidates includes, but is not limited to the firm’s experience with local regulatory agency having jurisdiction, consideration of related project experience, qualifications of proposed team, design criteria experience as stated above, ability to respond, and project approach.
4.The Hospital reserves the right to request additional information beyond the data set forth above.
5.Questions regarding submissions shall be directed only to Thomas Perigo, (941)917-1804.
Submissions shall be titled
Statement of Qualifications for
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES
The Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Project
6.Submittals must be received by the Hospital no later than 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Submit statements to Thomas Perigo, Director of Architecture and Construction at 1515 S. Osprey Avenue, Building A, Sarasota, FL 34239. Submittals received after this deadline will remain unopened and available for pick up.
7.Only Thomas Perigo shall be contacted with regard to this Request. No other SMH staff, administrators, or board members shall be contacted. Failure to comply could result in immediate disqualification at the discretion of the Director of Architecture and Construction.
8.Interested persons should contact Thomas Perigo, (941)917-1804 with any project-related questions.
9.The selection committee will meet in a public meeting in Sarasota Memorial’s first floor Waldemere Auditorium located at 1700 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239, on Thursday, May 29, 2014 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. to discuss and announce the top three short list firms with whom the Hospital will subsequently invite to a second public meeting on June 19, 2014, in a venue and time to be determined, where all three firms will present project specific qualifications. Immediately after the public meeting the Hospital will rank and announce the ranking order. The Hospital will subsequently engage in contract negotiations. All interested parties are invited to attend.
