Department of Health, Departmental

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Departmental

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES

PROPOSALS ARE REQUESTED FROM QUALIFIED GENERAL CONTRACTORS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS OWNER, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF:

PROJECT NO.:                      DOH #70527100

SAMAS CODE:                    HCHD- TF

PROJECT NAME

AND LOCATION:               Hernando County Health Department

                                                Existing Building Renovations

                                                621 West Jefferson Street

                                                Brooksville, Florida, 34601

FOR: State of Florida, Department of Health- Hernando County Health Department

PRE-QUALIFICATION: Each bidder whose field is governed by Chapter 399, 455, 489, and 633 of the Florida Statutes, for licensure or certification must submit pre-qualification data of their eligibility. Submit proposals five (5) calendar days prior to the bid opening date if not previously qualified by the Department of Management Services for the current biennium (July 1 through June 30) of odd numbered years. Call [phone], for information on pre-qualification with the Department of Management Services. After the bid opening, the low bidder must qualify in accordance with Rule 60D-5.004. A copy of rule requirements is included in the Instruction To Bidders under Article B-2 “Bidders Qualification Requirements and Procedures”.

PUBLIC ENTITY CRIME INFORMATION STATEMENT: A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime may not do the following:

1.  May not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity.

2.  May not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work.

3.  May not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity.

4.  May not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity.

5.  May not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, for Category Two, for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.

PROJECT DEION: The project is the Existing Building Renovations located at the Hernando County Health Department, 621 West Jefferson Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601. The basic scope for the exterior is removal of existing roofing, gutters, mechanical equipment and curbs, install new roofing system and all related flashing. Pressure clean and seal existing masonry walls. Interior work includes removal of all flooring material and replace with new flooring, removal of doors and frames and replace with new doors and frames, new HVAC system, new lighting system, up-grade existing fire alarm system, new painting, new drywall ceilings, new acoustical ceilings and other related removal and finishing activities.

PERFORMANCE BOND AND LABOR MATERIAL PAYMENT BOND: If the construction contract award amount is $100,000 or less, a Performance Bond and a Labor Material Payment Bond are not required. If the construction contract award amount is more than $100,000, a Performance and a Labor and Material Payment Bond SHALL be required.

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Health encourages minority businesses to participate in the bidding process including any bidders conferences, pre-solicitation or pre-bid meetings which are scheduled. The Department of Health further encourages contractors to utilize certified minority enterprises as subcontractors or sub-vendors whenever possible. Certified vendors are those firms certified by the State of Florida Minority Business Advocacy & Assistance Office, 2012 Capital Circle SE, Hartman Building, Suite 100, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2152. Telephone: [phone].

Sealed bids will be received, publicly opened and read aloud on:

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. local time.

PLACE: Hernando County Health Department, 300 South Main Street, Brooksville, Florida 34601

PROPOSAL: Bids must be submitted in full in accordance with the requirements of the Drawings, Specifications, Addenda, Bidding Conditions, and Contractual Conditions, which may be examined and obtained from the following: Long & Associates, Engineers/Architects, Inc. Attention Maynard Lemke; E-mail: [e-mail] for purchase of documents. Address: 4525 South Manhattan Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33611. Phone: [phone]

The above bidding documents will be available on or about Friday, May 19, 2006

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER: Long & Associates, Engineers/Architects, Inc., 4525 South Manhattan Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33611

DEPOSITS. All contractors, sub-contractors, venders, manufacturers, etc. can purchase required documents from the Architect. Full set of Plans and Specifications $150.00 refundable if a bid is submitted and the Plans and Specifications are returned in good condition. (See “Invitation to Bid” in the specifications, paragraph “Deposit”.) Plans can also be reviewed at F. W. Dodge Plan Room, Suite 500, 5102 West Laurel Street, Tampa, Florida 33607, Phone: [phone] and Tampa Builders Exchange, Suite 107, 4307 Henderson Blvd., Tampa, Florida, Phone: [phone].

CONTRACT AWARD: The Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation will be posted no later than 4:00 p.m. local time, on Monday, June 12, 2006 at the bid opening location. In the event that the Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation cannot be posted in this manner, then all bidders will be notified by certified United States Mail, return receipt requested. If no protest is filed per Section B-21 of the Instructions to Bidders, “Notice and Protests Procedures”, the contract will be awarded to the qualified, responsive low bidder in accordance with Rule 60D-5, F.A.C., by the Owner. The qualified, responsive low bidder will be required to be registered with MyFloridaMarketPlace before a contract can be executed. However, they will be exempt from the one per cent “fee”.