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A Resolution of the City Commission accepting the recommendation of the Chief Procurement Officer to award the contract for the Citywide Right of Way Improvements Project to JVA Engineering Contractor Inc.(Primary) and GPE Engineering & General Contractor Corp.,(Secondary) the lowest responsive-responsible bidders pursuant to Invitation for Bids (IFB) 2021-004 and Section 2-763 of the Procurement Code entitled “Contract Award”.
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The purpose of this Invitation for Bids is to contract with qualified and experienced contractors to provide Right of Way Improvements within the City on an as needed basis. The contract is structured to award a primary and secondary contractor for General Right of Way & Drainage Improvements that provides adequate coverage throughout the City.
On April 13, 2021, the Procurement Division of Finance formally advertised, issued and distributed the IFB 2021-004 Citywide Right of Way Improvement Project for two separate groups. Group A General Right of Way Improvements and Group B Drainage Improvements.
On April 20, 2021 a non-mandatory pre-bid conference was held and forty-four (44) prospective bidders downloaded the IFB package from Public Purchase, the City’s web-based e-Procurement service.
On May 19, 2021, a total of eight (8) responses to the IFB was received by : Florida Construction & Engineering Inc., Florida Engineering and Development Corp. GPE Engineering & General Contractor Corp., JVA Engineering Contractor Inc., Metro Express Inc., Solution Construction, Inc., Superior Landscaping & Lawn Services Inc., and The Stout Group, LLC.
The responses were reviewed by the Procurement Division to determine responsiveness to the requirements of the IFB. Once this step was completed, Public Works conducted an evaluation of the responses. During the review of Group B, the department determined that it would not be in the best interest of the City to move forward with the award of this group due to the excessive pricing. The...
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