Sealed bids will be received and publicly opened and read aloud by the Florida Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as Owner) on the following date, location, and local time: October 7, 2019 at 2:30 P.M., At the District Seven Headquarters Building, 11201 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612.

FINANCIAL PROJECT NO.: 44253115201 CONTRACT NO.: E7N09

PROJECT LOCATION: 11201 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, FDOT HEADQUARTERS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: C QUAD RESTROOM RENOVATIONS.

PRE-BID MEETING (check appropriately) Mandatory, _____ Non-Mandatory, or ____ Not Applicable

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting HAS been scheduled for this project. Required site visit immediately following pre-bid meeting.

To be held at the following location, date and local time: 11201 N. McKinley Dr., Tampa, FL 33612 September 16, 2019 at 10:30 AM.

The Owner’s Project Manager is: Griffin Dalton, FCO Specialist and may be reached at:

Email address: griffin.dalton@dot.state.fl.us Phone number: (813) 975-6144 or (813) 347-7305 (Cell)

NOTE: Any contractor who fails to attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting will not be eligible to bid on the project. All bidders must be present and signed in prior to the start of the mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting. Anyone not signed in at the commencement of the meeting will be considered late and will not be allowed to bid on the project.

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: Plans and Specifications may be obtained at no cost by completing and submitting the order form from the District 7 website: https://www.fdot.gov/contracts/d7/fco . For more information on ordering, please contact Carlos Valdes at (813) 975-6467 or carlos.valdes@dot.state.fl.us. Bid Proposal documents will not be issued after October 4, 2019 at 2:30 PM EST.

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (MBE) UTILIZATION: The Owner encourages the recruitment and utilization of certified and non-certified minority businesses. The Owner, its contractors, suppliers, and consultants should take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that minority businesses have an opportunity to compete for and perform contract work for the Owner in a nondiscriminatory environment.

BID PROPOSAL: Bids must be submitted in full accordance with the requirements of the Drawings, Specifications, Bidding Conditions, and Contractual Conditions.

INSURANCE: The awarded Bidder is responsible for maintaining the insurance coverage specified in the Non-Technical Specifications for the duration of this project. The contractor shall obtain and maintain during the life of this contract Contractor’s Comprehensive General Liability Insurance, Automobile Liability, Broad Form Property Damage and Builder’s Risk Coverage. Please see Section B-3.

PREQUALIFICATION: Vendor is required to be registered and licensed in the State of Florida for the work being performed and shall have been actively engaged in this type of work for a minimum of Five (5) years. Please see Scope (section IV, F). Each bidder shall submit a current license issued by the State of Florida. Contract must have one of the specified type of license (Certified Building Contractor, Certified General Contractor, Registers Building Contractor, Registered General Contractor) and, if a Florida Corporation, a copy of the Corporate Charter as prequalification of their eligibility with the bid document to the Department of Transportation, Contracts Administration Office: The bid will be rejected if a copy of the Contractor’s License is not included either with the bid or provided to the Owner prior to the Letting. After the bid opening, the lowest responsive bidder shall qualify in accordance with this contract document.

BID BOND: If the bid amount exceeds $100,000, the bidder must provide with the bid, a Bid Guaranty of five percent (5%) of the actual total bid in the form of a certified check, cashier’s check, treasurer's check, bank draft of any national or state bank, or a surety Bid Bond made payable to the Department of Transportation. A Bid Guaranty in

an amount less than five percent (5%) of the actual bid will invalidate the bid. Bid Bonds shall conform to the

Departments Bid/Proposal Bond Form furnished with the proposal package.

INVITATION TO BID (Continued)

PERFORMANCE BOND and LABOR AND MATERIALS PAYMENT BOND: If the contract award amount exceeds $100,000, both a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond of 100% each of the contract sum are required at the time of award.

BID POSTING / CONTRACT AWARD: The Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation will be posted at the following location and date: https://www.fdot.gov/contracts/d7/fco on October 18, 2019. In the event the Bid Tabulation and Notice of Award Recommendation cannot be posted in this manner, all bidders will be notified. If no protest is filed the Owner will award the contract to the qualified, responsive low bidder. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

BID SOLICITATION/AWARD/NON-AWARD PROTEST RIGHTS: Any person adversely affected by this Bid Solicitation shall file a notice of protest within 72 hours of receipt of the bid documents in accordance with Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes and Rule Chapter 28-110, Florida Administrative Code. Any person adversely affected by the intended decision of the Owner to award a contract or to reject all bids shall file a notice of protest within 72 hours after the posting of the Summary of Bids (bid tabulation). If notice of intended decision is given by certified mail, express or fax delivery, the adversely affected person must file the notice of protest within 72 hours after receipt of the notice of intent.

A formal written protest must be filed within 10 days after filing the notice of protest. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. All protests must be submitted in accordance with Section 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes. The required notice of protest and formal protest must each be timely filed with the Clerk of Agency Proceedings, Office of General Counsel, 605 Suwannee Street, Room 550, MS-58, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450. Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, shall constitute a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE: An entity or affiliate who has been placed on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair or a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity, per Section 287.134(3)(a), Florida Statutes.

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 submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Section 287.017, Florida Statutes, for Category Two for a period of 36 months for the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.

SUBMITTAL OF SEALED BIDS: Bids are to be submitted as a lump sum amount in an 8 ½” x 11” manila enveloped address to the Attention of Gladys Hunter, District Contracts Acquisition Coordinator, FDOT D7 District Contract Office MS – 7-700, 11201 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 marked “SEALED BID for E7N09 FPN: 44253115201 (C Quad Restroom Renovations)”. If sent via Fed-Ex or any other mail carrier, please place manila envelope inside mail carrier package and clearly label with same information provided in this paragraph.

**Proposals may not be faxed or sent by email**

** Contractors do not have to be present but are welcomed to attend bid opening**

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: The contractor will have until 5:00 P.M. Friday, September 20, 2019 to submit questions. Any questions submitted after 5:00 P.M. on September 20, 2019 will NOT be guaranteed an answer.

Any question asked by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, September 20, 2019, will be answered not later than 5:00 P.M. Friday, September 27, 2018.

NOTE: All contractor, technical project questions must be submitted to Griffin Dalton, for official FDOT responses. Griffin Dalton, can be reached at griffin.dalton@dot.state.fl.us.

 
Invitation to Bid will be opened at the below address at 02:30 P.M., October 07, 2019.
 
Please direct all questions to:
Gladys Hunter
Phone: (813) 975-6092
 
11201 N MCKINLEY DR.
TAMPA FL, 33612–6456
 
Email: gladys.hunter@dot.state.fl.us
 
Any person with a disability requiring special accommodations at the pre-solicitation conference and/or bid/proposal opening shall contact purchasing at the phone number above at least five (5) working days prior to the event. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact this office by using the Florida Relay Services which can be reached at 1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD).
 
The Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids or accept minor irregularities in the best interest of the State of Florida.
 
Certified Business Enterprises are encouraged to participate in the solicitation process.
 
A Pre Solicitation Conference has been scheduled. For specific information see the Advertisement Description.
 

Downloadable Files for Advertisement

Version	Description	Type	Required
Original	INVITATION TO BID (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
Original	ORDER FORM (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document
Original	EXPERIENCE FORMS (Open/Save/View)	Complete Document