REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

SANDRIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Request for Proposals

 Construction Services for Amenity Facilities Construction Project Clay County, Florida

 Notice is hereby given that the Sandridge Community Development District (“District”) will receive proposals for the following District project: Amenity Facilities Construction Project

The contract awarded for this Project will require contractors to provide for the construction, labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct and install certain Amenity Facility related improvements and other associated work necessary to complete such improvements, as more particularly described in the Project Manual and in accordance with the plans and specifications. The scope is as more particularly described in the Project Manual and in accordance with the plans and specifications (together, the “Project”). Construction of the Project shall be in accordance with plans developed by the District’s consultants.

Proposers must meet the following minimum qualifications: (1) Proposer is able to furnish a bond or other form of security in the amount of the Project to the District; (2) Proposer is authorized to do business in Florida; and (3) Proposer is registered with Clay County and is a licensed contractor in the State of Florida.

The Project Manual will be available electronically beginning June 9, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. EST and may be requested by emailing the offices of Basham & Lucas Design Group, Inc. (the “Project Architect”), at Michael@bashamlucas.com, and requesting the “Sandridge CDD Amenity Facilities Construction Project Manual.” Each Project Manual will include, but not be limited to, the Request for Proposals, instructions to bidders, and the proposal submission package including the contract documents. Electronic drawing sets will be provided as part of the Project Manual.

There will be a mandatory pre-proposal conference at the offices of GreenPointe Developers, LLC, located at 7807 Baymeadows Road East Suite. 205, Jacksonville, FL 32256, on June 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Failure to attend the mandatory pre-proposal conference may preclude the District’s consideration of a proposal submitted by a non-attending proposer. 

Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the Project Manual. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, provide for the delivery of the Project in phases, extend or contract the work, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any Proposal, as it deems appropriate, if it determines in its discretion that it is in the District’s best interests to do so. Any protest of the terms and specifications must be filed with the District within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of the Project Manual, together with a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of $10,000. In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor.  In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees associated with hearing and defending the protest.  Failure to timely file a protest will result in a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and other law.

Firms desiring to provide construction services for the referenced Project must submit one hard copy of their completed Proposal and one digital copy on a disc or flash drive in person or by mail to the offices of GreenPointe Developers, LLC, c/o Mike Taylor, located at 7807 Baymeadows Road East Suite. 205, Jacksonville, FL 32256. No e-mail submissions will be accepted. Proposals must be received no later than 1:00 pm on July 12, 2022, at which time they will be publicly opened at the offices of GreenPointe Developers, LLC, consistent with Florida law. No official action will be taken at the opening.  The proposal opening is open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law including but not limited to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes.  A copy of the agenda for the Project opening may be obtained by contacting the District Manager at c/o Wrathell, Hunt and Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, or at 1 (877) 276-0889 (“District Manager’s Office”).  Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the District Manager at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1 (800) 955-8770, who can aid you in contacting any of the parties associated with this RFP process.

Additionally, as further described in the Project Manual, each proposer shall supply a bid bond or cashier’s check in the sum equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid with its proposal. Proposals shall be in the form provided in the Project Manual and submitted in a sealed envelope pursuant to the Instructions to Proposers. The District reserves the right to return unopened to the Proposer any Proposals received after the time and date stipulated above. Each proposal shall remain binding for a minimum of one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Proposal opening.  The successful Proposer will be required upon award to furnish a payment and performance bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the contract, with a Surety acceptable to the District, or other form of acceptable security, in accordance with Section 255.05, Florida Statutes.

All questions regarding the Project Manual or this Project shall be directed in writing only to John Pauli (jpauli@bashamlucas.com) for Architecture and to Bill Wilber (bill@bashamlucas.com) for Landscape, with a copy to Jennifer Kilinski, at Jennifer@kelawgroup.com by 5:00 p.m. on July 5, 2022.  No phone inquiries please. No deposits or refunds will be given for any expenses, including but not limited to labor or otherwise, in submitting a bid. 

Sandridge Community Development District

District Manager

Legal 35650 Published June 9, 2022 in Clay County's Clay Today Newspaper