§ 2-108. Design-build contracts.

(a)

Authority. The county is authorized and required by F.S. § 287.055(9)(c) to adopt an ordinance governing the award of design-build contracts.

(b)

Findings. The board of county commissioners has hereby found, determined, and declared as follows:

(1)

In view of the rapidly increasing demand for public construction projects in the county, methods for economizing time and costs in the construction of such projects need to be developed; and

(2)

It may be both time and cost effective in certain instances to award a single contract for the design and construction of a public construction project.

(c)

Definitions. The following terms, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Design-build contract means a single contract with a design-build firm for the design and construction of a public construction project.

Design-build firm means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity which:

(1)

Is certified under F.S. § 489.119 to engage in contracting through a certified or registered general contractor or a certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying agent; or

(2)

Is certified under F.S. § 471.023 to practice or to offer to practice engineering; certified under F.S. § 481.219 to practice or offer to practice architecture; or certified under F.S. § 481.319 to practice or to offer to practice landscape architecture.

Design criteria package means concise, performance-oriented drawings or specifications of the public construction project. The purpose of the design criteria package is to furnish sufficient information so as to permit design-build firms to prepare a bid or a response to an agency's request for proposal, or to permit an agency to enter into a negotiated design-build contract. The design criteria package shall specify such performance-based criteria for the public construction project, including, but not limited to, and as may be applicable to the project:

(1)

The legal description of the site.

(2)

Survey information concerning the site.

(3)

Interior space requirements.

(4)

Material quality standards.

(5)

Schematic layouts and conceptual design criteria of the project.

(6)

Cost or budget estimates.

(7)

Design and construction schedules.

(8)

Site development requirements.

(9)

Provisions for utilities, stormwater retention and disposal.

(10)

Parking requirements.

Design criteria professional means a firm who holds a current certificate of registration under F.S. ch. 481 to practice architecture or landscape architecture or a firm who holds a current certificate as a registered engineer under F.S. ch. 471 to practice engineering and who is employed by or under contract to the agency for the providing of professional architect services, landscape architect services, or engineering services in connection with the preparation of the design criteria package.

(d)

Design criteria package.

(1)

All design-build projects require a design criteria package to define the project parameters which are to be used to evaluate and govern the proposal. This design criteria package consists of concise performance-oriented preliminary drawings or specifications, or both, of the project. The criteria shall include the requirements set forth in F.S. § 287.055(2)(j).

(2)

The design criteria package shall be prepared and sealed by a design criteria professional employed by or retained by the county.

(e)

Design criteria professional.

(1)

Acceptable entities who may act as the design criteria professional include, but are not limited to:

i.

Licensed professional engineers, architects, and landscape architects employed by the county.

ii.

A licensed engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural firm providing management services to the county where the county has the authority to request such services and the firm was selected pursuant to F.S. § 287.055.

iii.

Engineering, architectural, and landscape architectural firms selected by the county pursuant to F.S. § 287.055 to be the design criteria professional.

(2)

A design criteria professional who has been selected to prepare the design criteria package shall not be eligible to render services under a design-build contract executed pursuant to the design criteria package.

(3)

The purchasing director shall consult with the design criteria professional concerning its [or his/her] duties which include, but are not limited to:

i.

Evaluation of the responses or bids submitted by the design-build firms;

ii.

Supervision or approval by the county of the detailed working drawings of the project; and

iii.

Evaluation of the compliance of the project construction with the design criteria package.

(f)

Selection procedures—In general.

(1)

Public announcement. The purchasing director shall publicly advertise in a uniform and consistent manner on each occasion when design-build services are required, except in cases of valid public emergencies as declared by the board of county commissioners. The advertisement shall include a general description of the project and shall indicate how, and the time within which, interested design-build firms may apply for consideration.

(2)

Legal qualification. Any firm or individual desiring to provide design-build services to the board must first be determined legally qualified. Legal qualifications are:

i.

Certification. Firms must be properly certified to engage in contracting through a certified or registered general contractor or a certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying agent; or must be properly certified to practice or to offer to practice engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture.

ii.

The firm shall be duly qualified to perform its proposed service under any other applicable law.

(3)

Professional services selection committee. A professional services selection committee appointed by the county administrator shall be used to select design-build firms for recommendation to the board of county commissioners.

(4)

Solicitation. The purchasing director shall develop a request for proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals from interested, qualified design-build firms. The RFP shall contain, as a minimum, the following:

i.

The design criteria package.

ii.

Basis and method for selection.

iii.

Required qualifications.

iv.

Terms and conditions of proposed agreement.

v.

Other items as required by procedures, laws, ordinances, or prevailing circumstances.

(g)

Same—Additional procedures. In addition to the general selection procedures set forth in this article, the purchasing director shall implement selection procedures which shall include, but are not limited to:

(1)

Specific RFP requirements.

(2)

Oral presentations and/or interviews, where appropriate.

(3)

Method of scoring and ranking.

(4)

Accelerated procedures, where appropriate.

(5)

Method of evaluating performance of design-build firms.

(Ord. No. 15-26, § 2, 12-15-15)