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Ranking of Firms for Construction of the City of Gainesville Fire Station 8 and NW 42nd Ave Roadway (B)
This is a request for the City Commission to approve staff's ranking of the firms as listed below for construction of the City of Gainesville Fire Station 8 and NW 42nd Avenue Road and direct the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract and any subsequent amendments with the first ranked firm. If a contract cannot be executed with the first ranked firm negotiations will continue with the next ranked firm until a contract can be executed.
Explanation
On March 17th, 2010, the City's Purchasing Division received eight (8) Best Evaluation Bid (BEB) proposals from construction firms for the construction of the 42nd Avenue road connection to the station and the development and construction of Fire Station 8 property per the plans and specifications of the architect. Department staff has evaluated the qualifications, proposals of the firms, and prices and is recommending the following ranking:
1) MM Parrish Construction Company
2) Mandese White Construction, Inc.
3) Scherer Construction of North Florida, LLC
4) Ethridge Construction of Marion County, Inc.
5) Boran Craig Engel Construction, Inc.
6) Slack Construction, Inc.
7) Bradanna, Inc.
8) MDM Services, Inc.
On April 8, 2010, Mandese White Construction, Inc., one of the companies responding to the BEB, filed a protest regarding Bid No. FMGT 100030-DH for the construction of Fire Station #8. The letter from Mandese White Construction, Inc. outlining the details of the protest is Attachment #1. Pursuant to the bid protest procedures, a hearing was held by the department head designee on April 21, 2010, to allow Mandese White Construction, Inc. to present information in support of its protest. Staff's comments related to the protest letter and the facts represented in support of the letter at the April 21st hearing is attached (Attachment #2). This document was provided to Mande...
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