Hillsborough County Public Schools Facilities
Action Item

DATE: Thursday, November 6, 2008
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Appointment of Mechanical Engineering Firms on a Continuing Contract Basis

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Florida Statutes authorize continuing contracts for professional architectural, engineering, and construction management services for projects for which construction costs do not exceed $1,000,000, and for study activities when the fee for such professional services does not exceed $50,000. The Board last approved continuing contracts for engineering services in October 2003.

Florida Statutes and School Board policy outline the process and requirements for selection of professional service providers. Attachment A summarizes the process. The process provides for the identification of the most highly qualified firms for the required service by a Professional Services Selection Committee that includes representatives from several District divisions and the community. Specific committee members participating in this selection and the organization represented by each are identified in Attachment C.

The Committee considered firms separately for each specific engineering discipline. Firms considered for mechanical engineering services and the results of their evaluation by the Committee at each phase of the process are recorded in Attachments D and E.

Staff recommends approval of continuing contracts with the firms deemed most highly qualified by the Selection Committee to provide mechanical engineering services, as listed on Attachment F.

Contracts shall be established for an initial one-year term, and may be renewed for subsequent one-year terms upon mutual agreement.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

All Strategic Objectives

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Funding for each project will be established prior to authorization.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Rory Salimbene, General Manager of Construction

Rory Salimbene
General Manager of Construction
(813) 272-4112
Cathy L. Valdes
Chief Facilities Officer
(813) 272-4004
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20081106_303 * Section A Item# 6.08