Hernando County is seeking Statements of Qualifications from Florida-registered firms qualified to provide comprehensive general professional civil engineering, planning, and Consulting Services required in connection with the development and improvement of Hernando County infrastructure. The project must be designed using the design criteria and standards of the Florida Greenbook. The general objective is for the Consultant to prepare a set of Contract documents including plans, specifications, supporting engineering analysis, calculations and other technical documents in accordance with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Local Area Program (LAP) policy, procedure and requirements. These Contract documents will be used by the Consultant to build the project and for inspection and final acceptance of the project. The Consultant shall follow a systems engineering process to ensure that all required project components are included in the development of the Contract documents and the project can be built as designed and to specifications. The FDOT Off-System LAP Specifications (Big 4) will be used. The Consultant shall be aware that as a project is developed, certain modifications and/or improvements to the original concepts may be required. The Consultant shall incorporate these refinements into the design and consider such refinements to be an anticipated and integral part of the work. This shall not be a basis for any supplemental fee request(s).
The Consultant shall demonstrate good project management practices while working on this project. Consultants are expected to know the laws and rules governing their professions and are expected to provide services in accordance with current regulations, codes and ordinances and recognized standards applicable to such professional services as well as FDOT LAP regulations and FHWA Federal Grant requirements.
