Subject:
Title
Continuing Architectural/Engineering Design Consultant Services Agreements Contract Amendments
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Central Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners:
- Authorize the Chair to execute the attached contract amendments
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Florida Statute 287.055, Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties was updated in 2020. The updated statute increased the fees for services and construction from $200,000.00 for consultants and $2,000,000.00 for construction to $500,000.00 for consultant and $4,000,000.00 for construction.
In 2018 the County awarded the following continuing consultant services agreements that were subject to the limits included in Florida Statute 287.055:
Architectural/Engineering - RZK Architects, Shenkel Shultz Architects, Tsark Architecture
Civil Engineering - BRPH, Construction Engineering Group, Infrastructure Solutions, Morgan & Associates
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing - Construction Engineering Group, DDC Engineering, TLC Engineering
Roof Consultant - ARC Associates, RZK Architects, Gale Associates, Terracon Consultants
Structural Engineering - Construction Engineering Group, Master Consulting Engineers, TLC Engineering
The agreements currently contain the language in accordance with the statute that outline the limits of $200,000.00 for consultant fees and $2,000,000.00 for construction in the third whereas statement. With the increase in the limits with the recently updated statute, it is requested that the Board authorize the Chair to execute the attached contract amendments to align the fee limits with the statute.
The amendments increase the fees for consultants to $500,000.00 and the fees for construction to $4,000,000.00. The attached contract amendments wer...
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