CLEARWATER DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR DOWNTOWN CHARACTER DISTRICTS
CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT made this .;f1"tf day of cy';-<.f 2003, by and between the
City of Clearwater, Florida (City), a Florida municipal corporation, P. O. Box 4748, Clearwater
Florida 33758-4748, and Land Design Innovations, Inc., (Consultant), a Florida corporation, 140
North Orlando Avenue, Suite 295, Winter Park, Florida 32789.
WHEREAS, City desires to have Consultant provide consulting services for preparation
of Downtown Clearwater Design Guidelines (the Project) described in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, Consultant agrees to provide the consulting services described in Exhibit A,
under the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, the City and Consultant do hereby incorporate all terms and
conditions in Exhibit "A" and mutually agree as follows:
1. SCOPE OF PROJECT. Consultant agrees to provide planning services under
the terms and conditions described in Exhibit "A".
2. TIME OF PERFORMANCE. The work product described in Exhibit "A" shall be
complete on or before September 30, 2003.
3. REPORTS. Consultant agrees to provide to City reports on the Project upon
request by the City and upon completion of the Project.
4. COMPENSATION. The City will pay Consultant a sum not to exceed
$ 30,000
, inclusive of all reasonable and necessary direct expenses as described in the
cost estimate attached as Exhibit "A". The City may, from time to time, require changes in the
scope of the project of Consultant to be performed hereunder. Such changes, including any
increase or decrease in the amount of Consultant's compensation and changes in the terms of
this Agreement which are mutually agreed upon by and between City and Consultant shall be
effective when incorporated in written amendment to this Agreement.
5. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Consultant shall bill City, and City agrees to pay
after approval of the City Project Manager under the terms of the Florida Prompt Payment Act
F.S.218.70.
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6. CONTACTS FOR RESPONSIBILITY. Gina Clayton, Long Range Planning
Manager, will be designated as Project Director for this project by Consultant to manage and
supervise the performance of this Agreement on behalf of Consultant. Associated with the
Project Director will be staff members whose experience and qualifications are appropriate for
this Project. The City will be represented by Gina Clayton or her designee for all matters
relating to this Agreement.
7. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. The City at its sole discretion may terminate
this Agreement by giving Consultant ten (10) days' written notice of its election to do so and by
specifying the effective date of such termination. The Consultant shall be paid for its services
through the effective date of such termination. Further, if Consultant shall fail to fulfill any of its
obligations hereunder, this Agreement shall be in default, the City may terminate the
Agreement, and Consultant shall be paid only for work completed. Consultant may terminate
the Agreement in the event that circumstances beyond the control of Consultant result in
impossibility of performance of the Agreement, including, but not limited to, dissolution of
corporate existence of Consultant.
8. NON-DISCRIMINATION. Consultant shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title I of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 in that: No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race,
creed, color, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, beliefs, or disability be subject to
discrimination under any program or activity which Consultant has agreed to undertake by and
through the covenants and provisions set forth in this Agreement. There shall be no
discrimination against any employee who is employed in the work covered by the Agreement, or
against applicants for such employment, on said grounds. This provision shall include, but not
be limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or
recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rate of payor other forms of compensation; and
selection for training, including apprenticeship.
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9. INTERESTS OF PARTIES. Consultant covenants that its officers, employees
and shareholders have no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, which
would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of services required to be
performed under this Agreement.
10. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE. Consultant agrees to protect, defend,
indemnify and hold the City and its officers, employees and agents free and harmless from and
against any and all losses, penalties, damages, settlements, costs, charges, professional fees or
other expenses or liabilities of every kind and character arising out of or due to any negligent act
or omission of Consultant or its employees in connection with or arising directly or indirectly out of
this Agreement and/or the performance hereof. Without limiting its liability under this Agreement,
Consultant shall procure and maintain during the life of this Agreement professional liability
insurance. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
11. PROPRIETARY MATERIALS; ACCESS TO RECORDS; RIGHTS TO DATA AND
COPYRIGHT. Upon termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall transfer, assign and make
available to City or its representatives all property and materials in Consultant's possession
belonging to or paid by the City. The City, the Department of State, Division of Historical
Resources, or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access to any books,
documents, papers, and records of Contractor which are directly pertinent to the Agreement, for
the purpose of making audit, examination, excerpts, and transcription. Consultant shall maintain
all required records for five years following the later of final payment by City or closure of all
pending matters. When publications, films, or similar materials are developed, directly or
indirectly, from the Project, any copyright resulting therefrom shall be held by the Florida
Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. Consultant may arrange for copyright of
such materials only after approval from the Department. Any copyright arranged for by
Consultant shall include acknowledgement of grant assistance. As a condition of grant
assistance, City has agreed to and has awarded to the Department and, if applicable, to the
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United States Government and to its officers, agents, and employees acting within the scope of
their official duties, a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license throughout the world for
official purposes, to publish, translate, reproduce, and use all subject data or copyrightable
material based on such data covered by the copyright.
12. REMEDIES, OTHER THAN TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT, FOR BREACH;
ATTORNEYS' FEES AND JURISDICTION. In the event of breach of this Agreement by either
party, the other party shall have such administrative, contractual, or legal remedies as provided by
this Agreement, the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, and the laws of the State of
Florida. In the event that either party seeks to enforce this Agreement through attorneys at law,
then the parties agree that each party shall bear its own attorneys' fees and costs, and that
jurisdiction for any court action filed regarding this Agreement shall be in a court of competent
jurisdiction in Pinellas County, Florida. Termination of this Agreement shall be in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph 7. above.
13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.
14. INCORPORATION OF RFP BY REFERENCE. The provisions of City of
Clearwater RFQ 14-03, Request for Qualifications for Downtown Clearwater Design Guidelines,
are attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City and Consultant have executed this Agreement on the
date first above written.
Approved as to form:
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By:
William B. Horne II
City Manager
Attest:
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RECEIVED
Exhibit A
APR 2 5 2003
Scope of Services
City of Clearwater
Design Guidelines for Downtown Character Districts
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
CITY OF CLEARWATER
The Planning Department of the City of Clearwater is seeking urban design and land
planning services to prepare design guidelines for development review of projects located
within the six (6) character Districts of downtown Clearwater. The design guidelines will
provide for a high standard of design to promote a unified, cohesive appearance within each
district and to promote development of the area consistent with the City's Character
Districts and Street Classification Plan for the downtown. The intent of the design
standards will be to maintain and enhance the positive characteristics of the existing
development within the downtown, as well as preventing further impacts of development
that are not reflective of the traditional development patterns or are incompatible with
existing development.
Description of Tasks
1.0 Pre-Contract Meeting
LDI will meet with City staff to discuss the scope of this project and clearly define
the tasks to be accomplished under this contract.
2.0 Kick-Off Meeting
A meeting will be held between LDI and City staff to discuss the major problems
and opportunities within the Districts, and to learn what the common issues and
limitations are dealt with on a daily basis in development review that have prevented
the City from gaining quality design final products from development projects.
3.0 Site Visits/Data Collection
Through a series of site visits and on-site meetings with staff, LDI will evaluate the
current development patterns of the Districts.
3.1 LDI will gather infonnation with respect to the eXlstlng development
patterns and will document these patterns through photographs.
3.2 Building lines, setbacks, fenestration, window glazing, color schemes,
architectural styles, and other issues related to appearance of each individual
District will be documented.
3.3 Alleys, parking, cross access, and other vehicular and pedestrian circulation
issues will be analyzed.
3.4 The types of signage currendy present will be analyzed.
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4.0 Data Gathering
4.1 LDI will obtain copies of recent studies related to the downtown
redevelopment and streetscape improvements for consistency with the
design guidelines.
4.2 If available, LDI will gather basemaps from the City identifying the location
of existing developed and vacant properties in the project area, as well as the
existing patterns of development.
4.3 LDI will gather from the City and evaluate the extent of historic structures
and concentrations throughout the districts.
4.4 LDI will go through libraries of photos, take new photographs and gather
photos from around the nation that best depict the circumstances in
Clearwater and potential opportunities for improvement.
5.0 Define Predominant Styles
5.1 Senior staff at LDI, experienced in both urban design and architecture, will
define the urban design characteristics of each district based upon the site
visits, comments from staff and photo interpretations. Historic architectural
styles and concentrations will be identified; no actual historic structure
surveys or detailed historic preservation analysis will be conducted for this
scope. The product for this task will be either a written analysis of each
district, a map of each district that identifies key areas, or a combination of
both written and mapping analysis.
6.0 Photos/Graphics
6.1 LDI graphic personnel will download and organize photographs taken in the
field, as well as attend meetings, and find images from other sources that can
be used to educate property owners and developers.
6.2 Our team of graphic designers will also create images that depict the intent of
written codes to illustrate the proposed design guidelines.
7.0 Workshop #1
7.1 The LDI staff of urban designers and graphic artists will coordinate to
develop a PowerPoint presentation to educate the public regarding good
design principals.
7.2 The presentation will be tailored to the special characteristics within each of
the six (6) character Districts.
7.3 One (1) digital copy of the PowerPoint presentation will be sent to City staff
in order that City staff may provide additional copies of the presentation for
the workshop. LDI will also provide twelve (12) black and white copies (two
per district) of the presentation for use during breakout sessions.
7.4 LDI will prepare sign-in sheets for the meeting.
7.5 City staff will provide nametags.
7.6 City staff will arrange the meeting room and invite the attendees to the
workshop.
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7.7 City staff will advertise for the public workshops.
7.8 The City staff will prepare the aerials and any other presentation boards that
are needed to identify the districts.
7.9 LDI will facilitate the public workshop and breakout sessions. City staff will
assist with the facilitation.
8.0 Written Design Guidelines
8.1 LDI will prepare one (1) written design guideline draft report with standards
for buildings, site layout, parking, access, and signage standards for the
project area. The consultant will provide one copy-ready hardcopy of the
draft to the City and one digital version.
8.2 The Design Guidelines will meet the Secretary of the Interior Standards
design guidelines, and the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation standards.
8.3 The design guidelines will be broken into sections based upon the six (6)
character Districts, including the Old Bay, Downtown Core, South Gateway,
Town Lake Residential, East Gateway, and Town Lake Business Park
Districts. Each section will include those standards that are applicable to
the individual District, as well standards that are applicable to all Districts.
8.4 The design guidelines will be integrated into the City of Clearwater's
Redevelopment Plan.
8.5 Subsequent to the Client's review of the draft copy of the design guidelines
and input provided during the public meetings, LDI will prepare one (1) final
version of the design standards incorporating the Client's comments. The
consultant will provide one copy-ready hardcopy of the fmal report to the
City and one digital version.
9.0 Workshop #2
9.1 LDI will facilitate a follow-up workshop to highlight the key guidelines in the
proposed report for each character District. City staff will assist with the
facilitation. LDI will prepare one (1) original digital copy of the draft and
agendas. The digital copies will be sent to City staff in order that City Staff
may provide copies for the meeting. LDI will provide six (6) copies of the
draft (1 per district) for use during the breakout sessions.
9.2 LDI will prepare an agenda and sign-in sheets for the meeting.
9.3 City staff will provide nametags.
9.4 City staff will arrange the meeting room and invite the attendees to the
workshop.
9.5 City staff will advertise for the public workshop.
9.6 The City staff will prepare the aerials and any other presentation boards that
are needed to identify the Districts.
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10.0 Public Hearings
10.1 LDI will be available to answer questions about the design guideline report
during one (1) Local Planning Agency and one (1) City Commission hearing
for adoption.
10.2 If the City requires attendance at any additional meetings beyond those
described in 10.1 above, LDI will be compensated on an hourly basis for
meeting time and travel costs associated with the additional project needs,
based upon the attached hourly rate schedule.
11.0 Compensation and Deliverables
The following items shall be considered the project deliverables, and in exchange for
the services described above herein, the Consultant shall receive a lump sum fee of
$30,000 for those deliverables, to be paid in three equal installments based upon the
following:
11.1 Data Collection, Definition of Predominant Styles and Public Workshop #1
- $10,000.
11.2 Public Workshop #2 - $10,000
11.3 Final Document - $10,000
All reports, drawings, photographs, and plans for this project shall be prepared
utilizing either Microsoft Word, Excel or Publisher, and ArcView. An electronic
copy of all final deliverables will be provided to the City upon completion of the
project.
The consultant will be responsible for direct expenses incurred by the consultant in
preparation of the project. These expenses include mileage, lodging, telephone
charges, in-house material costs, as well as the costs associated with the
photocopying, as defined above. The City will not pay reimbursable expenses to the
Client. The City will assist with reprographic, photocopy, and presentation materials
in addition to that defined in this scope.
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RECEIVED
Exhibit B
A~k 2 5 2003
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
City of Clearwater CITY OF CLEARWATER
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
RFQ 14-03
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
FOR
DOWNTOWN CLEARWATER
DESIGN GUIDELINES
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CITY OF CLEARWATER
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR
DOWNTOWN CLEARWATER DESIGN GUIDELINES
The City of Clearwater announces that it is requesting responses from qualified
professionals for the following:
Downtown Design Guideline services associated with the update
of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan including the "Gateway"
area. The general boundaries of this area are Highland Avenue
on the east, Clearwater Bay on the west, Drew Street on the
north, except for the area contained in the Northwest Periphery
Plan area, and Court Street on the south, but including the
area contained in the Southwest Periphery Plan (see attached
map). Qualified firms will prepare Architectural Design
Guidelines for the City of Clearwater's Downtown
Redevelopment Area, utilizing the Florida Department of State
Division of Historical Resources Model Guidelines for Design
Review and the Secretary of Interior Standards for
Rehabilitation. Guidelines shall provide criteria for historic
renovation, new construction, building additions, fa~ade
alterations, and signage for the Downtown area. The Design
Guidelines will provide for appropriate renovation of buildings
in the historic downtown, as well as for new construction and
redevelopment in the surrounding areas. The Guidelines should
also be related to and support the character districts
established in the updated Downtown Redevelopment Plan.
Grant funds are being used for this project and a draft must be
submitted to the State of Florida for review and approval 45
days prior to the end of the grant period of June 30, 2003 and
the final product must be submitted to the State by July 30,
2003.
The firm(s) selected for these assignments will be expected to sign a contract
with the City of Clearwater. The City reserves the right to select specific
companies submitting as part of a team submittal.
Qualified responses will be reviewed and ranked by the City's Review
Committee. Preference at the discretion of the Review Committee may be given
to respondents with national and/or Florida design experience. Specific
emphasis will be placed on firms with proven innovative and state of the art
experience in developing design guidelines for historic areas with substantial
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areas for infill and redevelopment. Oral presentations will be requested of
short-listed potential selectees at the discretion of the Review Committee.
Qualified firms are invited to notify the City of Clearwater of their interest in
being selected by submitting ten (10) copies of the information required in the
Submittals section and showing the qualifications of your firm to address the
below by the required date. Additional response forms and non-technical
information may be obtained from George McKibben, City Purchasing Manager,
(727) 562-4634. This Request for Qualifications is available on-line at:
www.clearwater-fl.com. Select: "Purchasing"; "Invitations for Bid"; then "RFQ
14-03" .
MAIL OR DELIVER COMPLETED RESPONSES TO:
George McKibben
City Purchasing Manager
Municipal Services Building
100 South Myrtle Avenue (3rd floor)
Clearwater, FL 33756 - 5520
Mailing address: P. O. Box 4748
Clearwater, FL 33758-4748
All proposals must be received not later than 4:00 p.m. local time Friday,
February 14, 2003. The City assumes no responsibility for responses received
after the stated time and date, or at any office or location other than that
specified herein, whether due to mail delays, courier mistake, mishandling or
any other reason. Late responses will be held unopened and not considered for
award.
OPENNESS OF PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Written response, other submissions, correspondence, and all records made
thereof, as well as negotiations conducted pursuant to this request, shall be
handled in compliance with Chapters 119 and 286, Florida Statutes. The City
gives no assurance as to the confidentiality of any portion of the qualifications
once submitted.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESPONSE
The City reserves the right to retain all submitted responses for official record
purposes. The City also reserves the right to dispose of any or all copies of
responses in whatever manner it deems appropriate. No copies of responses will
be retumed to the firm.
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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Once a response is presented, the City shall not accept any requests by any firm
to correct errors or omissions in any calculations submitted.
RESERVED RIGHT
The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all
submissions/proposals, to waive irregularities and technicalities, and to request
resubmission. Any sole response received the first submission date mayor may
not be rejected by the City depending on available competition and timely needs
of the City. The City shall be the sole judge of the submission/proposal and the
resulting negotiated agreement that is in its best interest and its decision shall
be final. Also, the City reserves the right to make such investigation, as it deems
necessary to determine the ability of any responder to perform the work or
service requested. The responder shall provide information the City deems
necessary to make this determination.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Any prospective firm should make an affirmative statement in its proposals to
the effect that, to its knowledge, its retention would not result in a conflict of
interest with any party. Altematively, should any potential conflict exist, the
prospective firm should specify the party with which there might be a conflict,
the nature of the potential conflict, and the means proposed to resolve such
conflict.
RIGHT TO PROTEST
Any actual or prospective responder who is aggrieved in connection with the
solicitation or award of a contract may seek resolution of its complaints by
contacting the Purchasing Manager.
NO COLLUSION
By offering a submission to the RFQ, the responder certifies, and in the case of a
joint submission/proposal each party thereto certifies as to its own organization,
that in connection with the submission/proposal:
a. No attempt has been made or will be made by the responder to
induce any other person or firm to submit or not to submit a
submission/proposal for the purpose of restricting competition; and
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b. The only person(s) or principal(s) interested in this
submission/proposal are named therein and that no person other
than those therein mentioned has/have any interest in this
submission/proposal or in the agreement to be entered into; and
c. No person or agency has been employed or retained to solicit or
secure this agreement upon an agreement or understanding for a
commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting
bona fide employees or established commercial agencies maintained
by the purchaser for the purpose of doing business.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/CONSULTANTS' COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION
ACT (CCNA) - FLORIDA STATUTE 287.055
Professional services requested in this RFQ are within the scope of the practice of
architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, or registered land
surveying, as defined by the laws of the State of Florida. Provisions of F.S.
287.055 apply.
APPROPRIATIONS CLAUSE
The City, an entity of govemment, is subject to the appropriation of funds by its
legislative body in an amount sufficient to allow continuation of its performance
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract for each and every
fiscal year following the fiscal year in which this contract is executed and entered
into and for which this contract shall remain in effect. The City shall, upon
receipt of notice that sufficient funds are not available to continue its full and
faithful performance of this contract, provide written notice to the Contractor of
such event and effective thirty (30) days after giving such notice or upon the
expiration of the period of time for which funds were appropriated, whichever
occurs first, be thereafter released at all further obligations in any way related to
the contract.
SUBMITTALS:
Interested firms should state their interest in this project by submitting eight
copies of the following:
. Letter of interest and understanding on Firm stationery;
. Description of Firm to include only the following:
./ Legal name, years in business, officers, staff size, and staff breakdown by
classification;
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./ List of all similar projects or work completed within the last ten years,
with dates of completion, size of projects, project cost, name of lead staff
person, addresses, client contact persons, and telephone numbers;
./ Names and titles of the project team;
./ Resumes of all persons who will be working on this project, including
consultants and interior design staff;
./ Table of organization proposed by the Firm for this project;
./ Selected examples from at least three different design guidelines where
the firm has been the principal author;
./ Statements of professional and general liability insurance, as required by
the City;
./ Firm brochures and business cards of persons to be assigned to this
project;
./ List of legal actions brought against the firm within the last ten years.
MULTIPLE FIRM TEAMS:
Multiple firm or joint venture teams must clearly identify the roles and
responsibilities of the proposed participants.
FEES:
Approximately $20,000 has been earmarked for these services.
SELECTION PROCESS:
The City Project Review Committee will review the RFQ submittals and select
three to five firms for interviews. Those firms not asked to respond to the RFQ
will also be notified.
The selected firms will be shortlisted and given advance notice to prepare for a
public interview, to be held in Clearwater. The interviews will be conducted
over a one- or two-day schedule. A decision following the interviews will be
made within five working days of the last interview. The selection will be based
on the most qualified firm with the most relevant experience, the quality of
guidelines completed, their ease of administration and the ability to convey
design issues to the public.
CONDITIONS:
The City reserves the right to accept and/ or reject any or all proposals; to waive
any irregularity, variance, or informality whether technical or substantial in
nature; and to negotiate with all qualified Firms in keeping with the best
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interests of the City. An award resulting from this request shall be awarded to
the Firm whose proposal is determined to be most advantageous to the City of
Clearwater.
Items which the Selection and Technical Committee will consider and weigh
during the selection process are: availability of the firm, successful experience
creating design guidelines utilizing the Secretary of Interior Standards for
Rehabilitation, successful experience in preparing guidelines for downtown
in fill development, completeness of response to the RFQ, and qualifications of
key personnel to be assigned to projects.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS:
See Exhibit "A" attached.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFQ is being mailed to Firms that have contacted the City and those that
are believed to have the experience needed for this project. The project is also
being advertised per City of Clearwater purchasing policies.
PROJECT SCHEDULE
a.
Release date of RFQ
January 23, 2003
b.
Due date of RFQ
February 14, 2003
c.
Oral Presentations
February 27, 2003
d.
Selection Committee Decision
March 7, 2003
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. All responses become property of the City of Clearwater.
2. The City will not reimburse the respondent for any costs associated
with the preparation, submittal, or presentation of their responses to
this request.
3. The respondent acknowledges that all information contained within its
response is part of the public domain as defined by State of Florida
Sunshine and Public Record Laws. The City gives no assurance as to
confidentiality of any portion of any proposal once submitted.
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4. The awards made pursuant to this Call for Professional Services are
subject to the provisions of Chapter 112, Part III, Florida Statutes. All
respondents must disclose with their responses the name of an officer,
director, owner, or agent who is also an employee of the City of
Clearwater.
5. Respondents, their agents, and associates shall refrain from contacting
or soliciting any City officials regarding this Call for Professional
Services during the selection process. Failure to comply with this
provision may result in disqualification of the respondent, at the
option of the City. Only George McKibben may be contacted.
6. There shall be no discrimination as to race, sex, color, creed,
handicaps, or national origin in the operations conducted under this
engagement.
7. Due care and diligence has been exercised in the preparation of this
Call for Professional Services, and all information contained herein is
believed to be substantially correct. However, the responsibility for
determining the full extent of the services rests solely with those
making responses. Neither the City nor its representatives shall be
responsible for any error or omission in this response, nor for the
failure on the part of the respondents to determine the full extent of
the exposures.
8. Preference will be given to those responses in full or substantially full
compliance with the requested information in this document.
9. Each respondent is responsible for full and complete compliance with
all laws, rules, and regulations including those of the Federal
Government, the State of Florida, and the City of Clearwater. Failure
or inability on the part of the respondent to have complete knowledge
and intent to comply with such laws, rules, and regulations shall not
relieve any respondent from its obligation to honor its response and to
perform completely in accordance with its response.
10. Any interpretation, clarification, correction, or change to the Call for
Professional Services will be made by written addendum issued by the
City's Purchasing Manager. Any oral or other type of communication
concerning the Call for Professional Services shall not be binding
unless issued by the City in the form of an addendum.
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11. Responses must be signed by an individual of the respondent's
organization legally authorized to commit the respondent's
organization to the performance of the services contemplated by this
Call for Professional Services.
12. The successful respondent shall be required to submit proof of
licenses, certifications, and proofs of insurance as required by the City.
13. The successful respondent shall not be allowed to substitute project
team members named in this response without the written permission
of the City.
14. The designer is responsible for all costs associated with any non-
discretionary changes. A bond for this purpose may be required.
Documents cited in this document but not attached are available upon
request.
"This project has been financed in part with historic preservation grant
assistance provided by the National Park Service, u.S. Department of
Interior, administered through the Bureau of Historic Preservation, Division
of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State, assisted by the Historic
Preservation Advisory Council. However, the contents and opinions do not
necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Department of the Interior or
the Florida Department of State, nor does the mention of trade names or
commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by the
Department of the Interior or the Florida Department of State. This program
receives Federal financial assistance for identification and protection of
historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as
amended, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the
basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in its federally assisted
programs. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any
program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further
information, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park
Service, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240."
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