PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONTRACT NEGOITATIONS FOR RFP-27-024 Design Build for Walker Annex Remodel

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) and the Selection Committee sincerely appreciates the time, care, and effort employed by all respondents to the subject solicitation in the production of their proposals. FSDB has completed the selection process for professional services for the above-named project. It has been our objective to select the most qualified firm to perform this service. The results of the Committee decision rank the firms interviewed as follows: Auld & White with a score of 82Scorpio with a score of 71E. Vaughan Rivers with a score of 61 FSDB will now enter into contract discussions and negotiations with Auld & White. It is noted that if the agency is unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the most qualified firm at a price that the agency determines to be fair, competitive, and reasonable, negotiations with that firm will be terminated, and the agency will undertake negotiations with the second most qualified firm. This procedure will be followed until an agreement is reached. The bid tabulation details will be available in the project’s Drobox folder accessible from the FSDB website. They will be posted in accordance with the time frame stipulated by Florida Statute or the Solicitation Document. Primary Contact: Please submit all questions by e-mail to: Christine Skaggs, Purchasing Analyst, skaggsc@fsdbk12.org or Kim Whitwam, Director of Purchasing, whitwamk@fsdbk12.org.