Project Information

Bid Title

REG Justice Building Improvements to Life Safety Equipment

Issuing Agency

Miami-Dade County

Location

Florida

Published Date

Jul 9, 2026

Closing Date

Jul 21, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

RPQ No I190277

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Project Description

Title:

REG Justice Building Improvements to Life Safety Equipment

Opening Date:

7/21/2026 2:00:00 PM

Announcement Info:

The project consists of, and is not limited to, furnishing all materials, labor, services, supervision, tools, equipment, including all associated permits, and all other items necessary for the successful completion of the project, which shall include the replacement of the existing emergency generator and fire pump for the REG Courthouse. All work will need to be completed after business hours.
The purpose of this project is to upgrade and replace the emergency generator and fire pump of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building. To include the fire pump controller and associated equipment and supporting panels. The existing operation of the Facility must be maintained during construction. Contractor is responsible for coordinating access and construction activities to avoid any interruption to the operation of the REG Courthouse. Contractor to coordinate with County personnel to turn over existing generator to County Utilities Manager.

Pre-Bid Meeting and Site Visit:
A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE VISIT ARE SCHEDULED. It is highly recommended that Bidders interested in attending the Meeting and Site Visit pre-register by emailing marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov (copy clerkbcc@miamidade.gov). Bidder must submit a completed, notarized Confidentiality Affidavit in order to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting and Site Visit - form provided in the Bid Documents (marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov, copy clerkbcc@miamidade.gov). When and if available a County staff notary will be on site to provide notary services. In the event the staff notary is unavailable on site, it remains the Bidder’s responsibility to provide notarized Confidentiality Affidavit. Bidders who have not submitted a Confidentiality Affidavit will be requested to leave the Meeting and Site Visit. Meet at REG Justice Center, 1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, FL 33125 (Main Lobby). Bidders must allow sufficient time before MEETING/SITE VISIT to sign in and clear Security check. Late attendees WILL NOT be accepted once the Pre-Bid Meeting starts.

Requests for Information (RFIs):
All requests for information (RFIs) shall comply with the Cone of Silence, Administrative Order 3-27 and shall be emailed to marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov with a copy to phillip.salisbury@miamidade.gov and clerkbcc@miamidade.gov. The deadline to receive RFIs from bidders is no later than 2 PM on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Responses cannot be guaranteed for RFIs submitted past the established deadline. Procedural questions may be entertained by phone or during the Pre-Bid Meeting.

Required Experience/Qualifications: The lowest, responsive bidder is required, after Bid Opening and within three (3) business days of County’s written request, to provide the Bidder’s references for projects that are representative of the general scope of work which is currently being advertised, of equal or greater value, and that demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years of experience and/or completed a minimum of three (3) similar projects. In accordance with Resolution R-1122-21, the experience of the Bidder’s key personnel or Bidder’s proposed subcontractor will be considered in assessing whether the Bidder complies with this solicitation’s minimum experience or completed project requirement. References must include the following information: 1) a description of scope of work performed; 2) project address; 3) name and title of Bidder’s key personnel assigned to that project; and, 4) client contact information: name, address, phone number, email address, project cost, and project start and completion dates

Bid Opening:
The Bid Opening associated with this solicitation will be conducted via Zoom immediately after the 2 PM Bid Deadline. To join the meeting, please use the Zoom link below. Members of the public are not required to enter their name to join the meeting if they do not wish to do so. Members may identify themselves as “Public Attendee.” Members of the public will be granted view-only access to the meeting but will not have video or speaking capabilities.

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Contractor must refer to the Request for Price Quotation (RPQ) and associated project documents for the detail Scope of Work.

Technical Certification:

General Engineering

Commodities

Code	Description
92533	ENGINEERING SERVICES PROFESSIONAL

Solicitation Package/Addendums

Type	File Name
Package	RPQ_No_I190277.pdf

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111 NW 1 St. 24th Floor

Miami FL 33128

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION (RPQ)

Contract No: MCC 7360 Plan

RPQ No: I190277

INVITATION TO BID

A RPQ has been issued for the work identified below. If you are interested in submitting a bid for this project, please submit your

bid via Electronic Bidding, attention to https://constructionbids.miamidade.gov at no later than 7/21/2026 at 02:00 PM. If you have

any questions, contact Phillip Salisbury at (305) 898-2898.

This RPQ is issued under the terms and conditions of the Miscellaneous Construction Contracts (MCC) Program MCC 7360 Plan.

RPQ DETAILED BREAKDOWN

Bid Due Date:

Estimated Value:

Project Name:

7/21/2026

Time Due: 02:00 PM

Submitted Via: Electronic Bidding

$1,554,768 (excluding Contingencies and Dedicated Allowances)

REG Justice Building Improvements to Life Safety Equipment

Project Location:

License Requirements:

1351 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33125

Primary:

General Engineering

Sub:

General Mechanical, Master; Electrical Contractor

Scope of Work:

(Contractor must obtain and submit all permits prior to performing any work).

Prospective bidder shall carefully examine the site of the work and be satisfied as to all

observable conditions. Bidder shall be responsible for measuring and calculating amount of work.

Bid price is to include the removal and proper disposal of all work- related debris.

The project consists of, and is not limited to, furnishing all materials, labor, services, supervision,

tools, equipment, including all associated permits, and all other items necessary for the

successful completion of the project, which shall include the replacement of the existing

emergency generator and fire pump for the REG Courthouse. All work will need to be completed

after business hours.

The purpose of this project is to upgrade and replace the emergency generator and fire pump of

the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building. To include the fire pump controller and associated

equipment and supporting panels. The existing operation of the Facility must be maintained

during construction. Contractor is responsible for coordinating access and construction activities

to avoid any interruption to the operation of the REG Courthouse. Contractor to coordinate with

County personnel to turn over existing generator to County Utilities Manager.

The abbreviated scope entails the following: Full scope as per approved permit drawings.

1. Generator Replacement

a. The existing generator, including its steel base, will be removed and replaced with a new

generator.

b. Refer to the electrical drawings for the new generator model and specifications.

2. Louver Replacement

a. The existing exterior louver attached to the old generator will be removed.

b. The new hurricane-impact and fire-rated louver will be installed.

c. The new louver will match the existing size and color.

d. PRODUCT: ELF6375DXD Stationary Louver (Ruskin)

e. Miami Dade County NOA: 24-0605.04

3. Entrance Door Replacement

a. The existing hollow metal (HM) entrance door will be removed a replaced with a 60-minute fire-

rated hollow metal door. Including new door hardware such as hinge, door closer and exit panic

hardware.

b. The new door will swing in the direction of exit to compliance with safety regulations.

c. The new door will be painted to match the existing color.

4. Fire Pump Room Replacement

a. The existing fire pump, fire pump controller, jockey pump and jockey pump controller shall be

removed replaced.

b. Refer to the fire protection drawings for the new fire pump model and specifications. Refer to

the electrical drawings for electrical connections.

5. Interior Finishes

a. Interior walls will be cleaned and repainted.

b. The floor will be cleaned and coated with waterproof epoxy paint.

c. The exposed underside of the roof slab will remain as is and will not be painted.

All building systems have a contracted vendor for monitoring with Miami Dade County Facilities

Division. Prospective bidders shall include in his/her bid, provisions for all conduit and

infrastructure required. The awarded contractor shall be responsible for all coordination and

installation of said systems as per contract documents.

The vendor list is as follows:

• Fire Alarm: Florida Fire Alarm, Inc., Carlos Javech, (305) 665-5156, info@floridafirealarm.com.

• Fire Protection: Metro Dade Security Systems, Dorys Martinez, (786) 693-3984/(305) 305/235-

2390, dmartinez@metrodadesecurity.net.

• Controls System: Siemens Industry, Inc., Gleisy Costoya-Cuellar,Tel:(954) 364-6600/Cell:(954)

931-4934, gleisy.costoya@siemens.com.

The specifications and requirements shall be provided by building system vendors referenced

above. The prospective bidder shall include in his/her bid, provisions for all conduit and

infrastructure required. The awarded contractor shall be responsible for copying the Miami Dade

County Project Manager on all project communication with said vendors.

The project dry-run submittal has been approved by Miami-Dade County Building Department.

The process number with MDC is C2025150354. The contractor shall be responsible for verifying

and obtaining all required permits for the project. Permit cost to be included in the Base Bid

Contract Cost. Miami Dade County will not reimburse any permit cost to the awarded Contractor.

The awarded Contractor shall comply with all administrative and implementing orders associated

with Miami Dade County’s Sustainable Buildings Program.

The project dry-run submittal has been approved by Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHU): Miami-

Dade County Building Department. The permit process number with AHU: MDC is #:

C2025150354.

At the close of the project, Contractor shall submit all documentation, warranty, equipment,

specifications, etc. to County.

The Project is located at: 1351 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33125.

The Base Bid Construction Estimate is $1,554,768.00. This Estimate includes $37,738.00

estimated permit fees. Bidder’s Price Quotation shall consist of the Base Bid amount (Lump Sum)

inclusive of all permit fees and excluding Contingency.

NOTE: There are no Dedicated Allowances on this Project. A 10% Contingency will be added to

the successful bidder’s Base Bid at Project Award, the sum of which will be the Total Contract

Award Amount.

Document Pickup:

Contact: Marcela Rodriguez

Phone No: 305-375-1138

Location: See Examination of Bid Documents below

Date: 6/18/2026

Pre-Bid Meeting::

YES

Location:

Mandatory: YES

Date: 6/30/2026

1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, FL 33125 (Main Lobby)

Time: 10:00 AM

Site Meeting:

YES

Location:

Mandatory: YES

Date: 6/30/2026

1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, FL 33125 (Main Lobby)

Time: 10:00 AM

Bid shall be submitted to: Contact: https://constructionbids.miamidade.gov

Address:

Email:

FAX # :

Type of Contract:

Method of Payment:

Multiple Trade

Scheduled Monthly Payments

Method of Award: Lowest Responsible Bidder

Insurance Required: YES

Additional Insurance Required:

YES

If Yes - Minimum Coverage: $0.00

Performance & Payment Bond Required: YES

Bid Bond Required: YES

Davis Bacon:

NO

Maintenance Wages: NO

AIPP: NO

Amount:

DBE Participation:

NO

Percentage: 0.00%

DBE Subcontractor Forms Required: NO

SBE-S Requirements

NO

Percentage: 0.00%

SBE-Services Commodity Set-Aside

NO If Yes, Service =

SBE-G Requirements

NO

Percentage: 0.00%

SBE-Goods Commodity Set-Aside

NO

If Yes, Goods =

Liquidated Damages:

YES

$$ Per Day: $750.00

For RPQ's less than $10,000, if no LD rate is specified, the County reserves the right to assess actual damages in lieu of LDs.

Design Drawing Included:

Anticipated Start Date:

Comments:

YES

Shop Drawing Included: NO

Specifications Included: YES

9/22/2026

Calendar Days for Project Completion: 365

Pursuant to Section 2-8.10 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, this Contract is subject to a user

access fee under the County’s User Access Program (UAP) in the amount of two percent (2%).

All construction services provided under this contract are subject to the 2% UAP. This fee applies

to all Contract usage whether by County Departments or by any other governmental, quasi-

governmental or not-for-profit entity. From every payment made to the Contractor under this

contract (including the payment of retainage), the County will deduct the two percent (2%) UAP

fee provided in the ordinance and the Contractor will accept such reduced amount as full

compensation for any and all deliverables under the contract. The County shall retain the 2%

UAP for use by the County to help defray the cost of its procurement program. Contractor

participation in this pay request reduction portion of the UAP is mandatory.

Provided, however, UAP shall not be applicable for total contract values, inclusive of contingency

and allowance accounts, of less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).

Insurance requirements are stated in PIOD Special Provisions.

Pre-Bid Meeting and Site Visit:

A MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING AND SITE VISIT ARE SCHEDULED. It is highly

recommended that Bidders interested in attending the Meeting and Site Visit pre-register by

emailing marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov (copy clerkbcc@miamidade.gov). Bidder must

submit a completed, notarized Confidentiality Affidavit in order to attend the Pre-Bid Meeting and

Site Visit - form provided in the Bid Documents (marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov, copy

clerkbcc@miamidade.gov). When and if available a County staff notary will be on site to provide

notary services. In the event the staff notary is unavailable on site, it remains the Bidder’s

responsibility to provide notarized Confidentiality Affidavit. Bidders who have not submitted a

Confidentiality Affidavit will be requested to leave the Meeting and Site Visit. Meet at REG Justice

Center, 1351 NW 12th Street, Miami, FL 33125 (Main Lobby). Bidders must allow sufficient time

before MEETING/SITE VISIT to sign in and clear Security check. Late attendees WILL NOT be

accepted once the Pre-Bid Meeting starts.

Examination of Bid Documents:

Before submitting a bid, the bidder shall examine the Bid Documents including Plans/Specs,

which must be obtained from People and Internal Operations Department (PIOD) Marcela

Rodriguez after submitting a completed, notarized Confidentiality Affidavit.

Bid Documents consist of the RPQ information from CIIS, Attachment 5A (Bid Form), forms,

Standard Construction General Contract Conditions, PIOD Special Provisions, as well as

approved plans/technical specifications. All bidders shall become thoroughly familiar with all terms

of this RPQ prior to the Pre-Bid meeting. Failure to do so will in no way relieve the Awarded

Bidder from completing the required work for the bid price.

Requests for Information (RFIs):

All requests for information (RFIs) shall comply with the Cone of Silence, Administrative Order 3-

27 and shall be emailed to marcela.rodriguez@miamidade.gov with a copy to

phillip.salisbury@miamidade.gov and clerkbcc@miamidade.gov. The deadline to receive RFIs

from bidders is no later than 2 PM on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Responses cannot be guaranteed

for RFIs submitted past the established deadline. Procedural questions may be entertained by

phone or during the Pre-Bid Meeting.

Bid Submittal:

PIOD’s MCC Bid Submittal and Bid Opening procedures have been modified to ONLY ALLOW

ELECTRONIC BID SUBMITTAL and conduct Construction Bid Openings using Zoom.

Bidder will visit https://constructionbids.miamidade.gov and click on the “External Log In” link.

Bidder will then select this RPQ No. from the drop-down list and will then have the ability to

upload a Bid electronically. Bidder that has not previously created a miamidade.gov portal

account will be prompted to do so prior to submitting a Bid. Bidder must combine ALL Bid

documents into a single PDF file, with a 25 MB file size limit, for upload. Bidder will receive a

confirmation email upon successful Bid submittal/upload.

Bidder must allow enough time in advance of the Bid Submittal Deadline to complete any

necessary steps. The responsibility for submitting a Bid on or before the stated time and date is

solely and strictly the responsibility of the Bidder. The County will in no way be responsible for

delays caused by technical difficulty or caused by any other occurrence. All expenses involved

with the preparation and submission of Bids to the County, or any work performed in connection

therewith, shall be borne by the Bidder. No part of any Bid can be submitted via hardcopy, email,

or fax, unless otherwise directed by the Solicitation documents. All references to “Sealed

Envelopes” or "Sealed Bid" in the Invitation to Bid or Bid Documents shall mean an “electronic

bid.”

The Electronic Bid shall include the following documents:

1. Bid price using form 5-A

2. Non-Collusion Affidavit

3. Kidnapping, Custody Offenses, Human Trafficking and Related Offenses Affidavit

4. Contracting with Entities of Foreign Countries of Concern Prohibited Affidavit

5. Bid guarantee in the form of a bid bond (using the form provided in the bid documents),

certified check or cashier’s check FAILURE TO INCLUDE A BID GUARANTEE IN ELECTRONIC

BID SUBMITTAL SHALL RENDER THE BID NON-RESPONSIVE. The apparent low bidder will

be required to drop off or mail within 48 business hours original bid guarantee delivered to Miami

Dade County, Attn: PIOD, Julia Aden, SPCC, 111 NW 1st Street, 24th floor, Miami, FL 33128..

6. Due Diligence Affidavit

7. Schedule of Values (SOV) using CSI Master Format 2020

8. If required, Discrimination Lawsuits (see below)

Forms for #1-6 are provided in the Bid Documents.

Discrimination Lawsuits: In accordance with Miami-Dade County Resolution No. R-828-19,

bidders are required to disclose discrimination lawsuits, including allegations of discrimination and

dispositions of such lawsuits for a 10-year period through the date of the solicitation. Bidder must

include its disclosure in its Electronic Bid.

Non-Collusion Affidavit

After Bid Opening and within three (3) business days of County’s written request, the lowest,

responsive bidder shall provide an executed Non-Collusion Affidavit if the total bid including

contingency and, if applicable, dedicated allowance exceeds $250,000.

Required Experience/Qualifications: The lowest, responsive bidder is required, after Bid Opening

and within three (3) business days of County’s written request, to provide the Bidder’s references

for projects that are representative of the general scope of work which is currently being

advertised, of equal or greater value, and that demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years of

experience and/or completed a minimum of three (3) similar projects. In accordance with

Resolution R-1122-21, the experience of the Bidder’s key personnel or Bidder’s proposed

subcontractor will be considered in assessing whether the Bidder complies with this solicitation’s

minimum experience or completed project requirement. References must include the following

information: 1) a description of scope of work performed; 2) project address; 3) name and title of

Bidder’s key personnel assigned to that project; and, 4) client contact information: name, address,

phone number, email address, project cost, and project start and completion dates.

Resource Allocation Plan (RAP): The Recommendation for Award will require Awarded Bidder to

submit within 10 business days a preliminary RAP that must be approved by County prior to Work

Start. The RAP should be in a spreadsheet at a minimum, but preferably included as part of the

construction schedule prior to Work Start. The Awarded Bidder must identify the following in its

RAP at a minimum:

a. Trade (GC, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, civil, shell, etc)

b. Title (superintendent, laborer, mason, master electrician, etc)

c. Start date

d. End date

e. Percentage allocated recommended. (For example, based on start and end dates a laborer is

working 45 days, his resource allocation is 90%, then we should be able to account for 39 ½ days

of labor.)

f. Hours for each labor category

Bid Opening:

The Bid Opening associated with this solicitation will be conducted via Zoom immediately after

the 2 PM Bid Deadline. To join the meeting, please use the Zoom link below. Members of the

public are not required to enter their name to join the meeting if they do not wish to do so.

Members may identify themselves as “Public Attendee.” Members of the public will be granted

view-only access to the meeting but will not have video or speaking capabilities.

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