Design Build RFP:

Published August 15, 2017 | By Tim Nargi

Lots of speculation of what is in the RFP, Rip rap in? rip rap out?   The answer is ……Neither…

This is a Request for vendors to bid on how they will fix the wall, whatever that fix is; they will tell us, and they can give/provide differant options as well!!!

More importantly there will be a fixed firm price for the cost per liener foot. The cost will include all material, labor and Engineering required as one price.

No more Cost plus !!  for Engineering services if the contractor makes an error, no more testing to see if thier product works, no more endless measurments of “in house use only” metrics.  The Design Build RFP intention is to finally give us a quote with a FIRM real number attached to actually fix the wall once and for all…  Plus we have over-site; Cardno, who is our district Engineer.  Cardno has told us they have Civil, Structuaral, Geotech, Electrical Engineers on staff to go to for any issue. Not only that, we own all the intellectual property, documentation, charts, drawings, writeups, etc that we paid for from the last engineering firm as well as the previous engineering firms, and Cardno has access to it all and can give it to the winning bidder.

Recap:

Design Build RFP:

August 17th Agenda under TAB 4 , The Design Criteria is on Page 193.

Important bullets; but not limited to are:

  • The existing seawall shall be stabilized with the design proposed by the DesignBuilder in accordance with the methods, loads, and safety factors specified in either the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EM 1110-2-2504 Design of Sheet Pile Walls, or the Florida Department of Transportation’s 2017 Structures Design Guidelines.
  • The final design proposed shall have a minimum design life of 75 years in terms of construction methods, materials, and corrosion protection.
  • The final design proposed shall not impact boat navigation in the canals or restrict boat access to docks.