Title: CP1 Reject All Proposals for 03-Y

Recommendation:

I recommend the School Board reject all bids for the Summit Jog Road Area Elementary School 03-Y, Project No. 0281-8243.

Description:

Architectural Design Services for a new 970 student capacity elementary school design compliant with the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Requirements.   

·                     The RFP requires that the proposer have a building that has completed the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification process.  Only two (2) proposals meet this requirement.

·                     LEED certification of buildings is relatively new, especially in South Florida, therefore there are not very many firms that have completed buildings that are LEED-certified.

·                     Several other proposers, including several that have done very well for us in the past, have people on their staffs who have themselves completed the LEED certification training and have worked on LEED projects.

·                     In order to obtain more qualified proposals from which to chose, staff thought it would be best to reject the proposals, revise the RFP and request new proposals allowing firms with LEED-certified staff, but not having projects that have completed the LEED certification process, qualify for this project.

·                     This action is not expected to delay the project as we have allowed extra time for design in anticipation of going through the LEED-certification process for this school.

Approved Budget for Planning and Design: $1,300,000.

Approved Budget for Construction: $20,300,000.

List of  Proposers:                                        Minority Status:

Acai Associates, Inc.                                    Hispanic

BRPH Companies

Dow Howell Gilmore & Associates, Inc.

Harper Aiken Partners, Inc.

Harvard Jolly, Inc.

MPA Architects, Inc.                                   Hispanic

PGAL

Schenkel Shultz Architecture, Inc.

Song & Associates, Inc.                                                             

Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact

For Additional Information, contact:

Joseph M. Moore (moorej@palmbeach.k12.fl.us)

Joseph M. Sanches