TRIPLE CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR VILLAGES O, Q AND R LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION PROJECT Notice is hereby given that the Triple Creek Community Development District (the "District") will receive proposals for the following District project: Villages O, Q and R Landscape and Irrigation Project The contract will require contractors to provide for the construction, labor, materials and equipment necessary to construct and install certain landscape and irrigation improvements and other associated scopes necessary to complete such improvements, as more particularly described in the plans and specifications. All submittals must include pricing for both landscape and irrigation. The Project Manual, consisting of the proposal package, contract, proposal form, plans, and other materials, will be available for public inspection and may be obtained by email to Kyle Thornton, at kthornton@halff.com beginning November 13th, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. There will be a mandatory pre-bid proposal conference at the Triple Creek Hammock Club located at 13013 Boggy Creek Drive, Riverview, Florida 33579 on December_4, 2023 at 10:00_a.m. Failure to attend may preclude a proposer from responding to this Request for Proposals. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the Project Manual. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, provide for the delivery of the project in phases, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any Proposal, as it deems appropriate, if it determines in its discretion that it is in the District's best interests to do so. Any protest of the Project Manual, including, but not limited to the terms and specifications must be filed with the District within 72 hours of pickup of the Project Manual, together with a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of $10,000.00. Filing will be perfected and deemed to have occurred upon receipt by the District Manager, Rizzetta & Company, Inc., 3434 Colwell Avenue, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33614. In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor. In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District's costs, expenses and attorneys' fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Failure to timely file a protest will result in a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and other law. Firms desiring to provide construction services for the referenced project must submit one (1) original and one (1) electronic copy of the required proposal no later than 2:00_p.m. on December 14, 2023 at the offices of Halff Associates, Inc., located at 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 900, Tampa, Florida 33602. (813) 331-0974. The District's Engineer will conduct a special public meeting at the offices of Halff Associates, Inc., located at 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 900, Tampa, Florida 33602 at such time to publicly open the proposals. No official action will be taken at the meeting. The meeting is open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law including but not limited to Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes. A copy of the agenda for the meeting may be obtained from the District Engineer, at Halff Associates, Inc., located at 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 900, Tampa, Florida 33602. The meeting may be continued in progress without additional notice to a time, date, and location stated on the record. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the District Office at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting by contacting Rizzetta & Company, Inc., the District Manager, at (813) 533-2950. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1 (800) 955-8770, who can aid you in contacting the District Office. As further described in the Project Manual, each proposer shall supply a bid bond or cashier's check in the sum equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid with its proposal. Proposals shall be in the form provided in the Project Manual and submitted in a sealed envelope pursuant to the Instructions to Proposers. The District reserves the right to return unopened to the Proposer any proposals received after the time and date stipulated above. Each proposal shall remain binding for a minimum of one hundred and twenty (120) days after the proposal opening. The successful Proposer will be required upon award to furnish a payment and performance bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the contract, with a Surety acceptable to the District, in accordance with section 255.05, Florida Statutes. All questions regarding the Project Manual or this project shall be directed in writing only to Kyle Thornton, at kthornton@halff.com, with a copy to District Counsel, Lindsay Whelan, at lindsay.whelan@kutakrock.com by December 7, 2023 at 5:00 P.M. No phone inquiries please. Triple Creek Community Development District Matt O'Nolan, District Manager Run Date: 11-12-2023 0000316635