Ad#12664309 10/01/2026

DEERING PARK STEWARDSHIP DISTRICT

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

SR 442 INTERCHANGE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING & INSPECTION SERVICES

The Deering Park Stewardship District (District) is soliciting qualification documents detailing qualifications to provide construction engineering & inspection (CEI) services for the SR 442 Interchange Widening project portion of the Districts Capital Improvement Plan. The selected CEI firm will provide construction engineering and inspection services, as more particularly described in the Request for Qualifications Package (RFQ). To be eligible to submit qualification documents (Response), and in addition to any other requirements set forth in the RFQ, an interested firm must: (i) hold all required local, state and federal licenses in good standing; and (ii) be authorized to do business in the City of Edgewater and/or Brevard and/or Volusia Counties and the State of Florida.

The RFQ will be available beginning October 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EST by emailing a request to Andrew Kantarzhi at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. Respondents must provide contact information in order to download the RFQ, and, in that way, will be added to the Districts distribution list for the RFQ and any subsequent addenda thereto. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the RFQ up until the time of the opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those Respondents who have downloaded an RFQ.

Each firm desiring to submit a response to the RFQ must submit an electronic copy of the firms response on a flash drive, and in a PDF format, along with one (1) original of the firms response, no later than November 13, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. to the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, ATTN: Andrew Kantarzhi (the Submittal Location). A special public meeting of the District will be conducted on November 13, 2026 at 11:05 a.m. EST at the offices of Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, to open the responses and read the names of the Respondents. 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, Florida Statutes. A copy of the agenda for the meeting may be obtained from the District Manager. 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 Manager at (561) 571-0010 at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting by contacting the District Manager. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at (800) 955-8770, who can aid you in contacting the District Manager.

Responses will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the RFQ. The District reserves the right to reject any and all responses, 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 Districts best interests to do so.

Proposers are hereby notified that Section 287.05701, Florida Statutes, requires that the District may not request documentation of or consider a Proposers social, political, or ideological interests when determining if the Proposer is a responsible vendor.

Any person who wishes to protest the RFQ Package, or any component thereof, shall file with the District a written notice of protest within seventy-two (72) calendar hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) of the download of the RFQ, and shall file a formal written protest with the District within seven (7) calendar days (including Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) after the date of timely filing the initial notice of protest. Any notice of protest must be accompanied by a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 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 Districts costs, expenses and attorneys fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Filing will be perfected and deemed to have occurred upon receipt by the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Failure to timely file a notice of protest or failure to timely file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of any right to object to or protest the contents of the Districts RFQ Package or the processes described therein. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. Additional requirements for filing a protest can be found in the Districts Rules of Procedure, which are available upon request.

Any and all questions relative to this RFQ or the Project shall be directed in writing by e-mail only to Andrew Kantarzhi, at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. No phone inquiries please.