OVERVIEW OF PROJECT AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The City of Ocala, incorporated in 1885, is the largest municipality located in Marion County. Located in Northern Central Florida, Ocala’s city limits encompass a land area of 47.26 square miles. Ocala unique central location to both coasts and other top Florida destinations via a strong highway system contributes to the area’s attractiveness for residents and businesses. It is estimated that there are more than 4,000 skateboarders in the City of Ocala and more than 22,000 in the Marion County area.
Opened in December 2018, the Ocala Skate Park is a 6.02-acre facility located at Tuscawilla Park in the heart of Ocala’s developing downtown. The Skate Park is open daily from sunrise to 10:00 p.m. and, in addition to its existing 10,000-square-foot street course, offers a dedicated parking lot, public art, and picnic areas for its patrons.
The project described in this RFP is for the total design and sequential construction of the remaining phases of the City’s conceptual plan for the Ocala Skate Park which includes an intermediate bowl (Phase B), a snake run (Phase C), a large bowl (Phase D), and a 4,000 square foot beginners’ area (Phase E). See Exhibit A – Design Criteria for additional details.
The Scope of Services includes design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, and all supporting disciplines required to provide a design and complete set of construction plans and specifications. The successful Design-Build Team will be responsible for constructing and managing the Project to completion.
The City intends to make a qualifications-based selection with cost as a consideration in accordance with the guidelines established by this RFP. Interested Design-Build Teams will be required to provide tangible documentation of their qualifications, availability, and past work experience in the manner requested by this RFP. In compliance with section 287.055, Florida Statutes, Price Proposals and the technical and design aspects of the Project will be evaluated separately after a most-qualified determination has been made based on the weighted criteria set forth in Section 4.5 of this RFP.
Price Proposals shall be presented in the form of a total Base Bid under a Lump Sum Contract (using the Price Proposal Form attached hereto as EXHIBIT B) less deductive alternates that are selected by the City. In order to be deemed responsive, proposals must include a properly completed Price Proposal Form.

As part of the selection process, firms must first demonstrate they are qualified to participate in the solicitation process by clearly showing they meet the minimum qualification requirements set forth herein. Proposals submitted by firms that do not meet the qualification requirements will not be accepted:
(a) Must be legally qualified and properly certified to engage in contracting through a certified or registered general contractor or a certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying agent, properly certified to practice or to offer to practice engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture, and qualified to perform the services proposed by this RFP under any other applicable laws or regulations.
(b) Must have documented experience, organization, technical qualifications, skills and facilities in developing and constructing skateparks no smaller than 5,000 square feet (or have the ability to obtain and to manage them through sub-contractor arrangements).
(c) Must have constructed a minimum of three (3) skateparks within the last five (5) years, with at least one (1) of those projects located in Florida. Each project shall have contained such critical features as steel coping edges, smooth flowing transitional areas, seamless transitions, and superior concrete finish work that can hold up to the extensive use by skateboarders. Project references shall be provided in submittals as instructed and will be verified by City staff prior to further consideration.
(d) Must demonstrate and clearly show in their written proposals that they meet the minimum standards of competency and experience to provide the services outlined in this RFP.
(e) Must have, and be able to demonstrate, adequate technical resources, financial resources and equipment, or have the ability to obtain and to manage such resources and equipment, as required during the performance period of the proposed contract.
(f) Must be able to comply with the proposed or required performance schedule.
(g) Must have a satisfactory record of contractual performance.

Please see attached Request for Proposals ("RFP"), and exhibits for more information.