Physical Map Revision for Little Sarasota Bay, Lemon Bay, and Phillippi Creek Watersheds

In accordance with Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, Sarasota County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, will receive proposals on the date indicated in OpenGov Procurement (OpenGov), the County’s electronic procurement portal for the purpose of selecting a qualified Proposer to complete FEMA updates for the Little Sarasota Bay, Lemon Bay, and Phillippi Creek watersheds. Proposers are required to comply with Part II, Scope of Services.

This project includes Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFMD) grant funding.

The Project is a cooperative funding project to complete Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updates for the Phillippi Creek, Little Sarasota Bay, and Lemon Bay watersheds in Sarasota County. The project will update the floodplain models to FEMA standards, include new developments, prepare and submit the FEMA MT-2 application including models, draft new floodplain maps and draft new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) map panels. Revised flood hazard information will be submitted to FEMA for these three watersheds.

Project Tasks

• Project Development
• Data Collection and Terrain Model
• Update Stormwise Models
• Submit FEMA Application

Deliverables

• Project Development & Kickoff Meeting: Kickoff Meeting Agenda, Kickoff Meeting Minutes, Monthly progress emails, Draft Project Plan, Final Project Plan, Project Schedule
• Data Collection and Terrain Model: Updated Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Development and Topovoid Memo, Draft Task Memorandum, Final Task Memorandum, Responses to Comments Geodatabase, Updated Project DEM, Updated Project Plan, Geographic Water Information System (GWIS) Geodatabase, Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) plans to be incorporated, Project Specific QA/QC Document
• Update Stormwise Model: Task Memorandum, New Development, Model Updates and Simulations; Model Results and Report, including Input Parameters; Floodplain and Floodway Delineation; Documentation for FEMA Submission; Memorandum Documenting Floodplain Development; Project Specific QA/QC Document
• Submit FEMA Application: Meeting Minutes from Pre-Submittal Conference With FEMA, Complete MT-2 Application for the Watershed, Obtain 316-Physical Map Revision (PMR) Letter from FEMA, Agenda, Attendance Records and Minutes from Public Meetings, Public Comment Database, Draft FEMA Submittal, Final FEMA Submittal, Project Specific QA/QC Document

**Submission method:** Refer to the Submittal Instructions section in OpenGov for instructions on how to submit a proposal. All proposal documents must be submitted in the Vendor Questionnaire section in OpenGov in the format requested.

Written proposals will be evaluated and scored by the Professional Services Review Committee (PSRC) using the evaluation criteria in the Evaluation Criteria section of OpenGov. The PSRC will conduct discussions with, and may require public presentations by, no fewer than the three (3) highest scoring Proposer. The Proposer ranked first by the PSRC will be recommended for award.

**Required:** The Proposer must be a business organization registered with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation (DBPR) to provide engineering services in the State of Florida at the time of submittal. At least one key personnel listed in the Proposal must be a registered Professional Engineer (PE) licensed by the Florida Board of Engineers at the time of submittal.

Insurance

• Workers' Compensation: Employers Liability minimum limit of **$500,000** per accident/per disease/per employee.
• Business Automobile Liability: not less than **$1,000,000** combined single limit for each accident.
• Commercial General Liability: not less than **$500,000.00** each occurrence, **$1,000,000.00** aggregate.
• Professional Liability: not less than **$1,000,000.00** per claim/occurrence.