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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY of MONROE �� i Mayor Holly Merrill Raschein,District 5
The Florida Keys Mayor Pro Tern James K.Scholl,District 3
Craig Cates,District 1
Michelle Lincoln,District 2
' David Rice,District 4
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
December 13, 2023
Agenda Item Number: G23
2023-1835
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: Land Authority Governing Board
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Christine Hurley
9:25 AM
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to exempt State of Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) approved surveyor services from Monroe County Competitive Solicitation Process for
Monroe County Land Authority.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Monroe County and the Monroe County Land Authority (MCLA) have an interlocal agreement
whereby the Land Authority manages various County acquisition programs, including Density
Reduction, Less Than Fee, and Resale. Further, MCLA purchases land for Conservation, as well as
affordable housing. The conservation land purchased by MCLA, located in the Florida Forever
boundary, is often resold to the State of Florida Board of Trustees.
The State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection previously procured professional services
from surveyors and have contracts with 15 of them with approved pricing. The State will only accept
surveys from these appraisers when MCLA acquires land within the Florida Forever boundary and
resells it to the State of Florida. This effort further states investment in conservation land acquisition as
identified in the Florida Keys Stewardship Act. The Stewardship Act sets a goal of$5 million annually
for conservation land purchased in the Florida Keys. Also, the County has a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) with the State of Florida to conduct these surveys and to obtain reimbursement from
the State of Florida for these services.
In order to maintain efficiency for the various acquisition programs, staff is seeking approval to utilize
the DEP approved surveyors, as they may be amended from time to time. Currently, DEP is under a
new solicitation for the selection of surveyors and mappers.
Typically, staff seeks bids from at least two (2) surveying firms, if a survey is needed, for each
acquisition. However, when we do this, we do not typically use the DEP surveyors, which is sometimes
causing a duplication of services.
Under the County's Purchasing Policy, Chapter 4, Survey Services are included under the definition of
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professional services (see below).
CHAPTER 4. PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1. Definition
Professional services. An independent contractor in one of more of the following professional fields:
appraisal services (as per F.S. 125.355); architecture, professional engineering, landscape architecture,
or registered land surveying services (as per F.S. 287.055) audit and accounting services; consultants in
planning, management, and technological or scientific advisors; financial services in rating and
underwriting of bonds, financial advisors and investment services; legal services and medical services
and as otherwise set forth in the Monroe County Purchasing Policy.
Further,professional services are to be procured as follows:
1. Methods of Acquisition
Because differences in price may only be a minor concern compared to qualitative considerations,
professional services may be exempted by the BOCC from the competitive bidding process. When purchasing
professional services below $150,000.00, obtaining price quotes as set forth in Chapter 2 of this policy is
strongly recommended, but are not required. The Requesting Department should document why price quotes
are not provided. The County Administrator may require competitive solicitation in the form of an RFQ or
REP.
Professional services, subject to the competitive solicitation process, will be typically acquired through one
of the following methods:
1. Competitive Selection and Negotiation -per Chapter 287.055, (4) & (5) FS. Consultants Competitive
Negotiations Act("CCNA).
2. Request for Qualifications (RFQ).
a)Responding firms are ranked based upon criteria set forth in the RFQ. If presentations are requested by
the County, they will be held in compliance with E.S. 286.0113.
b) The County will negotiate a contract with the firm selected by the BOCC as the highest ranked
firm/individual.
c) The negotiated contract will be reviewed and placed before the BOCC for approval.
The State of Florida procured their list of approved surveyors competitively, and we are seeking to use
their procured surveyors. Finally, some surveyor's have services that only they provide (e.g. Mean
High Waterline Mapping to determine submerged land). In these cases, we will seek the surveyor that
has performed similar services for DEP when appropriate.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
INSURANCE REQUIRED:
No
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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DOCUMENTATION:
Contractor List 119202 1.docx
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
N/A
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Bowman Consulting
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3563 NW 53rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
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