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Award of contract with five firms for unmanned aerial services - professional engineering, survey, and mapping services.
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Recommended Action:
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Award of contract No. 26-0370-RFQ-CCNAC with five firms for unmanned aerial services - professional engineering, survey, and mapping services.
• This contract provides unmanned aerial services for topographic surveys, enhanced ecological assessments and asset inspections.
• Seven firms submitted proposals and were evaluated with award recommendation to the top five firms (Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc., DRMP, Inc., Florida Design Consultants, Inc., SurvTech Solutions, Inc., and WGI, Inc.) in the total combined amount of $3,125,000.00 ($625,000.00 per firm) for a five-year term, in accordance with the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act, per Florida Statute 287.055.
• This contract is used on an as-needed basis with no obligation to spend the full amount of the contract or to spend in any given year, with the obligation occurring upon issuance of task order assignments (purchase orders).
• Funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and is determined by the individual task order assignment sourced to the agreement, and actual expenditures are contingent upon completed work. Funding for future years is dependent on approval in the annual County Operating Budget.
Authorize the Chairman to sign and the Clerk of the Circuit Court to attest.
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Strategic Priorities:
Resilient Infrastructure and Environment
1.2 Maintain and enhance County infrastructure.
1.4 Improve environmental quality.
1.5 Strengthen resilience and adaptation.
Summary:
Summary
The purpose of this contract is to provide unmanned aerial services (UAS) on a continuing basis to support a variety of missions for urgent short-term needs and planned projects.
Anticipated missions include but are not limited to topographic surveys, drone-enhanced ecological assessment/mapping, infrastructure/asset inspections, shoreline and marine structure inspections, damage assessment, etc.
The Board’s approval of these continuing contracts does not obligate or authorize spending the full contract sum of $3,125,000.00. The department is only authorized to expend the budgeted amount, approved annually by the Board. To expend the funds, the department will issue one or more task orders to one or more consulting firms to complete, per specified scopes of work. The total expenditure cannot exceed the department’s annual line-item budget.
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Background Information:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to comply with the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), was released on March 3, 2026, with the negotiation of rates and agreements concluded on July 24, 2026.
The contract includes fully burdened hourly rates negotiated after conclusion of the evaluation process. The rates include all labor, direct/indirect overhead margins/profits, and travel within the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area (TBMSA). Travel outside of TBMSA will be reimbursed in accordance with Florida Statutes.
Contract also includes an option for two additional 12-month term extensions beyond the five-year initial term of the agreement, if agreed to by the parties.
Fiscal Impact:
Award not to exceed amount: $3,125,000.00
This contract is used on an as-needed basis with no obligation to spend the full amount of the contract or to spend in any given year, with the obligation occurring upon issuance of task order assignments (purchase orders). Funding is determined by the individual task order assignment sourced to the agreement, and actual expenditures are contingent upon completed work.
Staff Member Responsible:
Jeff Rohrs, Chief Information Officer, Business Technology Services
Merry Celeste, Purchasing Division Director, Office of Management & Budget
Chris Rose - Director, Office of Management & Budget
Partners:
N/A.
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