RFQ 18-02-01 Marine and Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services

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City of Sunny Isles Beach |Request for Qualifications No. 18-02-01 16 2.21 BACKGROUND CHECKS The successful Firm will be responsible for hiring the necessary personnel to conduct the specified services and will comply with all federal, state, and local laws related to minimum wage, social security, nondiscrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), unemployment compensation, and workers’ compensation. All staff assigned to this contract shall be required, at their sole cost and expense, to pass a criminal background check prior to award of the contract. The criminal background check shall consist of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (“FDLE”) Florida Crime Information Center/National Crime Information Center (“FCIC/NCIC”) criminal records check. Any employee not meeting this requirement will not be permitted to work at any City facility. 2.22 RESTRICTIONS TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROJECT PLANS The Contractor shall be advised that public access to project plans is now restricted, and plans are no longer subject to public records requests, as per Florida Status F.S.119.07(3)(ee) which states: “Building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and diagrams, including draft, preliminary and final formats, which depict the internal layout and structural elements of a building, arena, stadium, water treatment facility, or other structure owned or operated by an agency as defined in s.119.011 are exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) and s. 24(a), Art. 1 of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and diagrams, including draft, preliminary, and final formats, which depict the internal layout and structural elements of a building, arena, stadium, water treatment facility, or owned or operated by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of this act. Information made exempt by this paragraph may be disclosed to another governmental entity if disclosure is necessary for the receiving entity to perform its duties and responsibilities, to a licensed Engineer or contractor who is performing work on or related to the building, arena, stadium, water treatment facility, or other structure owned or operated by an agency; or upon showing of good cause before a court of competent jurisdiction. The entities or persons receiving such information shall maintain the exempt status of the information. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2007, unless reviewed and re-enacted by the Legislature.” 2.23 PUBLIC RECORDS IF THE CONTRACTOR HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 119, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSER’S DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC