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Home My WebLink Aboutmaster planA MASTER PLAN FOR Bicentennial Park "Museum Park Miami" MIAMI, FLORIDA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) RFQ # 03-04-022 December 24, 2003 Thank you for your interest in the Bicentennial Park "Museum Park Miami" cultural, and civic site. The site is comprised of approximately 30 + acres of City owned upland property located just south of the I-395 expressway adjacent to Biscayne Bay in the City of Miami. The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is to select a multidisciplinary tearn of consultants based on evaluation criteria established herein, for the design of a Master Plan for the Museum Park Miami in Bicentennial Park. Please find enclosed the RFQ package that contains information regarding the RFQ submission requirements and base information for the project in CD format as an Attachment. Proposers must attend the Mandatory Pre -Proposal Conference on Friday, January 16, 2004 at 10 AM to be eligible for consideration. Proposals must comply with all submission requirements and which are due no later than Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at 2 PM eastern time must be delivered to the City of Miami Clerk's Office, located at 3500 Pan American Drive, First Floor, Miami, Florida. Proposals received after that date and/or time, or delivered to a location other than the Office of the City Clerk, will not be considered. The City of Miami welcomes your participation and looks forward to working with a design team to create a world class Museum Park for the City of Miami. Sincerely, Joe Arriola City Manager RFQ Number: RFQ Title: Commodity Codes: Type of Purchase: MIINBE Set -Aside: Purchasing Contact: Purchasing Contact Fax: E-Mail Address: Issue Date: Mandatory Pre - Proposal Meeting City of Miami Request for Qualifications RFQ Purchasing Department Glenn Marcos, CPPB, Director Miami Riverside Center 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 6th Floor Miami, Florida 33130 Web Site Address: www.ci.miaml.fl.us 03-04-022 MASTER PLAN FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK "MUSEUM PARK MIAMI" 906-57; 906-64; 906-64; 906-66; 909-57; 918-04; 918-14; 918-46; 918-49; 918-58; 918-89; 918-98; 926-52; 946-48; 961-21; 961-28; 961-32; 961-44 Term Contract NIA Pamela Burns, CPPB, Sr. Procurement Contracts Officer 305-400-5026 pburns@ci.miami.fl.us December 24, 2003 Friday, January 16, 2004 at 10 AM at Bicentennial Park Deadline For Request Of Additional Information / Clarification: 1/21/2004 Proposal Submission Deadline _ Day/Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Time: 2:00 PM Location/Mail Address: Office of the City Clerk City Hall, tat Floor 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133-5504 Directions: FROM THE NORTH: 1-95 SOUTH UNTIL IT TURNS INTO US1. US1 SOUTH TO SW 27TH AVE., TURN LEFT, PROCEED SOUTH TO SO. BAYSHORE DR. (3RD TRAFFIC LIGHT}, TURN LEFT, 1 BLOCK TURN RIGHT ON PAN AMERICAN DR. CITY HALL IS AT THE END OF PAN AMERICAN DR. PARKING IS ON RIGHT. FROM THE SOUTH: US1 NORTH TO SW 27TH AVENUE, TURN RIGHT, PROCEED SOUTH TO SO. BAYSHORE DR. (3RD TRAFFIC LIGHT}, TURN LEFT, 1 BLOCK TURN RIGHT ON PAN AMERICAN DR. CITY HALL IS AT THE END OF PAN AMERICAN DR. PARKING IS ON RIGHT. RFQ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction to Request For Qualifications (RFQ) Process 2.0 RFQ Scope of Services 3.0 RFQ General Conditions 4.0 Special Conditions of the Proposed Contract 5.0 Instructions for Submitting a Response 6.0 RFQ Response Forms Including Checklist Sealed written Responses must be received by the City of Miami, City Clerk's Office, no later than the date, time and at the location indicated above for receipt. Submittal of Response by fax is not acceptable, One original and ten (101 copies of your response and sets of response forms must be returned to the City or your response may be disqualified. 3 CITY OF MIAMI PUBLIC NOTICE Sealed Responses will be received by the City of Miami, City Clerk's office located at City Hall, First Floor, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Fla. 33133 until February 4, 2004 at 2:00 PM for the following: RFQ No: 03-04-022 MASTER PLAN FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK "MUSEUM PARK MIAMI" Mandatory Pre -Proposal Conference: Friday, January 16, 2004 at 10:00 AM Bicentennial Park at the FEC Water Slip North of the American Airlines Arena 601 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, Florida Deadline for Request of Additional Information: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 5:00 PM RFQ documents may be obtained via the internet using the City's website Fit http://ci.miami.fl.us/Procurement/. If you do not have internet access, you may obtain the documents upon request, during regular business hours, at the City of Miami Purchasing Department, 444 S.W. 2nd Avenue, 6th Floor, Miami, Florida 33130. Any Proposals received after the above stated date and time or delivered to a different address/ department/ division will not be considered and will be returned to the bidder unopened. The City of Miami reserves the right to waive any informalities or minor irregularities; reject any and all Proposals which are incomplete, conditional, obscure, or which contain additions not allowed for; accept or reject any proposal in whole or in part with or without cause; and accept the Proposal(s) which best serves the City. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 6 I I . PROJECT LOCATION 7 III. SECTION I - OVERVIEW OF RFQ 9 I V ' SECTION II - BACKGROUND & SCOPE OF SERVICES 14 V. SECTION III - GENERAL CONDITIONS 22 VI. SECTION IV SPECIAL CONDITIONS .... 27 VII. SECTION V SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS 30 VIII. EVALUATION CRITERIA/SELECTION PROCESS 35 IX. RFQ RESPONSE FORMS 37 5 INTRODUCTION The City of Miami is seeking a multidisciplinary team of consultants with demonstrated experience in waterfront landscape architecture and urban design to submit a Response to this Request for Qualifications for the Museum Park Master Plan for Bicentennial Park. The Museum Park is the center of a major urban revitalization of downtown Miami. The City of Miami envisions a Museum Park that emphasizes human scale, public open spaces, and connectivity for the pedestrian realm through the creation of waterfront promenades, diverse open spaces, an active Biscayne Boulevard frontage, waterfront amenities and tree -lined pathways that will enhance the cultural, and recreational elements of the Museum Park cultural and recreational elements of the Museum Park in the context of the project's overall economic viability. 6 PROJECT LOCATION Vim' Ii' k• The project site is located in Downtown Miami just south of the 1-395 expressway and east of Biscayne Boulevard. The park consists of a total of approximately 30 + acres of City owned upland. It includes approximately 2,600 feet of Biscayne Baywaik and FEC (Florida East Coast Railway) slip walkway with views of downtown Miami, the Port of Miarni and Watson Island. Downtown Miami is the largest commercial and retail district in South Florida. It is estimated that a daily population of 240,000 persons work, visit, attend school, or shop in downtown Miami. Just south of downtown, opposite the Miami River, there is Brickell, a high density - mixed -use district with office buildings, residential towers and entertainment centers. Construction is underway for a new Performing Arts Center ("PAC") just opposite the northern corner of Bicentennial Park. The Performing Arts Center is scheduled for completion in 2006. Through the work of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Planning and Zoning Department, the area adjacent to the Performing Arts Center will be transformed with media, arts, and entertainment related facilities within the district west of Biscayne Boulevard. The Port of Miami is a cargo and cruise passenger port located just east of downtown Miami. Along McArthur Causeway to the east is Miami Beach, an area internationally known for its famous South Beach and historic "Art Deco District" features renovated historic hotels, outdoor cafe dining and shopping. Watson Island, north of the port includes destinations such as the newly opened Parrot Jungle Island, Miami Children's Museum, and in development, Island Gardens and the Watson Island Aviation Center. 8