Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: July 2, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
FROM: Carrie Mathes, CFCM, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., Manager II, Procurement Division
CONTACT: Terry Devitt, Deputy Director, Orange County Convention Center
PHONE: 407-685-9867
SUBJECT: Award of Invitation for Bids Y25-762-JF, Orange County Convention Center Campuswide Floor Boxes and Sump Pump Upgrades
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval to award Invitation for Bids Y25-762-JF, Orange County Convention Center Campuswide Floor Boxes and Sump Pump Upgrades, to the low responsive and responsible bidder, The Bridge Group Construction, Inc., in the total contract award amount of $5,368,623, inclusive of additive 1 and additive 2.
In the event the bidder recommended above fails to achieve timely compliance with pre-award deliverables, as defined in the Invitation for Bids, including, but not limited to State Division of Corporations registration, E-Verify, insurance and bonds, further request authorization for the Procurement Division to award to the next low responsive and responsible bidder as listed in the bid tabulation herein, to the extent practicable and advantageous to the County. ([Orange County Convention Center Capital Planning Division] Procurement Division).
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PROCUREMENT:
The project includes the construction to remediate the 1,234 floor boxes in the West Building, which will include modifications and replacement to the interior domestic water and compressed air piping and electrical/low voltage. Additive No 1 includes the replacement of the valves for domestic water and compressed air in the 1,042 floor boxes on the North-South Building. Additive No 2 includes upgrading approximately 15 sump pumps to 15 duplex pump assemblies (each assembly includes two pumps) in the tunnel levels in the West Building. Additive No 2 also includes upgrading 12 simplex sump pumps to 12 duplex pump assemblies (each assembly includes two pumps) in the tunnel level of the North-South Building. The project is located in District 6.
FUNDING:
Funding is available in account number 4430-035-0960-96-6210.
APPROVALS:
The Capital Planning Division concurs with this recommendation.
REMARKS:
Two bids were received in response to this Invitation for Bid (IFB) and evaluated for responsiveness, responsibility, and price reasonableness. The bid submitted by The Bridge Construction Group, Inc. is considered reasonable based on comparison to the engineer’s estimate. The references provided were satisfactory for this type of work and The Bridge Construction Group, Inc. has been determined to be responsible. Therefore, the award is recommended to The Bridge Construction Group, Inc.
The bid tabulation is as follows:
Bidder Base Additive Additive Total
Bid No 1 No 2 Award
The Bridge Construction Group, Inc. $3,304,692.00 $1,327,366.00 $736,565.00 $5,368,623.00
Anderson Place Construction, LLC $5,160,440.42 $1,189,095.40 $745,788.80 $7,045,324.62