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File #: 2025-21141   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/23/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 12/2/2025 Final action:
Title: Request Approval of Task Order: 23Q-087-TO-49 Post Design Services for Emerald Road Extension - Davis Dinkins Engineering, P.A, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $204,892)
Attachments: 1. 23Q-087-TO-49 AGN CNT, 2. 23Q-087 EC (DD), 3. EmeraldExt1_102725.pdf

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Request Approval of Task Order: 23Q-087-TO-49 Post Design Services for Emerald Road Extension - Davis Dinkins Engineering, P.A, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $204,892)

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INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Susan Olsen, Director

Procurement Services

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

On June 6, 2023, the Board approved contracts with multiple firms to provide various civil site-related engineering services for the County. Firms were selected based on the area of specialty and equitable distribution of work among all firms in accordance with §287.055 Consultant’s Competitive Negotiation Act.

 

Davis Dinkins Engineering P.A. (Dinkins) has been recommended by County Engineer, Steven Cohoon, P.E., to provide post-design services for the construction of the Emerald Road extension. The work will include attending the pre-construction and other meetings, issuing construction plans, responding to contractor requests for information, in-field review of utility locations, periodic site observations, providing construction plan modifications and preparing construction certifications upon completion.

 

Attached for review is a draft of the contract.  Upon approval at today’s meeting, it will be sent to Dinkins for signature and once returned, will be forwarded to Legal, the Clerk, and Chairman for signatures.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

Neutral; project shall not exceed $204,892. Funding is from GA771541-563511 (Impact Fee - East District).

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Motion to approve the recommendation and allow staff to issue contract, and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Chairman to execute contract with Dinkins under 23Q-087-TO-49.

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