§ 2-244. Public announcement procedures.

Except in emergency situations declared in accordance with section 2-247, the county shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and any other publication deemed appropriate, a public announcement providing a general description of the design-build project requiring design-build services, and defining the procedures as to how interested design-build firms may apply for consideration. The public announcement shall include the evaluation criteria for the project which shall be prepared by the certification and selection committee provided for in section 2-245, below. The evaluation criteria shall include a relative weighting factor for each proposed design-build system component. The evaluation criteria may include criteria drawn from The Florida Department of Transportation Manual of Uniform Minimum Standards for Design, Construction, and Maintenance for Streets and Highways, Chapter 14-15, Florida Administrative Code, Section 14-15.002, as amended, for nonhabitable structures, and may include criteria drawn from The American Institute of Architects publication, Masterspec, as amended, for habitable structures. There shall be at least three (3) evaluation criteria for projects the total cost of which is reasonably estimated to be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less, and at least five (5) evaluation criteria for projects the total cost of which is reasonably estimated to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).

(Ord. No. 1990-17, § 4, 5-18-90)