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Item #13 First Reading of Ordinance to Repeal Chapter 4 - Design Build Contracts and Amend Chapter 21 - Purchasing Policy (2) 4/01' ocoee florida AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET Meeting Date: July 18, 2017 Item # Reviewed By: Contact Name: Joyce Tolbert Department Director: Contact Number: 1516 City Manager: Subject: Ordinance to Repeal Chapter 4— Design Build Contracts and Amend Chapter 21 Purchasing Policy— First Reading Background Summary: Chapter 4 of the City's Code of Ordinances — Design Build Contracts was adopted on March 21,1995 in order to comply with the procedures of the 1993 Florida Statute 287.055, Consultant Competitive Negotiation Act ("CCNA"). The current Chapter 4 has not been updated to include revisions that have been made to the CCNA since that time, such as the allowance of a qualifications based solicitation for design-build services, which is in conflict with the current Chapter 4 procedures. Moreover, Chapter 4 pre-dated the City's Current Chapter 21, Purchasing Policy that was adopted on July 16, 1996. Now that Chapter 21 exists, Staff and the City's Attorneys agree that Chapter 4 is no longer needed if language is amended in Chapter 21 to expressly state that design-build services shall be procured in accordance with the requirements of the CCNA. Currently, Section 21.8 D. references design-build construction services shall be procured in accordance to the procedures of Chapter 4. Staff is proposing revisions to Section 21.8 B. to expressly state that design-build services shall be procured through the procedures set forth in the CCNA; therefore, Chapter 4 will no longer be needed, as the required procedures are stated in the CCNA, and the City's specific administrative procedures will be outlined in the City's Purchasing Manual. Construction Program Management has also been added to Section 21.8 B as this service is also authorized in Section 255.103, Florida Statute for Construction Management. These amendments are necessary as Design-Build services will be solicited for the new Ocoee City Hall project once the design-criteria package is completed. Issue: Should the City Commission amend Chapter 21 - Purchasing Policy to expressly state that design-build services shall be procured in accordance with the requirements of the CCNA, and to expressly state that construction program management is also authorized by the Construction Management Statute, and repeal Chapter 4 — Design Build Contracts? Recommendations: Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance to amend Chapter 21 Purchasing Policy, and repeal Chapter 4 Design Build Contracts, and authorize execution thereof by the Mayor and City Clerk. Attachments: 1. Ordinance Amending Chapter 21 Purchasing Code — Redlined version 2. Chapter 4 Design-Build Contracts (Ordinance 95-08) Financial Impact: None Type of Item: (please mark with an 'x') Public Hearing For Clerk's Dept Use: X Ordinance First Reading Consent Agenda Ordinance Second Reading X Public Hearing Resolution Regular Agenda Commission Approval Discussion& Direction X Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution Reviewed by City Attorneyn� N/A Reviewed by Finance Dept. W J N/A Reviewed by ( ) N/A 2 ORDINANCE NO.2017- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, REPEALING CHAPTER 4 DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTS AND AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OCOEE REGARDING THE CITY'S PURCHASING POLICY; AMENDING AND RESTATING EXEMPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION ONE. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, and Section C-8E of the Charter of the City of Ocoee. SECTION TWO. Amended and Restated City Purchasing Policy. Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows (with deletions stricken and additions underlined): CHAPTER 21 PURCHASING POLICY SECTION 21.1 Definitions A. "Commodity" means any of the various supplies, materials, goods, merchandise, equipment, and other personal property. B. "Invitation to Bid" (ITB) refers to the formal solicitation of two or more competitive sealed bids. The ITB is used when the City is capable of specifically defining the scope of work for which a commodity, contractual service, or construction service is required or when the City is capable of establishing precise specifications defining the actual commodity, group of commodities, material, or equipment required. C. "Contractor" or "Vendor" means a party who contracts to sell commodities, construction services, or contractual services to the City. D. "Construction Services" means the provision of services rendered by individuals and firms to provide labor and materials for the construction, renovation, repair, modification, or demolition of any public infrastructure, building, portion of a building, earthwork, roads, utilities, park, parking lot, public works or other improvement to real property, in a manner consistent with the construction industry licensure and procurement laws of the State of Florida. E. "Contract" means a written agreement or purchase order between the City and a vendor detailing the legal responsibilities of both parties in the offer and acceptance of a specific act, usually for the procurement of goods, services, or construction for money or other considerations. F. "Contractual Services" means only those services rendered by individuals and firms who are independent contractors, and such services may include, but are not limited to, evaluations; consultations; maintenance; accounting; security; management systems; management consultants; educational training programs; research and development studies or reports on the findings of consultants engaged thereunder; and professional, technical, and social services. G. "Emergency Purchase" means those purchases occurring when certain conditions might adversely affect the life, health, safety, and welfare of City employees or its citizens, or when City property or equipment are endangered, or when it is necessary to maintain or restore vital services, to address non- compliance with Florida Statutes or other regulatory laws and permits, or situations which may cause a major adverse financial impact to the City should immediate action not be taken. H. "Government Contracts" includes contracts by other governmental agencies to include any political subdivision of the State of Florida or the United States, Special Districts, or special co-operative contracts provided such contracts are the result of a competitive bidding process, of which the City is extended the same terms and conditions, including price, of the contract. I. "Procurement" means purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any supplies, services, or construction; includes all functions that pertain to the acquisition of such items, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration. J. "Professional Services" means those services rendered by members of a recognized profession, supplied by a licensed or certified person, the performance of which is typically governed by State and Federal laws or professional practice standards. K. "Purchasing Manual" means the written purchasing procedures and practices which may be promulgated from time to time by the City Manager to implement and adhere to this Chapter. L. "Purchase Requisition" is a request for a PO to be issued and is required for all items that cannot be purchased using the City's Purchasing Card. M. "Purchase Order" (PO) is a signed, numbered document authorizing an employee to purchase goods or services. PO's are the result of the authorized Purchase Requisition. N. "Purchasing Card" means a Visa or Mastercard issued to designated employees to be used in compliance with this Chapter and the City's Purchasing Card Policies and Procedures. 2 O. "Quotation" or "Quote" is an informal written or verbal price proposal for a commodity or contractual service as stated by the vendor to be used to determine the correct price for purchase. P. "Request for Proposals" (RFP) refers to the formal solicitation of two or more competitive sealed proposals. The RFP is used when the City cannot specifically define the scope of work for which the contractual service, commodity, or construction is required. The City is requesting that a qualified respondent propose a commodity, contractual service, construction, material, or equipment to meet the specifications of the solicitation document. Each RFP requires a selection committee to score the evaluation criteria, which includes price. Q. "Request for Qualifications" (RFQ) refers to the formal solicitation of qualification statements for the procurement of professional services and other services requesting qualifications of firms only, and does not consider price in the ranking of firms. Each RFQ requires a selection committee to score the evaluation criteria. SECTION 21.2 Establishing Purchasing Function There is hereby established a Purchasing Function within the Finance Department of the City. The Purchasing Agent shall be a budgeted position and shall serve as the central procurement officer of the City. SECTION 21.3 Authority Subject to compliance with this Chapter and the City's Purchasing Manual, the Purchasing Agent or designee is hereby granted authority to purchase or contract for all commodities and contractual services required by the City or other agencies under cooperative purchasing agreements. SECTION 21.4 Procurement Thresholds Pursuant to Section 166.241(2), Florida Statutes, the adopted budget must regulate expenditures of the municipality, and an officer of a municipal government may not expend or contract for expenditures in any fiscal year except pursuant to the adopted budget. Unless otherwise provided by Florida Law or other provisions of the Code or waived as provided in this Chapter, all purchases by the City of commodities, contractual services, and construction services shall be processed and approved in accordance with the following procurement thresholds: 3 Level Dollar Threshold Method of Authority to Solicitation Approve Level One Individual Item and/or One Verbal Quote, Department Total Purchase less City's Purchasing Card Director or than $5,000.00 should be used when Designee possible. Level Two Individual Item and/or Two Written Quotes Department Total Purchase Director or $5,000.00 and over Designee and less than (Requires City $10,000.00 Commission approval for capital items if amount exceeds budgeted amount or has been changed from original budget) Level Three Individual Item and/or Three Written Quotes Purchasing Total Purchase Agent $10,000.00 and over (Requires City and less than Commission $25,000.00 approval for capital items if amount exceeds budgeted amount or has been changed from original budget) Level Four Individual Item and/or Three Written Quotes City Manager Total Purchase (Requires award $25,000.00 and over or rejection by 4 and less than the City $50,000.00 Commission if the purchase exceeds the original budgeted dollar amount, or has been changed from original budget) Level Five Individual Item And/or Formal Solicitation City Total Purchase Commission $50,000.00 and over SECTION 21.5 Exceptions to Procurement Thresholds When it is determined to be in the best interest of the City, the procurement thresholds contained in Section 21.4 above may be waived on a case-by-case basis. The authority to waive the procurement thresholds is as follows: A. The Purchasing Agent may waive the minimum standards for any commodity or contractual service which is less than $25,000.00 in value. In such case, the Purchasing Agent shall attach a written explanation for waiver to the purchase order. B. The City Manager may waive the minimum standards for any commodity or contractual service which is over $25,000.00 and less than $50,000.00 in value. In such case, the City Manager or designee shall file a written explanation for waiver with the Purchasing Agent. C. The City Commission may waive the minimum standards for any commodity or contractual service in excess of$50,000.00. SECTION 21.6 Emergency Purchases A. The Department Director may make Emergency Purchases in accordance to the Authority to Approve provisions of the Procurement Thresholds set forth in Section 21.4, and in accordance with emergency purchasing procedures set forth in the Purchasing Manual. A summary report of all emergency purchases shall be submitted to the City Manager on a monthly basis. B. Emergency purchases of $50,000.00 or more will require that the City Manager or the Department Director inform the City Commission regarding the purchase and the nature of the emergency, by submitting a report, of all such emergency purchases at the next regularly scheduled City Commission meeting following the emergency. 5 SECTION 21.7 Procedures and Practices A. The City Manager is hereby directed to establish a system, or amend the existing system, of uniform procurement procedures and practices to implement this Chapter. The purchasing procedures, as established by the City Manager above, are detailed as part of the Purchasing Manual. B. The adoption of a Purchasing Policy shall be made by City Ordinance. C. According to the City Charter, the Mayor and City Clerk shall execute all contracts. As set forth in Section 21.4, the purchase of commodities and contractual services with a value less than $50,000.00 do not require City Commission approval. If a contract is required in connection with such a purchase, then following compliance with Section 21.4, Procurement Thresholds, the Mayor and City Clerk shall execute all such contracts. D. Violations: The following actions shall be considered Procurement Violations: Purchases made that are not in compliance with the Procurement Thresholds stated at Section 21.4; splitting a purchase or purchases to circumvent the Procurement Thresholds provided herein; purchases made from merchants that create a Conflict of Interest as this term is defined herein, (including but not limited to authorizing purchases from a company where the employee or the employee's relative has a financial interest); purchases from companies that are not City vendors; inadequate record keeping relating to purchases; and/or failure to properly document purchases. E. Conflict of Interest for City Officers and Employees engaged in the selection, award, and administration of City contracts, including contracts supported by a State or Federal award or funding, shall be governed by City Charter Chapter C-56, Personal Financial Interest; Section 3.01, Policy of the City; Section 4.01, Conflict of Interest, City Personnel Rules and Regulations; and Part III, Chapter 112, Florida Statutes, the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees. F. Failure to comply with the Purchasing Ordinance or Purchasing Manual is a group I or group II offense as defined in the Personnel Rules and Regulations, and may result in removal of the employee's procurement privileges and other disciplinary actions, up to and including termination, as detailed in the Personnel Rules and Regulations. 6 G. Federal Grants: All procurements by Federal Grant recipients and sub- recipients shall comply with the provisions of 2 C.F.R. Section 200.317—326. All procurement transactions shall be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition consistent with the standards of 2 C.F.R. Section 200.317—326. In the event of a conflict between the City's Purchasing Policy, codified at Chapter 21 of the City's Code of Ordinances, and Federal Code, the more restrictive rule shall prevail. SECTION 21.8 Exemptions A. The following commodities and contractual services are excluded from the competitive requirements of Section 21.4; however, the "Authority to Approve"provision of Section 21.4 is applicable to such procurements: (1) APPRAISAL SERVICES (2) CATERING/FOOD (3) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS (4) DUES (5) EMPLOYEE SCREENING SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICAL (6) ENTERTAINMENT (7) FINANCIAL SERVICES (8) FREELANCE SERVICES (9) LAND PURCHASES (10) LEGAL ADVERTISING (11) LEGAL SERVICES (12) POSTAGE/SHIPPING (13) TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS (14) TRAVEL/TRAINING (15) UTILITIES (16) VETERINARIAN SERVICES B. Construction Management and construction program management (to the extent authorized by Section 255.103, Florida Statutes), architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, ef—surveying and mapping services, design criteria professionals, or design-builder services shall be procured in accordance with the requirements of Florida's Consultant's Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA) as set forth in Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, and are excluded from the competitive requirements of Section 21.4. C. Professional Auditing Services shall be procured in accordance with the requirements of Section 218.391, Florida Statutes, and are excluded from the competitive requirements of Section 21.4. Section 218.391 is short-titled "Auditor Selection Procedures". 7 D. Professional Design Build Construction Services shall be procured in • . .. Florida, and are excluded from the competitive requirements of Section 21.4. Chapter 4 is titled "Design Build Contracts". D.E. Group Insurance for Employees and Public Officers shall be procured in accordance with the requirements of Section 112.08, Florida Statutes, and are excluded from the competitive requirements of Section 21.4. Chapter 112.08 is short-titled "Group insurance for public officers, employees, and certain volunteers; physical examinations." SECTION 21.9 Bid Protest Procedures All Bid Protests shall be submitted to the Purchasing Agent in the following manner: 1. A Bidder shall file a written bid protest under this Article or be barred any relief; oral protests shall not be acknowledged. 2. A bid protest shall be limited to the following grounds: (a) issues arising from the procurement provisions of the Project Manual, its addenda, and other bidding documents; and/or(b) applicable federal, state, or local law. No bid protest may be based upon questions concerning the design documents (drawings and specifications). The Bidder shall clarify all questions concerning the design documents of the project prior to submitting its bid. 3. The content of the bid protest shall fully state the factual and legal grounds for the protest and the legal basis for the relief requested. 4. The bid protest shall be filed with the Purchasing Agent not later than five (5) calendar days after the posting of the notice of intent to award or recommendation of award by staff, whichever is earlier. 5. The Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the City, shall make a determination of the merits of the protest not later than five (5) business days after receipt of the protest. If the City denies the protest, the City may proceed with award of the contract unless enjoined by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. SECTION THREE. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto. 8 SECTION FOUR. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City; and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "chapter," "section," "article," or such other appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the code is accomplished, sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent maybe authorized by the City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or re-codified copy of same with the City Clerk. SECTION FIVE. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2017. APPROVED: ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk Rusty Johnson, Mayor ADVERTISED ,2017 READ FIRST TIME , 2017 READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED , 2017 UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY, THIS day of ,2017 SHUFFIELD,LOWMAN& WILSON,P.A. BY: Scott A. Cookson, City Attorney 9 ORDINANCE NO. 95-08 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OCOEE RELATING TO THE DESIGN- BUILD CONTRACTS; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR PREPARATION OF A DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGE; PROVIDING FOR SELECTION PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 287.055(10) (c), Florida Statutes (1993), known as the Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act ("CCNA"), provides that each municipality shall adopt rules or ordinances for the award of design-build contracts prior to entering into a design-build contract; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee desires to enter into design-build contracts and to adopt the ordinances necessary to comply with the CCNA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION ONE. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166 and Section 287.055(10), Florida Statutes. SECTION TWO. FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee hereby makes the following findings and determinations: A. In view of the rapidly increasing demand for public construction projects in the City of Ocoee, methods for economizing time and costs in the construction of public construction projects need to be developed. 1 B. It is both time and cost effective in certain instances to award a single contract to a design-build firm for the design and construction of a public construction project. SECTION THREE. A new Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby adopted as follows: CHAPTER 4 DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS Section 4-1. Short Title. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Design-Build Contract Chapter". Section 4-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows: A. DESIGN-BUILD FIRM means a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity which: 1. Is certified under s. 489.119, Florida Statutes, to engage in contracting through a certified or registered general contractor or a certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying agent; or 2. Is certified under s. 471.023, Florida Statutes, to practice or to offer to practice engineering; certified under s. 481.219, Florida Statutes, to practice or to offer to practice architecture; or certified under s. 486.319, Florida Statutes, to practice or to offer to practice landscape architecture. B. DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT means a single contract with a design-build firm for the design and construction of a public construction project. C. DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGE means concise, performance-oriented drawings or specifications of the public construction project. The purpose of the design 2 criteria package is to furnish sufficient information so as to permit design-build firms to prepare a bid or a response to the City's request for proposal, or to permit the City to enter into a negotiated design-build contract. The design criteria package shall specify such performance-based criteria for the public construction project, including, but not limited to, the legal description of the site, survey information concerning the site, interior space requirements, material quality standards, schematic layouts and conceptual design criteria of the project, cost or budget estimates, design and construction schedules, site development requirements, provisions for utilities, stormwater retention and disposal, and parking requirements, as may be applicable to the project. D. DESIGN CRITERIA PROFESSIONAL means a firm who holds a current certificate of registration under Chapter 481, Florida Statutes, to practice architecture or landscape architecture or a firm who holds a current certificate as a registered engineer under Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, to practice engineering and who is employed by or under contract to the City for the providing of professional architect services, landscape architect services, or engineering services in connection with the preparation of the design criteria package. Section 4-3. Design Criteria. A. Design Criteria Package 1. All design-build projects shall require a design criteria package for the design and construction of the public construction project in order to define the project parameters which are to be used to evaluate and govern the proposal. This design criteria package shall consist of concise performance 3 oriented drawings or specifications, or both, of the project. The criteria shall include the requirements set forth in Section 4-2(C) hereof. 2. The design criteria package shall be prepared and sealed by a design criteria professional employed by or retained by the City. B. Design Criteria Professional 1. Acceptable entities who may act as the design criteria professional include, but are not limited to: a. Licensed professional engineers, architects and landscape architects employed by the City. b. A licensed engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural firm providing management services to the City so long as such firm was selected by the City pursuant to Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. c. Engineering, architectural, and landscape architectural firms selected by the City pursuant to Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, to be the design criteria professional. 2. A design criteria professional who has been selected to prepare the design criteria package shall not be eligible to render services under a design-build contract executed pursuant to the design criteria package. 3. The City Manager shall consult with the design criteria professional concerning its duties which include, but are not limited to: a. preparation and sealing of the design criteria package; 4 b. evaluation of the responses or bids submitted by the design-build firms; c. supervision or approval by the City of the detailed working drawings of the project; and d. evaluation of the compliance of the project construction with the design criteria package prepared by the design criteria professional. Section 4-4. Selection Procedures. A. Public Announcement: The City shall publicly advertise in a uniform and consistent manner on each occasion when design-build services are required except in cases of valid public emergencies as declared by the City Commission. The advertisement shall include a general description of the project and shall indicate how, and the time within which, interested design-build firms may apply for consideration. B. Legal Qualification: Any firm or individual desiring to provide design-build services to the City must first be determined legally qualified. To be legally qualified: 1. Firms must be properly certified to engage in contracting through a certified or registered general contractor or a certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying agent; 2. Firms must be properly certified to practice or to offer to practice engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture; and 3. The firm shall be duly qualified to perform its proposed service under any other applicable law. 5 C. Selection Committee A Selection Committee appointed by the City Manager shall be used to evaluate and rank the design-build firms and their responses for recommendation to the City Commission. D. Solicitation The City Manager or his designee shall develop a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals from interested, qualified design-build firms. The RFP shall contain as a minimum the following: 1. The design criteria package as defined in Section 4-3A hereof. 2. The criteria, procedures, and standards for the evaluation of design-build contract proposals, based on price, technical and design aspects of the public construction project, weighted for the project. 3. Requirements for determining qualifications of firms proposing, such as license, list of subcontractors, architect and engineer, and references. 4. Terms and conditions of proposed agreement. 5. Other items as required by procedures, laws, ordinances, or prevailing circumstances. E. Selection 1. All information required by the RFP shall be submitted in a sealed envelope. All proposed designs and price proposals shall be submitted in a separate sealed envelope submitted with the RFP which will be opened and considered by the Selection Committee for shortlisted firms only. 6 2. The Selection Committee shall review all proposals (except the proposed designs and price proposals) and shall shortlist to no less than three (3) design-build firms as the most qualified, based on the qualifications, availability, and past work of the firms, including the partners or members thereof. In evaluating the proposals and preparing the shortlist, the Committee shall consult with the design criteria professional concerning the evaluation of the responses submitted by the design-build firms. Once the committee has shortlisted, the Committee shall open the separate envelopes containing the proposed design solutions and the price submitted by the shortlisted firms. The Committee shall then rank the shortlisted firms based upon the evaluation criteria and procedures set forth within the Request for Proposal. The Committee may, if necessary, require verbal presentations from all firms in order that the qualifications and/or proposals may be clarified. 3. After the Committee has ranked the shortlisted firms based upon the award criteria set forth within the Request for Proposal, the ranking shall be presented to the City Commission which may approve, disapprove or modify the recommended rankings. Following the ranking by the City Commission, the Committee shall attempt to negotiate a contract within the parameters of the design criteria package and in accordance with City Commission ranking. F. Contract 1. The Committee shall negotiate a design-build contract at a price which the Committee determines is fair, competitive and reasonable. Should the 7 Committee be unable to negotiate a satisfactory contract with the first ranked firm, then the Committee shall formally terminate negotiations with such firm. The Committee shall then undertake negotiations with the second ranked firm and shall continue this process until a satisfactory contract is negotiated. 2. The contract negotiated by the Committee shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission. G. Public Emergencies 1. If a public emergency is declared by the City Commission, a negotiating committee may be formed by the City Manager, subject to the approved approval of the City Commission, and authorized to negotiate with the best qualified design-build firm available at that time for the design and construction of a capital project. To the extent practical, the negotiating committee shall solicit letters of interest in order to determine the best qualified design-build firm available at the time. The contract negotiated by such committee shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission. SECTION FOUR. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto. SECTION FIVE. CODIFICATION. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City; and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "chapter", "section", "article", or such other appropriate word 8 or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the code is accomplished, sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified copy of same with the City Clerk. SECTION SIX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 0.2 14 day of MAR chi , 1995. APPROVED: ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA Ji Grafton, City erk S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor 1 V (SEAL) ADVERTISED March 9 , 1995 READ FIRST TIME March 7 1995 READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED MA-P-04 . , 1995, UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. 1/ . FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA APPROVED AS TO RM LEGALITY this f f day of , 1995. FOLEY ,LAQRDNER By: Ccii City Attorney 9 or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such inclusion in the code is accomplished, sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified copy of same with the City Clerk. SECTION SIX. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this o114 day of AMR c N , 1995. APPROVED: ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA il 7 Grafton, City erk .. _----- - 1'):-: 77(—/%-:./v,,-/// S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor (SEAL) ADVERTISED March 9 , 1995 READ FIRST TIME March 7 , 1995 READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED /c44_04 el 1 , 1995, UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. V R FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA APPROVED AS TO RM LEGALITY this l i day of , 1995. FOLEY 2,LARDNER By: 5 4,46,1:a City Attorney 9