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10/15/07 The U.S. Department of Labor
Solicits Construction Bids for Pinellas County Job Corps Center
On September 11, 2007,
the U.S. Department of Labor posted its pre-solicitation notice announcing
the agency has begun to accept bids to construct the Pinellas County Job Corps Center which will be located on 18 acres in the Dome Industrial Park
(DIP) district.
The U.S. Department
of Labor highly encourages HUB-Zone, small disabled veterans, woman-owned,
small disadvantaged, 8(a), and small businesses to apply for bid
consideration. All project bidders must be registered in the Central
Contractor Registration (CCR). The construction bid has a deadline
of November 1, 2007 by 2:00pm for submissions to Renker Eich
Parks Architects.
A pre-bid walk
through of the job site was held on October 11, 2007. A complete set of the
plans and specifications are available on a first-come, first-serve basis
until the architect’s supply has been exhausted. The project’s
architect, Renker Eich Parks Architects, is located at 1609 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33704-4203. Requests must
be submitted in written form to the architect and require a $200 refundable
bid deposit payable to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The construction of
the new Job Corps campus will be comprised of nine buildings, and a parking
lot for staff and visitors. In total, the campus will have approximately
100 employees and 300 students in the 166,000 square foot facility which
will include buildings for Administration and Security, Student Services
and Career Counseling, Vocational Education, Vocation Shops, Cafeteria,
Dormitories, Recreation and Gymnasium, and Maintenance and Operations.
Estimated construction costs for the project exceed $10,000,000.
The DIP is the
city’s oldest industrial district with a number of profitable
businesses already invested in the area: Film Technologies Inc.; Elreha
Printed Circuits Corporation; Bama Seafoods; Euro-Bake and the St.
Petersburg Clay Company. The Job Corps center will provide educational and
vocational training at, no cost, to cultivate better career tracks for
economically disadvantaged persons ages 16 through 24.
To learn more about
this opportunity that represents a significant benefit to our local
economy, click here.
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