The purpose of this section of the RFQ is to highlight the professional services to be provided under the General Planning Consulting Service contract by the three (3) rotating firms selected. The selected "Consultant(s)" will act as a technical resource for Town Staff. The selected "Consulting Team(s)" shall have the capability and experience to integrate basic planning practices (social, environmental and economic disciplines) to proactively engage residents and interested stakeholders in the Town's planning decision-making process. Further, these "teams" shall have the capacity, either through dedicated staff or pre-selected sub-consultants, to undertake planning activities related to sustainability, vulnerability, and stormwater analyses. The proposed technical staff should be composed of experienced certified planners (AICPs) with multi-disciplinary backgrounds that includes, but is not limited to, land use planning, project implementation, land development regulations, comprehensive planning, environmental planning, transportation planning, and economic analysis. The services would be project specific (including cost recovery assignments) and will be assigned on a work-order basis. The following provides a description of the professional services that selected Consultant(s) shall be prepared to provide the Town under this contract. 1. General planning services 2. Concurrency Review 3. Land use and zoning analysis 4. Site plan review (including landscaping, and stormwater) 5. Transportation studies and traffic engineering 6. Environmental studies (Brownfield Redevelopment) 7. Plan and permit review (includes inspections services) 8. Natural and cultural resources assessments 9. Water resources planning 10. Public outreach support services In addition, the Consultant(s) may be asked to assist the Town in project coordination meetings with other municipalities, regulatory agencies, developers, and local and state governments. Selected "Consultant(s)" must have readily available the technical capabilities and in-house resources to meet the requirements of this scope. Deadline to Submit Questions 8/4/2023 1:00 PM The Town of Cutler Bay ("Town"), a municipality located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, desires to receive professional qualifications for the selection of three (3) rotating Planning Consulting firms ("Consultants") to provide General Planning Services. Florida law requires the Town to make a determination of a respondent's qualifications to perform general planning services prior to engagement. The information used in this Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") will be used by the Town to make this determination. The Town reserves the right to award contracts to Consultants who will best serve the interests of the Town and whose responses are considered by the Town to be the most responsive and most responsible. The Town reserves the right to accept or reject any or all responses, based upon its deliberations and opinions. In making such determination, the Town reserves the right to investigate the financial capability, integrity, experience and quality of performance of each respondent, including officers, principals, senior management and supervisors as well as the staff identified in the response. This RFQ provides interested applicants with information to prepare and submit proposals in response to this solicitation for consideration by the Town. This RFQ process is intended to identify potential consultants with which the Town may, in its sole discretion, choose to enter into a contract for professional services. It is expressly understood and agreed that the submission of "Qualifications" does not require or obligate the Town to pursue a contract with any applicant. The Consultant shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of the proposal. The Town reserves the right to accept and/or reject all proposals, or parts of proposals, to workshop or negotiate any and all proposals, to waive irregularities, and to request reproposals on the required materials and/or services or take any other such actions that may be deemed in the best interest of the Town. The services required by the contract documents, including labor and materials.