The Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority (“the Authority” or “GACRAA” or “Owner”) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms interested in providing comprehensive preventive maintenance, repair, controls, and water treatment services for the HVAC systems serving the commercial passenger terminal and other Airport facilities. The Proposer (or “Contractor”) shall provide all labor, supervision, travel, tools, testing instruments, routine materials, consumables, replacement parts, controls support, water treatment, documentation, and equipment necessary to perform the services described herein, except for items expressly identified as exclusions or separately authorized work.

It is the intent of the Authority to award a comprehensive HVAC service contract for an initial term of five (5) years. Pricing shall be provided as a fixed annual amount for each agreement year. The maximum annual price escalation after Year 1 shall not exceed the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, All Items, not seasonally adjusted, for the most recent available twelve-month period preceding the anniversary date. If CPI-U is zero or negative, no increase shall apply for that year.

RFP 26-006 Schedule:    
Issue Date: Monday, August 17, 2026 9:00 A.M.
MANDATORY Pre-bid Meeting and Site Visit: Thursday, August 27, 2026 10:00 A.M.
Deadline for Submitting RFP Questions: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 5:00 P.M.
RFP Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026 4:00 P.M.
Target Award by GACRAA Board: Thursday, September 24, 2026  

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. in the Gainesville Regional Airport Administrative Offices, 3880 NE 39th Avenue, Gainesville, FL.

Interested Parties should send a written request for a copy of the RFP package to:

Tricia Baughman  tricia.baughman@flygainesville.com

Please CC: Lynn Noffsinger, Lynn.noffsinger@flygainesville.com

The Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority reserves the right to reject any and all proposals submitted in response to RFP 6-006 for any reason.  Interested parties are advised that contact with Airport Authority members and Airport Authority employees, outside of the points of contact provided for in the RFP is strictly prohibited from the point of advertisement until a final award is made or protest resolved.

The Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the award of any contract.