THE PORT EVERGLADES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
This item supports the Broward County Board of County Commissioners' Value of "Empowering economic opportunities for all people and businesses in Broward" and Goal to "Increase the economic strength and impact of revenue-generating County enterprises balancing economic, environmental and community needs."
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) established a County Business Enterprise (CBE) goal of 24% for this project. BEA Architects, Inc. agreed to meet the CBE participation requirements, which has been reviewed and approved by the OESBD (see Exhibit 4). To date, BEA Architects, Inc. has achieved a 36.75% participation rate.
The purpose of this Third Amendment to the deliberately phased Agreement is to continue professional consultant services for engineering and design services for the development of the Southport Phase IX-A & IX-B Container Yards within Port Everglades.
On June 24, 2014 (Item No. 55), the Board approved the Agreement between Broward County and BEA Architects, Inc. for Engineering and Design Services Southport Phase IX Container Yard, Request for Proposal (RFP) No. R1171027P1, for the total not-to-exceed amount of $899,723, which included reimbursable expenses in the not-to-exceed amount of $99,723, for Phase IX-B of the project.
On September 25, 2015, the Purchasing Director approved the First Amendment to the Agreement for an additional not-to-exceed amount of $48,007.30, for additional engineering and design services associated with Port tenant requirements. No additional time was added to the Agreement.
On January 7, 2016, the Purchasing Director approved the Second Amendment to the Agreement replacing Exhibit B to the Agreement with a revised Exhibit B, adjusting Consultant's billing rates based upon an audit. No additional time or funding was added to the Agreement.
The container yards associated with this project are integral to the expansion of Port Everglades' Southport as it relates to the growing containerized cargo business and in conjunction with the Southport Turning Notch Extension project that will accommodate larger cargo ships. The initial phase of this project, Southport Phase IX-B, included approximately 19 acres of new container yard and ancillary facilities constructed west of McIntosh Road. This work is approximately 85% complete and additional consulting services for added construction administration for this phase are included in the Third Amendment. The Third Amendment also addresses the second phase of the project, Southport Phase IX-A, which includes consulting services for the demolition of the existing Foreign-Trade Zone warehouse buildings and development of the site into a cargo handling container yard facility. This phase of the project also includes optional layouts of the site within the optional services to address potential business needs for phased development of this terminal yard.
Two Sunshined negotiations meetings were held to negotiate this Third Amendment on September 21, 2017, and October 11, 2017. The meetings were attended by representatives of BEA Architects, Inc. and their sub-consultants, AECOM (URS), The Chappell Group, Inc., and Keith & Associates, Inc., the County Attorney's Office, County Auditor's Office, OESBD, Risk Management Division, Purchasing Division, and the Port Everglades Department.
The following table represents the progress of the Agreement:
| |
Original Agreement |
Amend. No's. 1 & 2 |
Amend. No. 3 |
Totals |
| Southport IX-A |
|
|
|
$1,781,460 |
| Basic Services |
- |
- |
$1,410,000 |
|
| Reimbursables |
- |
- |
$191,460 |
|
| Optional Services |
- |
- |
$180,000 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Southport IX-B |
|
|
|
$1,079,390 |
| Basic Services |
$800,000 |
$48,007 |
$131,660 |
|
| Reimbursables |
$99,723 |
- |
- |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| TOTALS |
$899,723 |
$48,007 |
$1,913,120 |
$2,860,850 |