This agenda supports the Board's goal of increased economic strength and impact of revenue-generating County enterprises balancing economic, environmental, and community needs.
On May 19, 2015 (Item No. 41B), the Board designated itself as the Direct Procurement Authority (DPA) for the Broward County Convention Center Expansion and Headquarters Hotel Projects, Step One through Step Three. This designation was based on the recommendation from the County Administrator, in accordance with the Broward County Procurement Code, Section 21.10, DPA. Steps One through Three constitute the first stage of the procurement process, which is focused on the qualification and ranking of Developers.
On August 25, 2015 (Item No. 44), the DPA reviewed the Developers’ Step One submittals to qualify the Developers. The DPA qualified five Developers.
On November 3, 2015 (Item No. 25), the DPA reviewed the Developers’ Step Two submittals to qualify the Developers’ teams, in compliance with the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiations Act (CCNA) and the solicitation requirements. The DPA qualified the Developers’ teams and shortlisted three Developers.
On November 3, 2015, the County issued a Request for Letters of Interest to the shortlisted Developers. On March 11, 2016, the County received one submittal from the Developer, Matthews Southwest Holdings, Inc. (MSW).
On April 26, 2016, the DPA heard presentations from County staff and from MSW and its team members. Upon review of the information, the DPA re-qualified the team, contingent upon resolution of expressed concerns regarding MSW's general contractor (GC) for the project.
On May 10, 2016, the DPA received a report from County staff stating MSW was currently reviewing its team and needed additional time for review.
On August 16, 2016, the DPA approved a change to the Developer’s team for the Convention Center General Contractor, reaffirmed the Developer’s Team as qualified, ranked MSW as the No. 1 ranked firm, and approved a Pre-Development Agreement with MSW.
On November 1, 2016 the DPA approved a conceptual site plan to provide staff with appropriate design direction on how to proceed with the Project.
On April 4, 2017, the DPA heard presentations from County staff and from the MSW development team on the updated design proposal for the Project. The DPA expressed support for the new design.
On October 3, 2017 the DPA approved 1) a new design for the headquarters hotel, 2) a new design agreement between MSW and Broward, 3) entering into exclusive negotiations with Omni Hotels and Resorts as the preferred hotel operator (flag) for the Convention Center Headquarters Hotel and 4) directing the County Attorney to prepare the ordinance documents necessary to levy the 6th penny of the local bed tax.
On February 27, 2018, the DPA heard presentations from County staff and from the MSW development team on the anticipated project costs and financing alternatives for the two major components of the projects. The DPA expressed support for the County financing the hotel project.
Since the previous time the DPA reviewed the Convention Center Expansion conceptual designs, staff has worked with the design team to revise the design based on input from the Convention Center user community. The pressing need for contiguous exhibition space, which was planned for in a later Phase 2 of expansion, has now also been incorporated into the current expansion plans. Staff and MSW design team members will present these changes for DPA review. If the DPA approves of the new design, staff can immediately issue a notice to proceed to MSW to proceed with the schematic design and engineering work necessary to submit a site plan application to the City of Fort Lauderdale.
The first amendment to the amended and restated design agreement with MSW for hotel design services mirrors the previous agreement for design services for the convention center expansion. These additional services will allow the design work for the hotel to proceed in tandem with the design work for the convention center.
|