This action supports the Commission Goal of "Consistently and effectively market and brand Broward County programs and services, locally and globally, through effective collaboration."
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) established a County Business Enterprise participation goal of 15% for this phase of the Project. The OESBD further determined that this contract is not subject to the Workforce Investment Program (Exhibit 1).
At a joint workshop of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (County) and the City of Fort Lauderdale City Commission (City) (jointly the Parties) held on May 9, 2017, the members of the County Board and City Commission unanimously supported the idea of moving forward with the development of a joint government center campus ("Project") in downtown Fort Lauderdale to serve as the new offices for both the City and the County.
At its May 7, 2019 Regular Meeting (Item No. 76), the County approved an Interlocal Agreement ("ILA") with the City of Fort Lauderdale for the development of the Project. At their May 7, 2019 Regular Meeting (Item No. 19-0295) the City also approved the ILA with Broward County.
The executed ILA (Exhibit 2) establishes that the Parties are desirous of working together on the joint development of the Project. The ILA establishes a basic framework for the oversight of the procurement and development process of the Project, specifically including a condition that all decisions of the Unified Direct Procurement Authority (UDPA) will require a majority of the respective membership of the County Board and City Commission. The ILA provides for the procurement of a design consultant to develop a design criteria package (DCP), the cost of which will be shared equally by the Parties (A memo explaining the DCP process is attached as Exhibit 3). The ILA further provides that future cost sharing will be on a proportional basis.
At its June 4, 2019 Regular Meeting (Item No. 19-0511), the City waived its Procurement Code and designated itself the direct purchasing authority for the City of Fort Lauderdale in connection with the development of the Project with Broward County. At its June 11, 2019 Regular Meeting (Item No. 92), the County waived its Procurement Code and designated itself part of the Unified Direct Procurement Authority, collectively with the City, for the development of the Project.
The purpose of the Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") solicitation is to engage the services of a Consultant to lead a multidisciplinary team to provide the planning services necessary, including programming and needs assessment, for the development of a Design Criteria Package for the Joint Government Center Campus project. The scope of work will be deliberately phased.
The RFQ method of procurement was selected for this solicitation to best serve the City and County with multiple evaluation criteria emphasizing the vendor’s qualifications. The RFQ method provides for predefined criteria for evaluation of firms based upon the required specialized technical expertise. Due to the requirements of "Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act" (CCNA), this RFQ (Exhibit 4) can not use price as an evaluation criterion; therefore, proposers are required to determine the best method to accomplish the specialized services as outlined in the RFQ.
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