THE PURCHASING DIVISION, THE PORT EVERGLADES DEPARTMENT, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/SEAPORT ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's Vision of "Unlimited Economic Opportunities" and its Goal No. 3, to "increase the economic strength and impact of Port Everglades, the Broward County Convention Center and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in a sustainable manner balancing economy, environment and the community".
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 through submittal of Letters of Intent, which have been reviewed and approved by the OESBD (Exhibit 3).
The purpose of this agreement is to provide professional engineering and design services including permitting, construction contract administration, warranty administration and post-occupancy services associated with the development of the Southport Phase IX Container Yard project. This container yard is integral to the expansion of Port Everglades’ Southport Turning Notch, which is currently in development.
On November 5, 2013 (Item No. 37), the Board approved the Request for Proposals (RFP) No. R1171027P1, Engineering and Design Services Southport Phase IX Container Yard. Five firms submitted proposals in response to the RFP.
On March 27, 2014, an Initial Evaluation Meeting was held. The Evaluation Committee determined that all five firms were both responsive and responsible to the requirements of the RFP.
On April 14, 2014, a Final Evaluation Meeting was held. After presentations, evaluation and scoring, the Evaluation Committee scored BEA Architects, Inc. as the highest scored and first-ranked firm.
On April 22, 2014 (Item No. 53), the Board approved the final ranking by the Evaluation Committee.
These container yards are integral to the expansion of Port Everglades’ Southport Turning Notch, which is currently under development. This Project will include the design, permitting and construction administration of approximately 23 acres of new container yard and ancillary buildings to be constructed west of McIntosh Road (Phase IX-B). A second future component of this Project will include demolition of the existing Foreign-Trade Zone warehouse building and conversion of the site into a cargo handling container yard facility (Phase IX-A). This second component will be performed under a separate amendment to this Agreement that will be negotiated at a later date.
One Sunshine Meeting was held to negotiate this Agreement on May 20, 2014. This meeting was attended by representatives of BEA Architects, Inc. and their sub-consultants URS, The Chappell Group, Inc., Keith & Associates, Inc., the County Attorney’s Office, County Auditor’s Office, OESBD, Risk Management Division, Purchasing Division, and Seaport Engineering and Construction Division.
The Evaluation Committee consisted of:
William P. Maughan, Jr., Assistant Director, Seaport Engineering & Construction Division, Public Works Department (Chair)
J. David Anderton ll, Assistant Director, Port Everglades Strategic Planning & Development, Port Everglades Department
Anh Ton, Director, Highway & Bridge Maintenance Division, Public Works Department |