Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract #20230032 for the Design-Build of Public Works Facility.
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Submitted By: Nathaniel Rubel, Assistant Director, Procurement Management Division (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of a high-performing city government organization.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Nathaniel Rubel, Assistant Director, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Kaufman Lynn Construction, Inc.
3. Purpose: Design-Build Services for the Design and Construction of a new Public Works Facility.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: 352 calendar days for planning, design, bidding, and permitting phase services.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: To consolidate the City's Public Works operations into a hurricane rated facility to optimize the Public Works Department's ability to provide the City and its residents with the appropriate services including those required following a natural disaster and/or weather event.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): One-time expense of $924,000.00 for the planning, design, bidding, and permitting phase services. Potential cost to Port St. Lucie is estimated to be $15,996,345.00 for design and construction.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20230032 and enter into a Contract with Kaufman Lynn Construction, Inc. for Design-Build Services.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council not award Contract #20230032 and reject all proposals.
Background: The Public Works Department acts in the capacity of "first responder" for the City of Port St. Lucie. The Department is currently housed in three separate physical locations, which adversely affects the Department's ability to provide the City with appropriate services following a natural disaster and/or weather event, such as a hurricane. At this time, two of the three independent structures are not...
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