HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-23-0032 Bid Waiver MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
July 27, 2023
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
4/5ths RECOMMENDATION INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Christine King
Members of the SEOPW CRA Board
Date: July 27, 2023 File:
Subject: Request to waive competitive sealed bidding
methods pursuant to City Code 18-85(a) for the SEOPW
CRA Facade Beautification & Training program
implemented by Florida International University
From: James McQueen References:
Executive Director
Enclosures:
BACKGROUND:
A Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency ("SEOPW CRA") by a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, after an advertised public hearing, ratifying,
approving, and confirming the Executive Director's recommendation and finding that competitive negotiation
methods and procedures are not practicable or advantageous pursuant to sections 18-85 and 18-86 of the code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, as adopted by the SEOPW CRA; waiving the requirements for
competitive sealed bidding as not being practicable or advantageous to the SEOPW CRA; authorizing the
allocation of grant funds in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars and
Zero Cents ($1,300,000,00) ("Funds"), for the SEOPW CRA Facade Beautification and Training Program
("Program").
The Program is intended to be a combination of a job -training program, and a focused -area building facade
improvement/beautification program, fully funded by the SEOPW CRA. The job training component will be
outsourced and managed by Florida International University's Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and
Sustainability, a local public educational institution with extensive experience in construction training programs,
which will prioritize recruitment of trainees that reside in Overtown.
Considering FIU's experience in this area and success in prioritizing recruitment of trainees from the Overtown
area, the Executive Director recommends approval of a bid waiver.
RECOMMENDATION:
In light of the above stated, approval of a waiver of the formal requirements of competitive sealed bidding methods
as not being practicable or advantageous to the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment
Agency as set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, as amended, specifically Section 18-85 (A), and the
affirmation of these written findings and the forwarding the same to the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast
Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency by a four fifths vote is respectfully requested.
APPROVED
es McQueen, Executive Director