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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
O: Honorable Mayor and DATE: February 24, 2017 1 mi 1746
Members of the City Commission
St 1HIJ 1: March 09, 2017, City Commission
Meeting Agenda
rim Ni: Daniel J. Alfons REFERENCES: N/A
City Manager
ENCLOSURES: N/A
Pursuant to Section 18-85(a) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, the
following is my professional recommendation as City Manager regarding a bid waiver for this
item. These are my written findings waiving the requirements for competitive sealed bidding
methods as not being practicable or advantages to the City of Miami for the maintenance and
beautification of Martin Luther King Boulevard insofar as an agreement with Greater Miami
Services Corps. ("GMSC") to perform certain work is reached.
GMSC was established in 1990 as a Florida Not for Profit Corporation, youth service
organization. The agency is based in the City of Miami at 810 NW 28`h Street, Miami, Florida
33127. GMSC provides professional employment and training services to out-of-school youth
between the ages of 18-24 and is a cost-effective way to implement landscaping and
beautification services. GMSC provides similar services for the City of Miami, Miami -Dade
County, Florida Department of Transportation and the National Park Service as part of the goal
to engage young people in projects that allow them to become stakeholders in their local
community. Youth engaged in this projects will be City of Miami residents and will receive
professional services that include improving their educational levels through GED, high school
and/or occupational credentials, life skills training, comprehensive case management and
leadership development while at the same time gaining marketable skills they can use in the
workplace. Members will also participate in non-violence workshops to promote peace and
provide techniques for conflict resolution. GMSC can competently, expeditiously and
responsively perform this work.
If the City Commission concurs, and ratifies, my finding by a fourth -fifths vote, the City
Administration will proceed to negotiate and execute an Agreement with GMSC for their
performance this work.
cc: Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
Annie Perez, Director, Procurement Dept.
Victoria M6ndez, City Attorney
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