The City Council has made water quality the number one priority and has provided clear direction to City Administration to undertake activities designed to produce quality water on behalf of our community. As such, staff has consistently engaged in processes to accomplish this priority to include the solicitation of a Request For Qualifications (RFQ), seeking developers who possess an interest in designing, building and financing a new water treatment facility. This RFQ was published on June 11, 2021 and it ended on July 20, 2021.
In response to the RFQ, the City received four (4) proposals. Of those, three were deemed qualified for the Board’s consideration. More specifically, these three developers are:
o The Haskell Company and CDM Smith
o PCL Construction and Carollo Engineers
o Kiewit Water Facilities Florida and Stantec Consulting Services.
At its October 20, 2021 meeting, the Board was made aware of the process that staff desired to utilize for selecting the firm to accomplish the project. In general, this process involves the conduct of oral presentations by each of the three (3) respective firms, followed by ranking them and finally selecting one of the three to actually serve as the firm for installation of a new water treatment facility.
In a follow-up to the October 20th meeting, staff electronically shared the three submittal packages with the Mayor and the Board. In complement, staff also polled the Mayor and the Board to determine a convenient date and time to conduct a Special Board Meeting to hear the presentations. As a result of the staff’s poll, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, was selected to conduct the Special Board Meeting with this matter being the sole agenda item with the formal presentations to last no more than 55 minutes each. More specifically, each firm will be allowed
to present for a maximum of 35 minutes and subsequent allowance for 20 minutes of questions from the Mayor and Board.
Further, at the Special Meeting, staff will also allow for PFM, the City’s Financial Advisor to provide its analysis of how the fiscal data submitted in each of the three respective proposals, serves the City’s best interest. In concert with staff, this item will be presented along with Consultant Colin Groff, P.E., and Esquire Joseph Goldstein.