Pre-Solicitation Notice for Design Criteria Package for Broward County Convention Center New Parking Garage

Broward County’s Public Works and Environmental Services Department, Construction Management Division seeks an Architect led team for the deliberately phased project including Programming, Planning and Design Criteria Package (DCP) to support the future design and construction by others of a new parking garage, associated facilities and connections to adjacent buildings, including the Broward County Convention Center, and such additional or alternative development on the Project site as County may direct in writing pursuant to the Scope of Services (“Additional Development”). Additional Development may consist of one or more uses, buildings, facilities, or improvements developed in conjunction with the Parking Garage whether integrated into, above, below, or adjacent to the Parking Garage or on a separate portion of the Project site.

The Project includes the evaluation of the development options described below and preparation of the final DCP for the development program selected by the County.

The Project site is approximately seventeen (17) acres located at the previous Pacific Molasses Terminal, 1601 SE 22nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. The site is currently occupied by a temporary marshalling yard for the Convention Center with numerous ancillary buildings used by Port Everglades Public Works Department.

The project scope includes architectural, interior design; structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, civil engineering; landscaping signage and wayfinding, BIM, LEED, parking guidance system, cost estimating, and security. The County may choose to make all the identified improvements or add more as discovered during the programming or planning effort, in one or multiple phases, depending on funding availability and access to the facility.

The Project is generally comprised of the following components:

• A parking garage intended to be a multi-story building or phased series of buildings to accommodate approximately 4,500 parking spaces serving the Broward County Convention Center.
• An approximately 30,000 square foot warehouse to accommodate and support Headquarters Hotel, Convention Center and Port Everglades users, and any additional future amenities to be identified. The final square footage will be determined during the programming phase.
• Pedestrian and vehicular connections to the existing Heron Garage and a pedestrian-only connection to the Convention Center is anticipated as a part of the Project. A potential County light rail station and/or maintenance facility, to be in the general vicinity of the new project site will be explored as part of the Project.
• The Consultant is to conduct a site analysis in concert with stakeholders that will result in the development and presentation of a Program, Conceptual Space Plan and Design Criteria Package (DCP) that will fulfill the County’s requirements for the Project. Predesign services will include preliminary strategic planning and phasing logistics for the Design and Construction phases.
• The Consultant shall establish a preliminary scorecard of potential Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credit categories to meet a United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Gold rating for parking garage and maintenance building(s).
• Consultant shall provide an American Society of Professional Estimators Level 2 order of magnitude budget estimate for probable construction cost, based on program-level information, the projected construction completion and building occupancy per the established schedule, for either a single or multi-phased building.

Vendor MUST submit its solicitation response electronically through BPRO and receive a Submission Receipt. The County will not consider solicitation responses received by other means.

This solicitation is covered by the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiations Act (CCNA), Section 287.055, Florida Statutes. Price will not be considered in the evaluation and ranking of the qualified firm.

**Bonding:** Not required.

The anticipated duration for completion of the Design Criteria Package services is approximately 11 months, and the estimated budget for the Design Criteria Professional's services is $1.5 million.

County Business Enterprise (CBE) goal: 15%.

Evaluation criteria (100 points total):

• Ability of Professional Personnel: 10 and 15 points
• Project Approach: 20 points
• Past Performance: 10 and 10 points
• Workload of Vendor: 5 points
• Specialized Experience: 20 points
• Location: 5 points
• Willingness to Meet Time and Budget Requirements: 2 points
• Volume of Previous Work: 3 points