CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: November 21, 2024.
Agenda Date: December 10, 2024.
Prepared By: Charlene Neuterman, Community Services Director
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Approve the Evaluation Committee's recommendation to select Lennar Homes, LLC for RFP P-25-02-COC (Michael C. Blake Subdivision Affordable Housing Project) to construct homes on the remaining lots in the Michael C. Blake Subdivision. Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to negotiate a Project Agreement which will then be returned to City Council for final approval.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cocoa Purchasing Division solicited the RFP for the development of affordable housing in the Michael C Blake Subdivision in the City's bidding platform, VendorLink, on September 20, 2024. The solicitation was simultaneously advertised in the Florida Today newspaper and posted to the City of Cocoa's website. A total of 1,629 notifications were sent out to vendors with 39 individual downloads of the RFP.
Proposals were due on October 25, 2024, at 3:00PM local time and a public proposal opening was conducted immediately after by the Purchasing Division. The City received just a single proposal from Lennar Homes, LLC.
On October 29, 2024, the Evaluation Committee held a public meeting to review the response to the solicitation. The committee was comprised of the following individuals:
? Charlene Neuterman, Community Services Director, City of Cocoa
? Rebecca Bowman, Finance Director, City of Cocoa
? Angelia Smith, Board Member, Diamond Square CRA
During the meeting, the committee reviewed the RFP requirements, the evaluation criteria and the proposal submitted. The committee decided that in addition to the written submittal, an oral presentation would be required by the proposer to facilitate the evaluation process.
Representatives from Lennar met with the Evaluation Committee in person on November 15, 2024, at 1:30PM to present the...
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