TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Jeff Costello, CRA Executive Director
DATE: September 11, 2018
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DISCUSSION - EXTENSION OF THE SUBMITTAL DEADLINE FOR THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE SW 600-800 BLOCKS OF WEST ATLANTIC AVENUE
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Provide direction with respect to extending the submittal deadline for the Request for Proposals for the SW 600-800 Blocks on West Atlantic Avenue.
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Background:
At the August 15, 2018 CRA Board Meeting, the CRA Board directed CRA Staff to issue a Request for Proposals for SW 600-800 Blocks of West Atlantic Avenue. The current schedule in the RFP is as follows:
RFP Issued August 21, 2018
Pre-Proposal Conference Delray Beach City Hall, First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444. (Attendance is on a voluntary basis. PLEASE NOTE: This will be the only opportunity for applicants to directly address CRA staff regarding the RFP.) August 29, 2018 2:00 pm
Deadline for Questions September 24, 2018 5:00 pm
RFP Submittal Delray Beach CRA office located at 20 N. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444. October 5, 2018 2:00 pm
Selection Committee Ranking November 6, 2018
Oral Presentations (if required) November 13, 2018
CRA Board Approval December 2018
At the August 27, 2018 CRA Board Budget Workshop, the consensus of the Board was to discuss extending the deadline for the submission of proposals in response to the RFP. Subsequent to the Workshop meeting, on August 29th, a pre-submittal meeting was held, which was well attended. There were comments and inquiries that were made by participants that will be addressed in the form of an Addendum to the RFP. If the direction is to extend the submittal deadline, it is recommended that the proposal submittal deadline occur no later than November 2, 2018. This date would afford respondents 74 days to respond, which should be adequate time for respondents to submit proposals based on the extensive dis...
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