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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT SERVICES FOR CALVIN GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. On December 11, 2025, the City Manager approved the twelfth amendment to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Pembroke Pines and Calvin, Giordano and Associates Inc for Building Department Services. The twelfth amendment extended the contract for 180 days through June 30, 2026. A complete legislative history is included with the agenda item.
2. Due to the number of extensions and the time period that has passed since the contract was put out to bid, administration is recommending going out to bid for this contract.
3. Administration has begun to draft new procurement documents for City Commission review for building department services and as part of the preparation, staff reviewed previously approved state legislative action that may need to be included in the draft documents.
4. Recently adopted legislation includes, but is not limited to, required time lines for plan review, requirements for the creation of temporary building departments during states of emergency as well as the expanded use of private providers for plan review and inspections.
5. In terms of private providers, until recently, a small discount was applied to the permit fees for plan review and inspections using private provider services. Nonetheless proposed house bill (HB 405) seeks to dramatically increase discounts on permitting fees for projects that utilize private providers. Staff has included three of the proposed bills with the agenda items.
6. Staff have seen an increase in the types of projects that are utilizing private providers. Initially, private provider was mostly used on large scale projects like apartment buildings, new residential communities, etc. However, staff has seen private providers inspecting projects as s...
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