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Board authorizes expedited contracting approach for America's Cup work after budget analyst recommendations
Summary
The Board agreed to sit as a committee of the whole and approved an ordinance, with budget-analyst recommendations, to waive certain bidding rules so the Port can begin waterfront improvements needed for the 34th America's Cup. The Port and budget analysts said most work would still be competitively subcontracted.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to allow the Port to use an expedited procurement approach to begin waterfront improvements for the 34th America's Cup, including a proposed contract to install shoreside power at Pier 70.
Members first voted to sit as a committee of the whole to hold a public hearing on waiving specified bidding and contracting requirements. Port staff said the work — an estimated $20 million of improvements across port property to prepare waterfront sites — needs to start quickly to meet construction timelines for upcoming events.
Brad Benson, a Port special-projects manager, told the board the Port proposes to rely on a previously selected…
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