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City declines unsolicited P3 route for Melrose/Riverland Fortify projects; staff to create vendor pool for Phase 2

Fort Lauderdale City Commission · January 7, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended not pursuing two unsolicited P3 proposals for the Melrose Manors/Riverland Fortify Lauderdale phase-1 projects because the scheme would bifurcate a 90%-designed unified project and risk schedule and technical issues (notably an easement across ShipMonk property). The city will proceed with a two-step prequalification and bidding approach to build a vendor pool for Phase 2.

City staff informed the commission that two unsolicited public-private partnership (P3) proposals were received for the Fortify Lauderdale phase-1 projects (Melrose Manors and Riverland). Staff recommended against pursuing the unsolicited-proposal route for these projects at the current stage because the submissions would bifurcate a program that is at 90% design and could introduce technical and schedule risk, especially given an outstanding easement issue across the ShipMonk property that affects a…

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