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Port St. Lucie spotlighted procurement reform as staff eyes California Boulevard widening
Summary
City staff presented lessons from the Bloomberg Harvard procurement reform program and said they plan a results-driven contracting approach for the California Boulevard widening project, beginning market research and a noise study to inform a 2026 solicitation.
City staff on Nov. 21 told the Port St. Lucie City Council that a procurement reform effort pursued through the Bloomberg Harvard program will shape how the city delivers its half-cent sales-tax-funded California Boulevard widening project.
Emily Snyder, capital projects administrator for Public Works, said the team used the program to test a project that is both prioritized in the city’s mobility plan and funded through the half-cent sales tax. “Our challenge statement was how do we make what we do more efficient and better, and how do we put an exact project to that?” she said, outlining a sequence of internal stakeholder meetings, market research and a request for information leading to a results-driven…
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