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Council authorizes grant procurement and hires Grant Works and SPI for downtown revitalization
Summary
Council authorized an RFP for parks grant administration, awarded the downtown CDBG grant administration to Grant Works (single responsive bidder) and selected SPI for engineering and design services for a Main Street downtown revitalization grant.
The Commerce City Council on March 23 authorized publication of a request for proposals to secure a parks grant administrator and then approved professional selections tied to a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) downtown revitalization project.
Parks: Parks staff described prior work to complete prerequisites for competitive Texas Parks and Wildlife grant applications — including a parks master plan and maintenance plan — and asked permission to publish an RFP to secure a parks grant administrator; council authorized publication and set a bid deadline of April 24.
Downtown CDBG: For the downtown revitalization Main Street program (administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture), staff reported that only one responsive bid came in for grant administration. "We scored them with a total score of 255 points out of a maximum of 300," staff said and recommended awarding that contract to Grant Works; council approved the recommendation.
Engineering services: Because the grant requires engineering and project‑delivery qualifications, the council considered three qualifications‑based proposals and awarded engineering/architectural/surveying services to SPI, the highest‑scoring firm, to prepare project plans and support application and implementation phases.
What happens next: staff will execute contracts and proceed with application preparation and project implementation under the selected firms, then return contract awards and project updates to council as required by grant rules.
