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Lauderdale Lakes staff advances several procurement items: drainage grants, canal and street projects, cybersecurity and facility improvements
Summary
The commission reviewed multiple procurement and capital items: recommendation to award contracts for NW 36th Terrace and Canal 8 projects, a schedule to obligate Resilience Grant drainage projects by June 30, 2026, cybersecurity and building-automation service approvals, and an Alzheimer's Center improvement contract within budget.
City staff used the workshop to review a suite of procurement and capital projects ranging from vendor compliance to multi-hundred-thousand-dollar construction awards.
Ron Desbrunas presented a recommendation to award the Northwest 36th Terrace improvement contract to Heavy Civil Inc. for $893,718.50. He said Broward County previously approved an interlocal grant for $863,633 and that staff has requested the additional ~$30,000 to bridge the gap; if the county does not cover the shortfall, finance staff has identified internal contingencies.
Nasir Macsud presented two water-quality and facility procurement items. For Canal 8 (Eastgate) he reported four bids with Safa Construction the apparent low bidder at $2,218,740; funding is available from the Eastern Waterfront fund. Macsud also recommended awarding an Alzheimer's Care Center improvement contract to Remington's Design for roughly $249,794; he said the city has $286,000 available and the low bidder was found non-responsive for missing a bid bond and required qualifications.
On cybersecurity, staff proposed continuing a three-year co-managed services agreement with CompuQuip at $39,000 annually (Omnia cooperative contract). IT Manager Kurt Brown described work the vendor performed in FY2021 (penetration testing and recommendations), ongoing 24/7 monitoring, the use of Rapid7 InsightIDR, and compliance obligations under the Florida local-government cybersecurity statute.
Staff also flagged a procurement-compliance question tied to recurring informal agreements for building-automation services (chiller plant). Departments were directed to bring the item to the commission for formal ratification and to review aggregate spending thresholds under the procurement code.
Several drainage projects funded by a resilience grant were discussed; staff said 14 projects are planned, design/permitting is underway on some, and projects must be completed by 06/30/2026. Because the grant deadline may preclude completing all 14 projects, staff proposed splitting work into multiple bids to accelerate delivery and asked the commission to prioritize areas if desired.
No final awards were recorded in the workshop minutes excerpted here; staff said several items would be placed on a future meeting agenda for formal action.
