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File #: 25-1105   
Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Port - Operations
Agenda Date: 9/16/2025 Final action:
Title: MOTION TO APPROVE Eleventh Amendment to the Agreement between Broward County and G.F.C. Crane Consultants, Inc., for rail mounted container gantry crane maintenance and repair at Port Everglades, extending the Agreement through September 30, 2026, plus two additional optional 90-day extensions; and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same.
Indexes: Established Commission Goals
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Eleventh Amendment to GFC Agreement
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Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Joseph Morris
Department: Port Everglades Division: Operations

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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Eleventh Amendment to the Agreement between Broward County and G.F.C. Crane Consultants, Inc., for rail mounted container gantry crane maintenance and repair at Port Everglades, extending the Agreement through September 30, 2026, plus two additional optional 90-day extensions; and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same.

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Why Action is Necessary
Broward County Board of County Commissioners approval is required for amendments to agreement that exceed the Director of Purchasing authority.

What Action Accomplishes
Approves the Eleventh Amendment to the Agreement with G.F.C. Crane Consultants, Inc., to provide for the continued maintenance and repair of rail mounted container gantry cranes at Port Everglades.

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?MAP Broward

Previous Action Taken
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Summary Explanation/Background
THE PORT EVERGLADES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

This action supports the Broward County Board of County Commissioners' ("Board") Value of "Building partnership and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives," and the Goal of "Ensuring economic opportunities and a sustainable economy, with an emphasis on Broward's lower and middle class."

G.F.C. Crane Consultants, Inc. ("GFC), has maintained the County-owned rail mounted container gantry cranes and one mobile harbor crane at Port Everglades for the last 32 years under a series of competitively solicited agreements and amendments. The most recent five-year extension to the Agreement was approved by the Board on November 10, 2020 (Item No. 10) extending the Agreement an additional four years and ten months through September 30, 2025, with revised scope of services to account for the planned delivery of six new Super Post-Panamax container gantry cranes, and updated l...

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