Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Lamar P. Fisher
Department: County Commission
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2021-316, the title of which is as follows: (Commissioner Fisher)
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., IN ITS APPLICATION FOR A CONTRACT TO DISTRIBUTE USDA FOODS FOR THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND URGING THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, TO RECONSIDER FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.’S, APPLICATION AND THE SCORING OF SAME; DIRECTING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, NICOLE “NIKKI” FRIED; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Why Action is Necessary
Formal Board approval is necessary for the adoption of a Resolution.
What Action Accomplishes
Enables adoption of the above Resolution.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
Summary Explanation/Background
On or about January 25, 2021, the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Department”) advertised on the State’s Vendor Bid System a “Request for Applications,” Advertisement No: 225FL818Y8105, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (the “Procurement”). The Department published the Procurement for the purpose of soliciting responses from potential recipient agencies with which the Department “seeks to contract . . . to distribute USDA Foods for The Emergency Food Assistance Program” (“EFAP”). Feeding South Florida, Inc. (“FSF”) submitted a response to the Procurement for Region 18 and was not selected as an awardee of the subject contract. Over the past decade, FSF has provided food distribution in Broward County and has partnered with numerous entities to create consistent and organized opportunities for Broward County residents to obtain needed food through drive-thru distributions, meal boxes, and home delivery programs, among other methods. Moreover, FSF has the experience, infrastructure, and capacity to handle such a contract.
The Resolution expresses the Board’s support for the Department’s reconsideration of the scoring of all responses to the Procurement, including the response submitted by FSF. The Resolution also directs the County Administrator to distribute the Resolution to Department Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried.
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Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
None.