The District Board of Trustees of Gulf Coast State College, Florida (the “College”) is accepting sealed proposals from qualified vendor(s) to provide windstorm safety enhancements (tie downs) to manufactured/mobile homes and for mobile home parks and manufactured home communities around the State of Florida.
The Florida’s Division of Emergency Management created the Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program to act as a specialized, state-funded mitigation program aimed at minimizing damages caused by hurricanes. The program began as an active response to the devastation brought by Hurricane Andrew, specifically to the insurance market in the State of Florida. With an annual budget of $7 million, provided by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Trust Fund, the program is funding activities that promote property resiliency through retrofits made to residential, commercial, and mobile home properties, the promotion of public education and public information, and through hurricane research activities.
For more information, visit: https://www.floridadisaster.org/dem/mitigation/hurricane-loss-mitigation-program/.
Section 215.559, Florida Statutes, established the Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program. A portion of the funding for this program is to be used to inspect and improve tie downs for mobile and manufactured homes. The intent and purpose of the RFP is to secure a contract with qualified vendors to provide windstorm safety enhancements (tie-downs) to individual manufactured/mobile homes and for manufactured/mobile home parks and communities across the State of Florida. During fiscal year 2023-2024, it is anticipated that approximately 17,500 manufactured/mobile homes will be eligible statewide. To ensure program effectiveness, GCSC will work closely with the Mobile Home Tie-Down Program Advisory Committee represented by the following organizations:
- Federation of Mobile Home Owners (FMHO)
- Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA)
- Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
- Division of Emergency Management (DEM)
