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~~~ .~~~ <br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BDARD OF CDMMISSIDNERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _ ~- <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />A7eeting Date: October 3, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: BID AWARD; CONSTRUCTION/PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING PUBLIC HEARING YES: -NO:XX <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Janes <br />ext. 998 <br />BTD TABULATION Telephone Number- <br />FLOOR PLAN Hillsborough -732-8181 <br />fiUlLDING ELEVATION DRAWING Chapel Hill -9fi7-9251 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: Ta consider awarding a bid to Holt Construction, Graham, NC, <br />far construction of the proposed Public Works <br />Administration Building. <br />BACKGROUND: The Public Works Administration offices are presently <br />located in a modular building which was leased from the <br />O.ran.ge County School Board in 1982 for a sum of $1.00. The ten year <br />lease will expire in 1992, at which time it will revert back to the <br />School Board according to the terms and conditions of the lease. <br />$ids for construction of the Public Works building were received from <br />five contractors on September 15, 1988, with base bids ranging from <br />$127,560 to $169,980. A tabulation is attached. The architect has <br />certified the bid tabulation and is in agreement that it is in the best <br />interest of the County to accept the low bid submitted by Holt <br />Construction Company. <br />The $130,000 appropriated for this project will cover cast of <br />construction, however, the award of .this bid will require that money be <br />transfered from other project accounts to cover the cost of architect <br />fees and to provide a nominal amount of funds to cover any contingency <br />that may be needed during the project. Those funds have been <br />identified and will be presented far approval at the next Commissioners <br />meeting. <br />