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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ ~ a <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award: Food Services Equipment for Piedmont Food and Agricultural <br />Processing Center <br />DEPARTMENT: Financial Services, Asset <br />Management Services, <br />Economic Development <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Bid Tabulation Clarence Grier, Financial Services, <br />919-245-2453 <br />Pam Jones, Asset Management <br />Services, 919-245-2650 <br />Gary Shope, Economic Development, <br />919-245-2325 <br />Noah Ranells, Economic Development, <br />919-245-2330 <br />David Cannell, Financial Services, <br />919-245-2651 <br />Jeff Thompson, Asset Management <br />Services, 919-245-2658 <br />PURPOSE: To consider: <br />Awarding a bid (#367-276) to Morlando Construction Company of Charlotte, North <br />Carolina and CE Holt Refrigeration of Charlotte, North Carolina; <br />Awarding a bid (#1614) to Quality Refrigeration of Winston Salem, North Carolina for <br />walk-in coolers and freezers utilizing used panels; and <br />Authorizing staff to execute the necessary paperwork. <br />BACKGROUND: On June 15, 2010 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br />awarded a bid to Morlando Construction Company of Charlotte, North Carolina for the <br />renovation of the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center (PFAP). Food services <br />equipment was included in that bid solicitation; however, the Board chose to only purchase the <br />essential, built-in equipment in June ($76,800) while staff sought additional funding through <br />various grant sources. <br />Orange County was awarded a $193,100 Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant ("EECBG") <br />Program Transportation Grant to purchase food processing equipment for the Piedmont Food & <br />Agricultural Processing Center in October 2010. This grant program is designed to promote <br />innovation in energy efficient transportation as measured by the removal of carbon dioxide from <br />the atmosphere. These grant funds and their use to purchase food processing equipment will <br />