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001 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 21, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. 5-m SUBJECT: Bid Award: Walnut Grove Church Road Solid Waste Convenience Center DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Financial Services, Asset Management Services ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Certified Bid Tabulation-General Gayle Wilson, (919) 245-2652 Construction David Cannell, (919) 245-2651 2) Bid Tabulation-Compaction Michael Talbert, (919) 245-2153 Equipment Jeff Thompson, (919) 245-2658 3) General Construction Agreement PURPOSE: To consider: • Awarding the general construction bid and approve a construction agreement to W.L. Bishop Construction of Hillsborough, NC in the amount of $877,092 for the construction of the Walnut Grove Church Road Solid Waste Convenience Center; • Awarding the compaction equipment bid and approve a purchase agreement with Baker Waste of Asheville, NC in the amount of$160,367; • Authorizing the Chair to sign the general construction agreement on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, subject to final review by the County Attorney; and • Authorizing the Manager to execute individual change orders within the limit of his authority ($250,000) up to the extent of the project budget. BACKGROUND: The BOCC approved proceeding with the modernization of the Walnut Grove Solid Waste Convenience Center as part of the Fiscal Year 2011/12 budget process. The center is the first in a series of convenience centers to be built to serve the County after the scheduled 2013 closing of the Orange County landfill. After several conceptual plan reviews and public presentations, the BOCC approved the plan for the center in December, 2011 and authorized the Manager to proceed with final design and bidding of the project. Staff planned to bid the general construction of the project separately from the compactor and refuse container equipment component of the project.