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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> SUBJECT: Award of Environment & Agriculture Center Professional Services Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services <br /> ("AMS"), Department of <br /> Environment, Agriculture, <br /> Parks & Recreation <br /> ("DEAPR"), Finance and <br /> Administrative Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) EAC Facility Fact Sheet Jeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 <br /> 2) HH Architecture Professional Services David Stancil, 919-245-2522 <br /> Proposal Gary Donaldson, 919-245-2453 <br /> David Cannel!, 919-245-2651 <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER— Only <br /> Available Electronically <br /> 3) Agreement Set located at: <br /> http://www.oranoecountync.00vIdep <br /> artments/purchasin_q division/eac.p <br /> df <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Authorize Orange County to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with HH <br /> Architecture of Raleigh, NC for design services for the Environment & Agriculture Center <br /> (EAC) capital project upon final review of the County Attorney; and <br /> 2) Authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement and any subsequent design amendments <br /> for contingent and unforeseen design requirements on behalf of the Board. <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 10, 2015 Orange County received responses to its Request <br /> for Qualifications ("RFQ") issued on August 18, 2015 for professional design services for the <br /> Environment & Agriculture Center capital project in accordance with North Carolina <br /> Procurement Law and the Federal Mini-Brooks Act governing the selection and procurement of <br /> professional services firms. The facility is contemplated to be designed from April 2016 through <br /> the fall of 2016. <br /> Staff reviewed responses from the nine (9) firms listed below. A staff panel consisting of <br /> representatives from DEAPR, Economic Development, Cooperative Extension, Farm Services, <br />