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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. VIE-8 ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 29, 1993 SUBJECT: CONTRACT APPROVAL; SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING DESIGN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND CENTRAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEARING:YES: NO: ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES, ext. 2650 CONTRACT Telephone Number- Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 967-9251 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider approving a contract with Hakan/Corley and Associates for the design services associated with the Southern Human Services Building, Chapel Hill, NC. BACKGROUND: THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL(RFP) PROCESS Orange County recently solicited a Request for Proposal (RFP) for design services associated with the proposed Southern Human Services Building. Twenty-three firms responded. The planning committee reviewed each proposal and produced a "short-list" of six firms with whom to conduct interviews.The planning committee consists of Commissioners Stephen Halkiotis and Alice Gordon,Joyce Brown,Chapel Hill Town Council, Ned Brooks and Anne Maddry, neighborhood representatives, John Link, Jr, County Manager, Albert Kittrell, Assistant County Manager/Human Services, Martha Pryor-Cook, Social Services Director, Paul Thames, County Engineer and Pam Jones, Director of Purchasing and Central Services. The six short-listed firms were interviewed on May 19, 1993. After extensive review and discussion, the firm of Hakan/Corley and Associates, Chapel Hill, NC is being recommended to the Board of Commissioners as the design firm for the Southern Human Services Building. The design team assembled by Hakan/Corley for this project will include the following firms: Croxton Collaborative Architects,Heery International Energy Engineering,Neville Engineering,Reece,Noland and McElrath Engineering and Swanson and Associates. The fee for providing the design services indicated in the attached contract is proposed at $356,320.