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4 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: 1 <br />On May 31, 2017, Orange County received responses to its Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) 2 <br />issued on May 4, 2017 for professional design services for the Southern Campus Expansion 3 <br />capital project in accordance with North Carolina Procurement Law and the Federal Mini-Brooks 4 <br />Act governing the selection and procurement of professional services firms. The site and 5 <br />building components are contemplated to be designed from November 2017 through the spring 6 <br />of 2018 and could be constructed in multiple phases. The design scope for the project involves 7 <br />the straightening of the entrance spine road accessing the Seymour Center and Southern 8 <br />Human Services Center, additional parking areas serving the Seymour Center and the 9 <br />Southern Human Services Center, the Seymour Center space expansion, Southern Human 10 <br />Services Center space expansions for the Orange County Health Department and the 11 <br />Department of Social Services, and an expansion of the Board of Orange County 12 <br />Commissioners’ meeting facility (note Attachment 1, “Project Overview Illustrative”). 13 <br /> 14 <br />The estimated development timeline for this project is as follows: 15 <br />• Approval of professional services agreement for Project Designer November, 2017 16 <br />• Schematic design review and approval, Probable Cost Estimation Winter, 2017 17 <br />• Final design review and approval, bid document preparation Winter - Spring, 2018 18 <br />• Project Bid process, bid award Spring, 2018 Construction, Commissioning, Opening 19 <br />(est. 8-9 month duration) Summer, 2018-Spring 2019 20 <br /> 21 <br />Angel Barnes, Capital Projects Manager, made the following PowerPoint presentation: 22 <br /> 23 <br />Southern Campus Expansion 24 <br />Award of Southern Campus Expansion Professional Services Agreement 25 <br />November 2, 2017 26 <br /> 27 <br />Purpose 28 <br />• Approve entering into a Professional Services Agreement with Smith Sinnett 29 <br />Architecture of Raleigh, NC for the design and construction administration of the 30 <br />Southern Campus Expansion capital project upon final review of the County Attorney; 31 <br />and 32 <br />• Authorize the Manager to execute the Agreement and any subsequent design 33 <br />amendments for contingent and unforeseen design requirements on behalf of the 34 <br />Board. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Background/Process 37 <br />• 2014: Board adopted Master Plan for the Southern Campus 38 <br />• 2015/2016: Vision planning process 39 <br />• 2017: Consolidation of Capital Projects 40 <br />• May 31, 2017: Receipt of Professional Design Services RFQ Responses 41 <br /> CRA Associates, Inc. 42 <br /> Gurlitz Architectural 43 <br /> Innovative Design 44 <br /> RND Architects, PA 45 <br /> RPA Design 46 <br /> Smith Sinnett Architecture 47 <br />• Criteria for selection: Experience, portfolio of work, and the staff interview performance. 48 <br />• Negotiated Agreement 49 <br /> 50