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4 <br /> <br />design amendments for contingent and unforeseen design requirements on behalf of the <br />Board. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On May 31, 2017, Orange County received responses to its Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) <br />issued on May 4, 2017 for professional design services for the Southern Campus Expansion <br />capital project in accordance with North Carolina Procurement Law and the Federal Mini- <br />Brooks Act governing the selection and procurement of professional services firms. The site <br />and building components are contemplated to be designed from November 2017 through the <br />spring of 2018 and could be constructed in multiple phases. The design scope for the project <br />involves the straightening of the entrance spine road accessing the Seymour Center and <br />Southern Human Services Center, additional parking areas serving the Seymour Center and <br />the Southern Human Services Center, the Seymour Center space expansion, Southern <br />Human Services Center space expansions for the Orange County Health Department and the <br />Department of Social Services, and an expansion of the Board of Orange County <br />Commissioners’ meeting facility (note Attachment 1, “Project Overview Illustrative”). <br /> <br />The estimated development timeline for this project is as follows: <br />• Approval of professional services agreement for Project Designer November, 2017 <br />• Schematic design review and approval, Probable Cost Estimation Winter, 2017 <br />• Final design review and approval, bid document preparation Winter - Spring, 2018 <br />• Project Bid process, bid award Spring, 2018 Construction, Commissioning, Opening <br />(est. 8-9 month duration) Summer, 2018-Spring 2019 <br /> <br />Angel Barnes, Capital Projects Manager, made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> <br />Southern Campus Expansion <br />Award of Southern Campus Expansion Professional Services Agreement <br />November 2, 2017 <br /> <br />Purpose <br />• Approve entering into a Professional Services Agreement with Smith Sinnett <br />Architecture of Raleigh, NC for the design and construction administration of the <br />Southern Campus Expansion capital project upon final review of the County Attorney; <br />and <br />• Authorize the Manager to execute the Agreement and any subsequent design <br />amendments for contingent and unforeseen design requirements on behalf of the <br />Board. <br /> <br />Background/Process <br />• 2014: Board adopted Master Plan for the Southern Campus <br />• 2015/2016: Vision planning process <br />• 2017: Consolidation of Capital Projects <br />• May 31, 2017: Receipt of Professional Design Services RFQ Responses <br /> CRA Associates, Inc. <br /> Gurlitz Architectural <br /> Innovative Design <br /> RND Architects, PA <br /> RPA Design