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2 <br /> • Environment and Agriculture Center (EAC) <br /> The new 17,200 square foot Environment and Agriculture facility would replace the <br /> 19,087 square foot office building currently located on Revere Road that houses the <br /> Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, Cooperative Extension, <br /> Farm Service Agency, and Soil and Water Conservation. <br /> • Parks Operations Base <br /> The new 8,500 square foot Parks Operations Base would replace scattered facilities and <br /> a base and shop at Millhouse Road Park that is used primarily for office space and <br /> equipment storage. <br /> Bordeaux Construction advertised a request for qualifications in March 2019 and solicited over <br /> 850 firms for 36 different bid packages. Nineteen (19) of those packages included reduced <br /> prequalification thresholds and bonding requirements to encourage the participation of small <br /> and minority owned businesses. A local and minority business outreach session was held on <br /> April 22, 2019. <br /> Competitive bids from first tier subcontractors were opened on August 13, 2019 and on August <br /> 23, 2019. These bids were used to identify the lowest, responsible subcontractor bid for each <br /> bid package. The bid packages totaled over $31.7 million in construction costs and ranged from <br /> a $5.3 million bid for earthwork to a $14,600 bid for lockers. Over twenty-one percent (21%) of <br /> the cost of work is anticipated to be contracted with Minority Owned Businesses (MBEs) that are <br /> certified with the State of North Carolina Department of Administration (NC DOA). The <br /> statutorily required goal for public works projects is ten percent (10%). <br /> After the subcontractor bids were finalized, the Construction Manager led a value engineering <br /> exercise to identify cost reduction options that would not affect the functionality of the project <br /> elements. Those options were reviewed by County staff and the project architects, and a total <br /> of over $466,000 in value engineering options are recommended to reduce the overall cost of <br /> the project. <br /> Bordeaux Construction has presented the County with a total guaranteed maximum price (GMP) <br /> of $36,354,082 to deliver all of the elements of the Northern Orange County Campus after <br /> deducting the value engineering options. The components of the GMP are detailed in <br /> Attachment 1 and summarized in the following table: <br /> GMP Component Proposed Cost] <br /> I <br /> Subcontractor Bids (Cost of Work) $31,269,947 <br /> General Conditions & Allowances <br /> Tap Fees & Permits $1,798,693 <br /> Other Misc. Expenses <br /> Owner's Contingency <br /> Owner Directed Changes $600,000 <br />