Agenda - 10-06-20; 8-k - Approve Contract for Building Commissioning Services of Northern Campus Project

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 6, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 8-k SUBJECT: Approve Contract for Building Commissioning Services of Northern Campus Project DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services (AMS) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Facilities Dynamics Engineering Steve Arndt, AMS Director, 919-245- Proposal, dated July 7, 2020 2658 PURPOSE: To authorize the County Manager to execute a contract upon review by the County Attorney, between Orange County and Facilities Dynamics Engineering to perform building commissioning services for the Northern Campus construction project. BACKGROUND: On September 3, 2019, the County voted to accept a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $36,354,082 as presented by Bordeaux Construction for the development of the Orange County Northern Campus. The Campus, located on Highway 70 in Hillsborough, is intended to include a replacement Detention Center, Environment and Agriculture Center, and a Parks Base. The construction of this project is now in progress and is expected to be finished by July of 2021. Building commissioning (Cx) is an integrated, systematic process to ensure, through documented verification, that all building systems perform interactively according to the "Design Intent". The focus of this commissioning will be electrical, mechanical, plumbing and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in all three facilities. These systems will be inspected, tested and balanced according to established standards prior to the Owner's acceptance. The commissioning agent provides a third party, independent, assessment of building functionality, reporting inspection and test results to the Owner. The performance of building commissioning will provide necessary quality assurance of building systems prior to Owner acceptance of the completed project.