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6 +,vLw o ® I 512 i 4 1 <br /> MEN <br /> ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> Orange County Procurement and Disbursement Policy <br /> Urgent Repair and Housing Rehabilitation Programs <br /> Procurement Policy <br /> To the maximum extent practical , Orange County ( the " County" ) promotes a fair, open and competitive <br /> procurement process as required under the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency ( " NCHFA" ) Urgent <br /> Repair Program ( " URP " ) , NCHFA Essential Single - Family Rehabilitation Loan Pool ( " ESFRLP" ) and the <br /> County' s local urgent repair and housing rehabilitation programs . Bids are invited from contractors on the <br /> County ' s Contractor Registry . Any current contractor listed with and approved by the County and in good j <br /> standing ( i . e . , no unresolved past performance issues and not listed on the federal or state debarred list ) <br /> will receive automatic approval status on the Contractor Registry . <br /> To be listed on the Contractor Registry, a contractor must complete an application , submit proof of <br /> insurance and have their recent work inspected and approved by the Rehabilitation Specialist . All <br /> contractors' insurance renewals must be submitted to the County on an annual basis . In order to bid on a <br /> pre - 1978 property, the contractor' s firm must be Renovate , Repair and Paint ( " RR & P" ) certified and have <br /> their RR & P certificate on file with the County . <br /> To the maximum extent practical , a minimum of three ( 3 ) eligible contractors on the Contractor Registry <br /> should be invited to bid on each job and the lowest, most responsive and responsible bidder shall be <br /> i" <br /> selected for the contract . " Responsive and responsible " means the following : the contractor is deemed <br /> able to complete the work in a timely fashion ; the bid is within 15 % in either direction of the County ' s cost <br /> estimate ; the contractor has not been suspended or debarred ; and there is no real or perceived conflict of <br /> interest . Because of the increasing difficulty of soliciting eligible bids for URP projects, the County can <br /> solicit a bid from an eligible contractor on the Contractor Registry based on their rotating placement on <br /> the Registry . If the selected contractor submits a responsive and responsible bid then it will be accepted <br /> and after successful completion of the project that contractor' s name will rotate to the end of the Registry . <br /> If the contractor does not submit a responsive and responsible bid or chooses not to submit a bid , then the <br /> next contractor on the Registry will be eligible to submit a bid on the project . In addition , in emergency <br /> situations, telephone or email bids or quotes will be accepted and documentation of such bids or quotes <br /> will be maintained in the applicable file . <br /> Although bid packages may be bundled for multiple job sites, these bids shall be considered separate and <br /> apart when awarded and shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder ( s ) for each job <br /> site . No contractor shall have more than three ( 3 ) open jobs at any one time . A job shall be considered <br /> " open " once a contract is signed . <br /> Bid packages shall consist of an invitation to bid , work write - up ( s ) and bid sheet ( s ) for each job, including <br /> instructions for distribution and receipt of bids . For urgent repair activities, contractors will be given no <br /> less than seven ( 7 ) days in which to inspect the property and prepare bid proposals . Each contractor will <br /> need access to all parts of the house in order to prepare a bid . For minor and comprehensive housing <br /> rehabilitation activities, contractors will be given no less than ten ( 10 ) days in which to inspect the <br /> property and prepare bid proposals . <br /> Orange County Urgent Repair and Housing Rehab Procurement and Disbursement Policy Page 1 <br />