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94 <br /> 8 <br /> • Adequate and experienced staff and proposed team for the project, (15 points) <br /> • Recent experience with successfully maintaining project schedules and <br /> budgets, (10 points) <br /> • Current workload and firm capacity, (10 points) <br /> • Understanding of the area where the project is located, (10 points) <br /> • Working arrangements with necessary consultants, and (15 points) <br /> • Other factors that may be relevant to the project. (10 points) <br /> Orange County will begin contract negotiations with the firm determined to be the most <br /> qualified. In the event that a contract cannot be negotiated with the first firm, the County. <br /> reserves the right to negotiate with the next qualified firm(s) until a contract can be reached. <br /> VIII. General Requirements: <br /> Living Wage <br /> Orange County is committed to providing its employees with a living wage and encourages <br /> agencies it funds to pursue the same goal. A copy of Orange County's Living Wage <br /> Contractor Policy is included as a part of this RFQ. <br /> E-Verify <br /> HB789 imposes E-Verify requirements on contractors who enter into certain contracts with <br /> state agencies and local governments. The legislation specifically prohibits governmental <br /> units from entering into certain contracts "unless the contractor and the contractor's <br /> subcontractors comply with the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 65 of the General <br /> Statues." (Article 2 of Chapter 65 establishes North Carolina's E-Verify requirements for <br /> private employers.) It is important to note that the verification requirement applies to <br /> subcontractors as well as contractors. The new laws specifically prohibit governmental units <br /> from entering into contracts with contractors who have not (or their subcontractors have <br /> not) complied with E-Verify. A copy of E-Verify is included as part of this RFQ. <br /> Orange County Nondiscrimination Certification <br /> It is the policy of Orange County not to enter into a contract with any business, company, <br /> or firm that has discriminated in the solicitation, selection, hiring or treatment of vendors, <br /> suppliers, subcontractors, or commercial customers against a Protected Class, or on the <br /> basis of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics regarding such <br /> vendor's, suppliers, commercial customers, employees, or owners in connection with a <br /> county contract or solicitation; provided that nothing in this non-discrimination policy shall <br /> prohibit or limit otherwise lawful efforts to remedy the effects of discrimination that has <br /> occurred or is occurring in the marketplace. A copy of the Orange County Nondiscrimination <br /> Certification is included as part of this RFQ. <br /> The Living Wage, E-Verify, and Non-discrimination Certification forms shall be returned <br /> with the offeror's submission. These attachments will not count toward the page limit <br /> requirements. <br />