2025-756-E-AMS-O'Brien Atkins Associates, PA-Design Contract

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8 •Adequate and experienced staff and proposed team for the project, (15 points) •Recent experience with successfully maintaining project schedules and budgets, (10 points) •Current workload and firm capacity, (10 points) •Understanding of the area where the project is located, (10 points) •Working arrangements with necessary consultants, and (15 points) •Other factors that may be relevant to the project. (10 points) Orange County will begin contract negotiations with the firm determined to be the most qualified. In the event that a contract cannot be negotiated with the first firm, the County. reserves the right to negotiate with the next qualified firm(s) until a contract can be reached. VIII.General Requirements: Living Wage Orange County is committed to providing its employees with a living wage and encourages agencies it funds to pursue the same goal. A copy of Orange County’s Living Wage Contractor Policy is included as a part of this RFQ. E-Verify HB789 imposes E-Verify requirements on contractors who enter into certain contracts with state agencies and local governments. The legislation specifically prohibits governmental units from entering into certain contracts “unless the contractor and the contractor’s subcontractors comply with the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 65 of the General Statues.” (Article 2 of Chapter 65 establishes North Carolina’s E-Verify requirements for private employers.) It is important to note that the verification requirement applies to subcontractors as well as contractors. The new laws specifically prohibit governmental units from entering into contracts with contractors who have not (or their subcontractors have not) complied with E-Verify. A copy of E-Verify is included as part of this RFQ. Orange County Nondiscrimination Certification It is the policy of Orange County not to enter into a contract with any business, company, or firm that has discriminated in the solicitation, selection, hiring or treatment of vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, or commercial customers against a Protected Class, or on the basis of any otherwise unlawful use of individual or personal characteristics regarding such vendor's, suppliers, commercial customers, employees, or owners in connection with a county contract or solicitation; provided that nothing in this non-discrimination policy shall prohibit or limit otherwise lawful efforts to remedy the effects of discrimination that has occurred or is occurring in the marketplace. A copy of the Orange County Nondiscrimination Certification is included as part of this RFQ. The Living Wage, E-Verify, and Non-discrimination Certification forms shall be returned with the offeror’s submission. These attachments will not count toward the page limit requirements. Docusign Envelope ID: ED9774D9-AC0C-4CB2-997F-EA672B7B6C5D