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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 20, 2026 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-1 <br /> SUBJECT: Contract Award for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Installation at Justice <br /> Facility & Hillsborough Commons Facilities <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services, <br /> Finance and Administrative <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Service Contract Angel Barnes, 919.245.2628 <br /> Jovana Amaro, 919.245.2651 <br /> Alan Dorman, 919.245.2658 <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Approve the County entering into a service contract with Brady Trane Service, Inc. for the <br /> purchase of services to install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at the Justice Facility and <br /> Hillsborough Commons Facilities; and <br /> 2) Authorize the County Manager to execute the Agreement, subject to final review by the <br /> County Attorney, and any subsequent amendments for contingent and unforeseen <br /> requirements up to the approved budget amount on behalf of the Board. <br /> BACKGROUND: In FY 2024-2025, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved <br /> funding to install electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) at multiple locations. In FY 2025-2026, <br /> the BOCC approved additional funding. During FY 2024-2025, design services for the EVSC were <br /> completed. In October 2025, the BOCC authorized staff to move forward with the installation of <br /> charging stations at targeted sites, including for staff at Hillsborough Commons and the Justice <br /> Facility, prior to the completion of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Feasibility Study. <br /> The proposed purchase would be made through a competitive group purchasing program, OMNIA <br /> Partners, Contract Number 3341, which was awarded to Trane US, Inc. and subsequently to <br /> Brady Service, Inc. This contract also includes the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. <br /> This exception to the competitive bidding requirements is found in North Carolina General Statute <br /> 143-129(e)(3), "Purchases or repair work involving a combination of installation labor and <br /> equipment acquisition made through a competitive bidding group purchasing program, which is a <br /> formally organized program that offers competitively obtained purchasing services at discount <br /> prices to two or more public agencies. For the purposes of this subdivision, "repair work" is (i) <br /> limited to the repair of heating and cooling systems, (ii) may not exceed a total cost of two million <br /> dollars ($2,000,000) for installation labor or other related costs incidental to equipment acquisition, <br /> and (iii) is procured using a competitive bidding group purchasing program that is qualified to sell <br />