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1 <br /> ORD-2022- 013 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : May 3 , 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 8 -g <br /> SUBJECT : Construction Bid Award for Emergency Services Efland EMS Station and <br /> Approval of Budget Amendment # 10 - C <br /> DEPARTMENT : Asset Management Services , <br /> Emergency Services , and <br /> Finance and Administrative <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> 1 . Certified Bid Tabulation Angel Barnes , 919 , 245 , 2628 <br /> Kirby Saunders , 919 . 245 . 6123 <br /> Jovana Amaro , 919 , 245 , 2651 <br /> Steven Arndt , 919 . 245 . 2658 <br /> PURPOSE : <br /> R E . To . <br /> 1 ) Approve a construction contract with J . Kester & Rose , LLC , for the construction of the <br /> Efland Emergency Services Station and Medical Examiner' s Review Quarters and approve <br /> Budget Amendment # 10 - C ; 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 2019 , the Board approved a contract with the consulting firm Stewart- <br /> Cooper- Newell Architects (SCN ) for the development of construction drawings , bid documents to <br /> provide for bid solicitation , and construction bid award for the Efland Emergency Services EMS <br /> Station and Medical Examiner' s Quarters . <br /> In February 2022 , Orange County published an Advertisement for Bids%, and on April 12 , 2022 , <br /> the County received four (4 ) sealed bids from General Contractors . <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT . On April 12 , 2022 , Orange County received sealed bids to perform <br /> construction on the Efland Substation . Due to high inflation in the construction market , the bids <br /> came in over the project' s budget . The total cost to complete the Efland Substation will need to <br /> increase from $ 4 , 375 , 000 to $ 7 , 171 , 409 , or by $ 2 , 796 , 409 . It is proposed that $ 1 , 000 , 000 be <br /> transferred in pay- as -you - go funding from the Future Capital Needs project and the remaining <br /> $ 1 , 796 , 409 come from additional financing authorization . This amends the following project <br /> budgets in the County Capital Fund , outside of the General Fund . Budget Amendment 11 - C <br />