Title
Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) Selection - Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Administrative Services Building Renovation
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate fees and terms and conditions to execute a contract with a Joint Venture Between Rodgers Builders, Inc. and R.J. Leeper Construction, LLC for Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Administrative Services Building Renovation and, in the event negotiations with this firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate firm.
Staff Contact: Herb Sprott, AIA, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
This project is for the renovation of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Administrative Services Building (formerly the Work Release & Restitution Center) located at 901 Elizabeth Avenue, for the purpose of relocating Sheriff’s Office Headquarters and various divisions into the Administrative Services Building. The use of Construction Management at Risk Contracting Methodology for this project was approved by the County Board of Commissioners at their February 20, 2024 meeting.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on April 4, 2024, in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, The Greater Diversity News and the State of North Carolina Electronic Vendor Portal (eVP) web site. The selection of the consulting firms followed NC General Statute 143-64.31, which prescribes a qualifications-based selection process.
Per the Board's instructions, the Selection Committee submits the following report:
SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Arthur Griffin, County Commissioner, At Large
Jamila Davis, Director, Business Diversity & Inclusion Program (County Manager’s Designee)
Chief Christopher Allen, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Chief of Staff
David Gieser, AIA, Design & Construction Division Director, Asset and Facility Management (AFM Director’s Designee)
Carl Godman, Board appointed General Contractor
Six (6) teams/firms (listed below) submitted a Statement of Qualifications expressing an interest in the project.
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC
Batson Cook Company + WC Construction Company, LLC
Edifice, LLC
Edison Foard, LLC + M.B. Kahn Construction
JE Dunn Construction Company
Rodgers Builders, Inc. + R.J. Leeper Construction, LLC
On May 21, 2024, a shortlist selection committee composed of staff from Asset and Facility Management short listed three (3) firms for interviews.
On August 22, 2024, the Selection Committee interviewed and evaluated the following three (3) shortlisted firms:
Edifice, LLC
Edison Foard, LLC + M.B. Kahn Construction
Rodgers Builders, Inc. + R.J. Leeper Construction, LLC
Based on the interviews and information provided in the written submittals, the Selection Committee selected the following firm and alternate for the project:
Selected Firm: Rodgers Builders, Inc. + R.J. Leeper Construction, LLC
Alternate Firm: Edifice, LLC
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
N/A