Title
Design Consultant Team Selection - Edgewater Farm Planning and Implementation Project
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate terms and conditions, including fees to execute a contract with Nelson Byrd Woltz for Architectural/Landscape Architectural/Engineering Services for the Edgewater Farm Planning and Implementation Project and in the event negotiations with the selected firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate firm.
Staff Contact: Jennifer Brooks, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In support of the County’s Farmland Preservation Plan, Mecklenburg County has the need to select and contract with a professional design firm for the design of Edgewater Farm, a former dairy and cattle farm located at 14720 Brown Mill Road, Huntersville, North Carolina, 28078. The scope of work includes the renovation of existing structures to be used as office, meeting, and education spaces, layout of agricultural plots for research and a beginning farmer incubator program, passive recreation elements, improvements to site-wide universal accessibility, and all related infrastructure.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on September 5, 2024, in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, the GreaterDiversity.com newsletter, and the State of North Carolina Interactive Purchasing System web site. The selection of the consulting firm 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:
Susan Rodriguez-McDowell, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
Kathleen Reed, Sustainability & Resiliency Consultant, User Agency Representative
Erin Stanforth, Sustainability & Resiliency Manager, County Manager’s Office
Mark Hahn, Department Director, Asset and...
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