Title
Specialty Consultant Selections - Multiple County Projects
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate terms and conditions, including fees to execute a contract with the selected firms for Building and Envelope Commissioning Services for multiple County projects and in the event negotiations with the selected firms are unsuccessful, approve negotiations and contract execution with the alternate firms.
Staff Contact: Steven Wallace, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County has the need to select and contract with specialty firms for building and envelope commissioning services on each of the following projects:
7th & College Street Parking Deck
Tuckaseegee Recreation Center
Latta Place Historic Site Visitor Center
Ribbonwalk Nature Center
Building Commissioning and Building Envelope Commissioning services firms are licensed engineering firms that are hired separately from the primary design consultant and construction contractor. These firms work directly for the Owner to provide design review, construction submittal review, onsite observation, and testing services to verify the proper installation of critical construction elements that can include mechanical, electrical, plumbing and other building systems, as well as building envelope elements such as water, moisture, and air barriers, roofing systems, sealants, etc.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on August 7, 2025, in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, 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.
Twelve (12) firms (listed below) submitted a Statement of Qualifications.
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Atom Engineering, PLLC
CMTA, Inc.
Facility Strat...
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