Title
Construction Contract - Mecklenburg County Courthouse & Detention Center Central - Security Transaction Windows Upgrade Project
Action
ACTION:
Award a construction contract to Edison Foard, LLC. in the amount of $756,500.00
Staff Contact: Jerry Russell, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Construction work for this project will take place at both the Mecklenburg County Courthouse (832 E. 4th St.) and Detention Center Central (801 E. 4th St.). A recent NC Sheriff Association Security Assessment was conducted at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse and indicated that the service windows in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse where payments are received should be upgraded to ballistic glass or other bullet-resistant material. Because Magistrates in Detention Center Central receive similar payments, Court Officials and the Sheriff’s Office have requested these windows be upgraded as well. This project will consist of the replacement of existing glass service window systems with new ballistics-rated security transaction windows and ballistics-rated wall protection.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
The initial Notice to Bidders was advertised in the Charlotte Post, the Charlotte Observer, the Greater Diversity News and the North Carolina electronic Vendor Portal (eVP) on October 30, 2025. A pre-bid meeting was held on November 6, 2025, and a total of only two (2) bids were received at the December 4, 2025 bid opening. In accordance with the North Carolina General Statue 143-132(a), formal bidding procedures require a minimum of three bids be received at the initial bid opening. Therefore, bids were not opened, and the project was readvertised.
This project was re-advertised in the Charlotte Post, the Charlotte Observer, the Greater Diversity News and the North Carolina electronic Vendor Portal (eVP) on December 9, 2025. The second pre-bid meeting was held on December 16, 2025, and...
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