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File #: 18-4468    Version: 1 Name: Architect Selection – Marion Diehl and Architect Selection – Marion Diehl and Sugaw Creek Renovations
Type: Consent Status: Consent
File created: 1/18/2018 In control: Asset/Facility Management
On agenda: 2/6/2018 Final action:
Title: : Architect Selection - Marion Diehl and Sugaw Creek Recreation Centers Renovations
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Title:

Architect Selection - Marion Diehl and Sugaw Creek Recreation Centers Renovations

 

Summary

ACTION:

Authorize the County Manager to negotiate fees and execute a contract with Neighboring Concepts for Architectural/Engineering Services for the Marion Diehl and Sugaw Creek Recreation Centers renovations, and in the event negotiations with this firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations with the second ranked firm of LS3P

 

Staff Contact:                      Gustavo E. Mibelli AIA, Senior Project Manager

                                                               Asset and Facility Management

 

Presentation:                      No                                          

 

BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:

This project includes interior renovations to the Marion Diehl and Sugaw Creek Recreation Centers. Work will include architectural design, mechanical, plumbing and electrical engineering, and construction administration.

 

PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:

A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised in The Charlotte Observer and Charlotte Post. A notice was posted on the State of North Carolina Interactive Purchasing System 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:

 

                     Pat Cotham, County Commissioner

                     George Dunlap, County Commissioner

Lee Jones - Division Director, Capital Planning Services, Park & Recreation Department

Greg Godley - General Contractor appointed by the Board of County Commissioners

Mark Hahn, Department Director, Asset and Facility Management

 

Eight firms submitted a Statement of Qualifications expressing an interest in the project.:

Boomerang Design PA

C Design, Inc.

DAS Architecture Inc.

FWA Group Architects

Isaacs and Associates Architects Inc.

LS3P

Morris Berg Architects

Neighboring Concepts PLLC

 

On October 9, 2017, a shortlist selection committee composed of staff from the County Parks and Recreation Department, and Asset and Facility Management selected three firms for interviews.

 

On November 15, 2017, the Selection Committee interviewed the following three (3) shortlisted firms:

C Design, Inc.

LS3P

Neighboring Concepts PLLC

 

Based on the information presented in the written submittals and at the oral presentations, the Selection Committee selected Neighboring Concepts PLLC as the first ranked firm and LS3P as the second ranked firm.

 

POLICY IMPACT:

N/A

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

N/A