Title:
Architect Selection - CMGC Renovations Project
Summary
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate fees and execute a contract with Gensler for Architectural/Engineering Services for the CMGC Renovations Project, and in the event negotiations with this firm are unsuccessful, approve negotiations with the alternate firm of Fryday & Doyne
Staff Contact: Mark Hahn, AIA, Director, Asset and Facility Management
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
This project includes interior renovations to various areas on levels 2, 4, and 11 of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center (CMGC) to accommodate the relocations of various County departments. The project includes relocating Public Information from the Valerie C. Woodard Center to the CMGC 4th floor, the relocation of Economic Development, renovating for new conference rooms on the 2nd floor where Economic Development vacates, and renovating the 11th floor.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised July 22, 2018 in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post and the State of North Carolina Interactive Purchasing System website. 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:
Ella B. Scarborough, County Commission Chair
Vilma D. Leake, County Commissioner
Derrick Ramos, County Manager’s Designee and Agency Head
Mark Hahn, Department Director, AFM
Greg Godley, General Contractor Appointed by BOCC
Five (5) firms submitted a Statement of Qualifications expressing an interest in the project:
C Design
FMK
Fryday & Doyne
Gensler
LS3P
On September 6, 2018, a shortlist selection committee composed of staff from Economic Development, Public Information, and Asset and Facility Management selected two (2) firms for interviews.
On October 10, 2018, the Selection Committee interviewed the following two (2) shortlisted firms:
Gensler
Fryday & Doyne
Based on the information presented in the written submittals and at the oral presentations, the Selection Committee selected Gensler as the first ranked firm and Fryday & Doyne as the alternate firm.
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
N/A