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Commissioners Brown and Johnson - Public Works - To Authorize the County Manager, or Her Designee, to Execute a Professional Services Design Contract with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture for the Health Department Major Renovation Programming & Planning Totaling $246,300.00
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STAFF CONTACT
Dan Ziehm, PE - Public Works - 704-862-6795
BUDGET IMPACT
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No additional County funds.
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
The existing Public Health facility consists of many small office spaces, long corridors, and inadequate wayfinding. The environment is institutional in nature and has a clinical feeling to the customers and staff. There is little flexible space that would allow Public Health to accommodate the new healthcare delivery needs identified over the past 2+ years. To provide high-quality clinical care, programs, and services to efficiently protect the public's health, Gaston County has solicited McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture (MPS) to perform a Programming Study. The County also requested that MPS complete a schematic design that complements the findings of the Study.
North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) ?143-64.31 requires the initial solicitation and evaluation of firms to perform architectural, engineering, surveying, construction management-at-risk services, and design-build services (collectively "design services") to be based on qualifications and without regard to fee. NCGS ?143-64.32 authorizes units of local government to exempt contracts for design services from the qualifications-based selection requirements of G.S. ?143-64.31 if the estimated fee is less than $50,000. However, the design fee for this project will exceed the $50,000 cap for exemption thereby requiring the architect/engineer to be selected through the qualifications-based process. Gaston County Public Works staff developed a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) packet on August 13, 2021 in accordance with the statutory requirements and publicly advertis...
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