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Presentation and Interviews with Design Team Respondents to Town Request for Qualifications - 203 S. Greensboro Project
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Board with an opportunity to receive presentations from and interview two firms that responded to the Town's request for qualifications for professional architectural/engineering services, in advance of selecting the team determined to be most qualified to carry out these services.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Manager, Planning, Finance
CONTACT INFORMATION: David Andrews 919-918-7315, dandrews@townofcarrboro.org; Patricia McGuire 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Arche McAdoo 919-918-7439, amcadoo@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: The Town released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for professional architectural/engineering services for the 203 S. Greensboro Project on November 19th (Attachment A). Background information on the project is available at http://www.townofcarrboro.org/1127/203-S-Greensboro-Project. Eight written responses were received by the December 5th deadline.
Consistent with the Development Agreement between the Town and Orange County (Attachment B), a staff panel was established to review the submittals and identify the top two design teams for consideration by the Board of Aldermen in early February. The staff panel included six staff members, three from the Town and three from the County, as follows: Carrboro Recreation and Parks Director, Purchasing Officer and Planning Director, Orange County Library Director, Asset Management Services Director, and Planning Director.
The staff panel met on December 19th to review the submittals and selected five firms to interview on January 11th and 12th. Staff considered each firm's experience with similar projects, their vision and capacity, project completion and success, and portfolios of work. Corley Redfoot Associates (CRA), in conjunction with Jim Spencer Architects (JSA), and Perkins + Will (P +...
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