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Capital Project Amendment No. 19CPA000022 to Amend the Main Library Renovation Project to Accept Funding from the Library Foundation for Main Library furniture as well as Approval of the Purchase of Goods contract(s) with various vendors for the Private Office, Conference and miscellaneous furnishings from the U.S. Communities/GSA and/or NC State Contracts Buying Programs for the Main Library Renovation Project No.: 6110DC094 (10min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 10, 2019
Request for Board Action:
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The Board is requested to authorize the County Manager to approve Capital Project Amendment No. 19CPA000022 appropriating $800,000 of Library Foundation donation funding to the Main Library Renovation Project for furniture. As part of the Main Library Renovation project, the Durham County Library Foundation is continuing fundraising efforts to help bring the library's mission of encouraging discovery, connecting the community and leading in literacy. Through this effort $800,000 is being donated to assist with the furniture procurement and STEAM technology for the project.
This Library Foundation funding and related furniture purchases is separate and in addition to the furniture contract being described below.
The Board is separately requested to enter into contracts with the following furniture suppliers for the purchase of furniture for the Main Library Building located at 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC in the amount of $1,028,058.86 plus owner's contingency at $51,402.94 and to execute any other related contracts, if necessary, not to exceed the budget of $1,079,461.80.
1) Carolina Business and Interiors: $272,632.39 (Private Offices, guest chairs)
2) Alfred Williams: $323,671.34 (Workstations,
File/Storage, etc.)
3) Carolina Furnishing + Design: $431,755.13 (Shelving)
Furniture Subtotal: $1,028,058.86
Contingencies@5%: $51,402.94
Total: $1,079,461.80
The pr...
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