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Budget Amendment No. 20BCC000036 Transferring funds from the Sewer Utility Fund (6006600000) to the Collections' System Rehabilitation Fund (600669000) and Capital Project Amendment No. 20CPA000016 to Appropriate the funding to the Utilities Administrative Building Project and the Execution of an Amendment to the Architectural Design Service Contract with DTW Architects & Planners, LTD. for the Durham County Utilities New Administrative Building
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Date of BOCC Meeting: December 9, 2019
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Amendment No. 20BCC000036 transferring funds from the Sewer Utility fund (600660000) to the Collections' System Rehabilitation Fund (6006690000) and Capital Project Amendment No. 20BCC000016 to appropriate the funds to the to the Utilities Administrative Building Project and to authorize the County Manager to amend the contract with DTW Architects & Planners, LTD. of Durham, to provide architectural/engineering design services for follow-on design phases for the new Utilities Administrative Building to be located at 6001 NC Hwy 55, Durham, in the amount of $1,114,580.00, plus reimbursable expenses in the amount of $4,000.00, thus increasing the total compensation under the contract to $1,140,580.00 (See Attachment A, pages 1-27).
DTW Architects & Planners, LTD. was selected to provide design services for this project through RFQ No. 18-021, advertised on November 30, 2017. A design services contract in the amount of $22,000 was executed on June 25, 2018 with DTW to develop a master plan for the facility on the 40.37 acre tract across HWY 55 opposite the current TWWTP facility, purchased for use by TWWTP operations. as well as to develop a refined project scope and follow-on design services proposal for the facility, including potential Backup EOC, Backup Datacenter and Fueling Station elements.
This master planning phase has now been completed and the County is now able to ...
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