Renovation of a municipal facility in Monroe, North Carolina. Completed plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

Union County is soliciting SOQs from well-qualified firms, interested in providing construction manager at risk services related to construction of the Judicial Center and Government Center Renovations. The firm selected will be required to provide construction manager at risk services in conjunction with an architectural and/or engineering, (A/E) firm, yet to be selected, to provide architectural and engineering services for design and construction administration of the Judicial Center and Government Center Renovations. Submittal questions will be due on or before 3:00 PM local time on July 26, 2024. Submit questions by e-mail to Vicky Watts at vicky.watts@unioncountync.gov by the deadline shown above Union County (UC) reserves the right to reject any or all submittals, to waive technicalities and to make such selection deemed in its best interest. With limited response, Union County reserves the right to extend the solicitation opening date as appropriate in order to assure a competitive procurement process Offerors are required to comply with the non-collusion requirements set forth in the Solicitation Documents. Union County reserves the right to reject any and or all submissions. Union County encourages good faith effort outreach to Minority Businesses (HUB Certified) and Small Businesses. The project is currently proposed to be a renovation of the existing Government Center & Judicial Center, NC, the existing Judicial Center was constructed in 2003. The facility has 4 floors above ground, one below ground level with a total gross square footage of 101,430. The existing Government Center was constructed in 1971 and consists of 9 floors above ground, one basement level with a total gross square footage of 144,000. These facilities are in the heart of Monroe, North Carolina and are adjacent to each other at the corner of N. Haynes Street and N. Church Street. The renovations to the Judicial Center will result in up to 3 new court rooms. The renovations to the Government Center will encompass several floors to accommodate the selected relocated departmental requirements. In addition to the existing structure renovations, the scope includes an enclosed independent bridge structure between the Judicial Center and the Government Center along with associated civil engineering, underground utilities, and landscape architectural design services. The design team will be expected to develop a project sequencing plan that will guide the phasing and schedule for the occupied spaces being renovated. Union County expects the selected firm to have design expertise and demonstrated experience in civic governmental facilities and security equipment. The following representative list of services to be provided by the CMAR, is for illustrative purposes and is not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive. The CMAR shall provide consulting, scheduling, estimating, cost control services and will function as one of the key team members along with the County, the A/E, the A/E's consulting team, and the commissioning agent yet to be selected. The CMAR will collaborate with all members of the project team in the assembly of logical work packages to break the project into tasks and will manage the work related to the project. The work of the CMAR may be performed in various phases under separate contracts for each phase. Phases may include pre-construction services, preliminary GMP and Final GMP. Since the construction manager at risk will be providing only professional services for the benefit of the Owner based on a fee for such services, this procurement will be made in accordance with provisions of North Carolina General Statue (N.C.G.S) 143-64.31 which require that firms qualified to provide such services be selected on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional service required without regard to fee and thereafter negotiate a contract for those services at a fair and reasonable fee with the best qualified firm It is the intent of these Guidelines that Union County, as awarding authority for building projects, and the contractors and subcontractors performing the building project contracts awarded, shall cooperate and in good faith do all things legal, proper and reasonable to achieve the goal of ten percent (10%) for participation by minority businesses in each construction project