DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Professional Services Contract With ALLiiANCE For Empire Maintenance Facility Redevelopment
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the 2024-2028 Facilities Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Adopted Budget includes a project to expand the existing cold storage building at the Empire Maintenance Facility campus; and
WHEREAS, due to changing needs and new information, staff proposes to expand the project scope to reconfirm the programmatic needs for the County’s staff, fleet maintenance, and equipment storage facilities for the Transportation, Fleet Management, Facilities Maintenance, and Sheriff’s Departments for the short and long term, factoring in anticipated growth through the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, once programmatic needs are confirmed, concept options will be developed to accommodate all needs through building renovations, expansions, or new building construction at the Empire Maintenance Facility campus; and
WHEREAS, a selected concept option will be developed and estimated through the schematic design phase, then presented to the County Board for review and approval; and
WHEREAS, this expanded scope of work includes professional design services; and
WHEREAS, a Request for Proposals was prepared and issued to the public on January 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, six Proposal Responses were received on February 21, 2024; and
WHEREAS, following the Proposal Response evaluations, staff invited three consultant firms to interview for this project on March 6, 2024; and
WHEREAS, following the interviews, staff reached a unanimous decision to recommend ALLiiANCE as the consultant firm to provide the specified professional design services for this project; and
WHEREAS, ALLiiANCE has submitted a total fee proposal of $139,050 for professional design services; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds exist within the 2024 Facilities CIP Adopted Budget for this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management Director to execute a professional services contract with ALLiiANCE 400 Clifton Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55403 to provide professional design services for the Empire Maintenance Facility Redevelopment, in an amount not to exceed $139,050, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form.
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