DATE: September 10, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Edward Hill, Chief Operating Officer/Interim Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Annual Agreements for Job Order Contracting Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Job Order Contracting (JOC) Agreements with:
a. Ardent General, Inc.;
b. Better Enterprises, Inc.;
c. Durham Construction, Inc.;
d. Heritage General; and
e. Newton Construction and Management, Inc.
for repair, remodeling, or other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices, effective upon execution, for a term of one year, with each Agreement's total not to exceed $5,000,000 (4/5 vote); and
2. Approve and authorize the Director of the Internal Services Department to use annual Job Order Contracting agreements for the implementation of the proposed projects, described in Attachment A.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the approval of the first recommended action which will allow the Internal Services Department - Facility Services division (ISD - Facility Services) to execute Job Order Contracts (JOC) with Ardent General, Inc. (Ardent), Better Enterprises, Inc. (Better Enterprises), Durham Construction, Inc. (Durham), Heritage General, and Newton Construction and Management, Inc. (Newton) for the benefit of user departments, as needed. These projects will include general contracting, upgrades, repairs, and remodeling of the County's maintained buildings. The recommended JOC Agreements will expire in one year, or when all issued Job Orders totaling the maximum agreement value have been completed, whichever occurs first. The second recommended action approves the Director of ISD to, in their discretion, use the recommended JOC Agreements to accomplish the projects described in Attachment A - Projects. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board choose not to approve the recommended JOC Agreement...
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