April 16, 2012 - Cabarrus County

3. Minority participation should be solicited and efforts must be documented.Upon completion of the project, a report must be submitted to the Departmentof Administration, Office of Historically Underutilized Business. The reportmust include the type of the project, total dollar amount of the project, dollarvalue of minority business participation on each project, and documentation ofefforts to recruit minority participation.III.Selection of Architect, Engineer or SurveyorPursuant to NC General Statute 133-1.1(a), plans and specifications for publicprojects must be prepared by a registered architect or engineer when (1) newconstruction or repairs involving major structural or foundation changes withexpenditures totaling $135,000 or more, (2) repairs not involving structural orfoundation changes with expenditures totaling $300,000 or more, and (3) workaffecting life safety systems when the expenditure is $100,000 or more.Legal RequirementsSelection of a project designer; use of a registered architect or engineer is governedby North Carolina General Statutes which states the following requirements:1. All requirements for architectural, engineering and surveying services mustbe announced and obtained through a Request for Qualifications (RFQ)process.2. Selection of qualified firms to provide services must be on the basis ofdemonstrated competence and qualifications for the type of professionalservices required, without regard to the firm’s fee, other than unit priceinformation.3. Contracts can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable fee with the bestqualifiedfirm.Exemption of the RFQ process is only authorized when the estimated fee is less than $30,000.In compliance with NC General Statute, the Board of Commissioners must adopt a Resolutionfor each exempted project.The County Manager, or his designee, may award Architect, Engineer or Surveyor contractsunless projects involve new buildings of substantial size and cost. If the construction isPage 40 of 48Attachment number 1F-6Page 112