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552 Conunise£oner carpenter voting against, the Board approved the contract with Alley, Williams, carmen & King, Inc. for the engineering and design of the Corbae Avenue Parking Lot project for a fee not to exceed $17,450.00. Schedulln~ of a Joint Meetin~ with the Cabarrus County Board of ~ducatlon and the Kennepolis city Board of Education for Presentation of the FY 1996-99 Budget Pro~osals by the Schools UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Co~£ssioner Mills and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to meet with the Cabarrue'County Board of Bducation and the Kannapolis City Board of Bducation on Thursday, April 2, 1998, at 6:00 P.M. £n the Multi-Purpose Room at the Governmental Center for the presentation of the budget proposals by the schools. Award of Proposal to Office Innovations to Furnish Panel S~stem Workstations for the Cabarrus County Human Services Center ($360t401.28 + $28t464 Installat£on} The following bids were received on January 6, 1998 for the Human Services Building Panel Systems Project. Total Project Bid Bond/ Compan~ Proposal Deposit Co~ente Office Furniture USA Modern office Mechanics MacThrift Office Furniture (Durham, NC) MacThrift Office Furniture (Durham, NC) Open Plan Systems White office Furniture White Office Furniture White Office Furniture office Innovations Office Interiors Office Interiors Carolina Business Interiors Williams Office Supply Williams Offlce Supply Williams Office Supply Forms and Supply MacThrift Office Charlotte, NC Carolina Office Interiors Carolina office Interiors $379,345.79 Yes 405,086.62 Yes 487,788.07 Yes New panels 140,182.00 Yes Used Panels 569 416.50 477786.29 434 466.06 369 100.90 360 401.28 572 765.00 615 253.00 394 798.21 573 248.73 681 862.78 495 000.00 345 036.40 364 397.57 Yes Yes Option I Yes Option II Yes Option III Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bid Yes Bid #2-B Yes Bid yes Yes 519,195.00 yes Bid $1 414,000.00 Yes Bid 92 Mr. Day reviewed the County Manager's recommendation to award the panel systems workstations bid to office Innovations, the apparent low bidder on the workstation systems as specified. The two primary issues involved a minimum height of 64 inches and the State requirement for a minimum interior space of 80 square feet for interviewing by the Social Services employees. Mr. Day reported that another vendor, Forms and Supply, had advised him on this date that the space on the architectural drawing did not equal the space required by the panel systems. Ms. Sherri Barnhardt, Purchasing Agent, reviewed the bid process and the mock-up of the panel systems by the three lowest bidders -- MacThrift Office Furniture, Durham ("used" panel systems), Forms and Supply, Inc. and Office Innovations. She reported that Forms and Supply had bid a panel which measured 62½ inches in height rather than the specified minimum requirement Of 64 to 66 inches. Mowever, Forms and Supply had brought in on this date a panel sample with a different top cap which could be used along with levelers to increase the height of the panels. Also, Ms. Bernhardt stated the interior size of the individual workstation bid by Forms and Supply did not measure precisely 8 feet x 10 feet. There was lengthy discussion regarding the bid process, the specifications, the alleged inaccuracies in the architectural drawings and the minimum height and interior space requirements. In response to questions by the Board, Ms. Bernhardt advised that Forms and Supply had not takes an exception to the e~ecifications when they submitted their bid.