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CMAR RFQ/P Summary
This is a Request for Qualifications and Price Proposal (RFQ/P) issued by Pickens County Government in Georgia for Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) Services related to the Tax Commissioner Building Construction Project (RFP #2026-1545-001). The project involves the construction of a new 6,889 square foot, single-story building to house the offices of the Pickens County Tax Commission. The scope of work encompasses both a Preconstruction Phase and a Construction Phase, during which the selected Construction Manager will conduct project planning, estimating, value engineering, proposal package arrangements, individual trade contract awards, construction management through occupancy, and implementation of a one-year warranty period with inspections. A mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference and Site Inspection is scheduled for August 26, 2026, at 9:00 AM at the Pickens County Administration Building (1266 East Church Street, Jasper, Georgia 30143). Sealed proposals are due by 4:30 p.m. ET on September 11, 2026, submitted to Miranda McDowell, Finance Director. Proposing Firms must submit six hardcopy copies (one original, five copies) and one digital/PDF copy, with the price proposal in a separate sealed envelope. Pickens County will evaluate proposals using a five-step selection process including preliminary evaluation, interviews, committee evaluations, recommendations to the Board of Commissioners, and final selection.
The evaluation criteria allocate 20 percent to experience and workload, 10 percent to references, 20 percent to firm personnel experience, 20 percent to project approach, and 30 percent to price proposal. The Construction Manager will be "at-risk" and responsible for completing the project at a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) and Guaranteed Delivery Date, both to be proposed by the selected firm. Project costs below the GMP revert to Pickens County, and the project will operate on an open-book basis with all savings, including unused contingency, returned to the County. The CM must provide Performance and Payment Bonds at 100 percent of the total proposal amount within 15 calendar days of notice of award. Insurance requirements include Commercial General Liability of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence, Workers' Compensation at statutory limits, Motor Vehicle Liability of at least $500,000, and Professional Liability of at least $1,000,000. Pickens County will retain 10 percent of payment until 50 percent project completion, then 5 percent through project completion. The successful proposing firm must be properly bonded, maintain current liability insurance, and comply with the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act by participating in the E-Verify federal work authorization program.
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Notice - Request for Qualifications and Price Proposal
| Date | Issued: | August | 10, | 2026 | |||||||
| RFQ/P | Title: | Construction | Management | at | Risk | Services | for | the | Tax | Commissioner | Building |
| Construction | Project | ||||||||||
| RFP | #2026-1545-001 |
To all potential Proposing Firms:
| This | and | the | attached | Request | for | Quali:ications | and | Price | Proposal | (“RFQ/P”) | concerns | the | ||
| following | project | being | commissioned | by | the | Pickens | County | Government | (“Pickens | County”) | under | |||
| the | direction | of | the | Board | of | Commissioners | of | Pickens | County, | Georgia | (“BOC”) | and | its | Chairman: |
Construction Management at Risk Services for the Tax Commissioner Building Construction Project
| Pickens | County | is | seeking | proposals | from | quali:ied | Proposing | Firms | for | the | performance | of | |
| construction | management | at | risk | services | (“CMAR | Services”) | for | the | Tax | Commissioner | Building | ||
| Construction | Project | (“Project”), | which | will | constitute | the | construction | of | a | new | building | to | house |
| the | of:ices | of | the | Pickens | County | Tax | Commission. |
The Project will be comprised of a Preconstruction Phase and a Construction Phase.
| The | successful | Proposing | Firm | will | serve | as | Construction | Manager | (“CM”) | for | the | Project | and, | as | ||
| such, | will | perform | CMAR | Services | during | the | Project. | In | this | regard, | the | CM | will | work | with | Pickens |
| County | and | the | Project | Architect | in | a | prescribed | manner | on: |
1. Project planning
2. Project estimating
3. Value engineering
4. Arranging proposal packages
5. Awarding individual trade contracts and soliciting prior proposals related thereto
6. Managing construction until full occupancy is achieved
7. Implementing a one (1) year warranty and one (1) year warranty inspections
| Sealed | proposals | from | Proposing | Firms | concerning | the | Project | will | be | received | by | Miranda | |
| McDowell, | Finance | Director | of | Pickens | County, | located | at | 1266 | East | Church | Street | Jasper, | Georgia |
| 30143, | until | 4:30 | p.m., | legal | prevailing | time, | on | September | 11, | 2026. |
| Thereafter, | in | a | designated | room | and | place, | at | a | future | time | to | be | determined, | the | names | of | the |
| Proposing | Firms | will | be | publicly | read. | No | further | information | will | be | read, | discussed | or | provided | |||
| until | the | evaluation | of | all | submitted | proposals | has | been | completed | in | the | process | described | in | this | ||
| letter | and | the | RFQ/P. |
| No | extension | of | the | proposal | period | will | be | made | other | than | by | a | formal | written | addendum | made | to |
| the | RFQ/P | by | Pickens | County. |
Proposal submittal documents may be obtained by:
| 1. Going | to | Pickens | County's | website | at | www.pickenscountyga.gov; | then | selecting | "I | Want | To..." | |
| from | the | top | navigation | menu; | then, | under | "Find," | selecting | "Bid | Openings"; | then | selecting |
| the | "SPLOST" | category; | and | then | selecting | "Construction | Management | at | Risk | Services | – | |
| New | Tax | Commissioner | Building." |
| 2. Contacting | the | Finance | Department | at | 1266 | East | Church | Street | Jasper, | Georgia | 30143, | or | via |
| landline | phone | 706-253-8809 | to | obtain | the | information | at | no | charge. |
| Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | revise, | clarify, | interpret, | or | amend | this | RFQ/P | at | any | time | by |
| written | addendum. | Any | addendum | issued | shall | become | a | part | of | the | RFQ/P | and | shall | be | posted | on |
| Pickens | County's | of:icial | procurement | website. | This | website | is | the | sole | of:icial | source | for | this | |||
| RFQ/P, | all | addenda, | responses | to | questions, | and | any | other | procurement-related | communications. | It | |||||
| shall | be | the | sole | responsibility | of | each | interested | Proposing | Firm | to | monitor | the | website | and | obtain | |
| all | addenda | and | other | procurement-related | information. | Proposing | Firms | shall | acknowledge | receipt | ||||||
| of | all | addenda | in | their | proposals. | Failure | to | acknowledge | receipt | of | an | addendum | may | result | in | a |
| proposal | being | deemed | non-responsive. | No | oral | statement, | interpretation, | clari:ication, | or | |||||||
| representation | made | by | any | County | of:icial, | employee, | consultant, | or | representative | shall | be | |||||
| binding | unless | con:irmed | through | a | written | addendum | issued | by | Pickens | County. |
| Proposals | for | the | Project | will | be | evaluated, | and | the | presumptive | selection | of | a | successful | Proposing |
| Firm | will | be | pursuant | to | the | following | :ive-step | process. |
| 1. The | :irst | step | will | constitute | the | preliminary | evaluation | of | proposal | submissions | that | will |
| produce | a | shortlist | of | quali:ied | Proposing | Firms. |
| 2. The | second | step | will | constitute | interviews | of | shortlisted | Proposing | Firms | by | a |
| Recommendations | Committee. |
3. The third step will constitute evaluations of the shortlisted :irms by the Recommendations Committee.
| 4. The | fourth | step | will | constitute | the | making | of | recommendations | by | the | Recommendations |
| Committee | to | the | BOC | by | the | BOC’s | consideration | toward | a | selection. |
| 5. The | :ifth | step | will | constitute | the | selection | by | the | BOC | of | the | successful | Proposing | Firm | to |
| serve | as | CM | on | the | Project. |
All evaluations, recommendations and the BOC’s selection will be based on:
| 1. Qualitative | factors | including, | but | not | limited | to, | the | ability | of | the | professional | staff, | approach |
| to | project, | experience | on | similar | projects, | performance | on | past | projects | and | references | for | |
| the | same | CMAR | Services | provided | to | other | clients | in | similar | situations. |
2. The quantitative factor of fees and costs.
| Any | recommendation | by | the | Recommendations | Committee | and/or | the | ultimate | award | of | a | contract | ||||||
| by | the | BOC | will | not | be | solely | based | on | low | proposed | fees | and | costs, | but | also | on | quality, | references |
| and | other | subjective | criteria | as | may | be | deemed | and | determined | as | necessary | in | their | respective | ||||
| sole | discretions. |
| A | Mandatory | Pre-Proposal | Conference/Site | Inspection | will | be | conducted | on | August | 26, | 2026 | ||||
| beginning | at | 9 | AM. | The | meeting | will | be | held | at | the | Pickens | County | Administration | Building | located |
| at | 1266 | East | Church | Street | Jasper, | Georgia | 30143. | This | meeting | is | mandatory | for | proposal | ||
| submission | eligibility. |
| Pickens | County | will | assume | no | responsibility | for | representations | or | understandings | concerning | |||
| conditions | made | by | its | of:icials | or | employees | unless | they | are | included | in | the | RFQ/P. |
| All | proposals | will | be | evaluated | in | accordance | with | applicable | rules, | regulations, | and | laws | to | which |
| Pickens | County | is | subject. |
Thank you for your interest in this RFQ/P.
| Miranda | McDowell | |
| Chief | Financial | Of:icer |
| Pickens | County | Government |
PICKENS COUNTY GOVERNMENT
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PRICE PROPOSALS
RFP #2026-1545-001
| Tax | Commissioner | Building | |
| Construction | Project |
Construction Management at Risk Services
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Table of Contents
I. General Project Information
II. The Selection of the Construction Manager
III. Substantive Contractual Provisions
IV. General Contract Information
Af;idavit and Exhibits
S.A.V.E. Program Af;idavit
Exhibit A – Indemnity
Exhibit B – Construction Manager Price Proposal Forms and Cost Estimate Form
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I. General Project Information
| A. The | Pickens | County | Government | (“Pickens | County”), | operating | under | the | direction | of | the | of |
| the | Board | of | Commissioners | of | Pickens | County, | Georgia | (“BOC”) | and | its | Chairman, | is |
| soliciting | proposals | from | quali:ied | :irms | (“Proposing | Firms”) | to | provide | Construction | |||
| Management | at | Risk | Services | (“CMAR | Services”) | for | the | Tax | Commissioner | Building | ||
| Construction | Project | (“Project”). | 1 |
| B. Proposing | Firms | must | respond | to | this | Request | for | Quali:ications | and | Price | Proposal | |
| (“RFQ/P”) | to | be | considered | for | selection | as | the | Construction | Manager | (“CM”) | that | will |
| provide | CMAR | Services | on | the | Project. |
| C. By | responding | to | this | RFQ/P, | a | Proposing | Firm | represents | to | Pickens | County | that | it | is |
| properly | quali:ied | and | fully | experienced | to | perform | the | CMAR | Services | applicable | to | all | ||
| functions | described | herein | and | that | it | is | properly | staffed, | equipped, | organized | and | :inanced | ||
| to | perform | such | functions. |
| D. The | Project | will | be | comprised | of | the | construction | of | a | new | 6,889 | square | foot, | single-story |
| Tax | Commissioner | Building. |
E. Design documents can be accessed by email inquiry to the following email address:
pmillard@DCCM.com.
| F. The | Preconstruction | Phase | and | the | Construction | Phase | of | the | Project | will | respectively | |
| commence | at | the | times | that | Pickens | County | deems | appropriate | based | on | factors | deemed |
| relevant | by | Pickens | County. |
| G. There | will | be | no | penalty | to | Pickens | County | concerning | the | construction | date | of | the | Project |
| or | the | nonconstruction | of | the | Project | in | whole | or | in | part. |
| H. The | objective | of | the | work | to | be | performed | by | the | CM | will | be | the | ef:icient, | economical, | and |
| timely | delivery | of | the | Project | resulting | from | the | quality | driven | management | of | ongoing | and | |||
| ultimately | completed | project | construction | within | time | limitations, | within | cost | limitations | |||||||
| and | in | accordance | with | established | quality | requirements. |
| I. The | scope | of | the | work | to | be | performed | by | the | CM | during | the | Preconstruction | Phase | and | the |
| Construction | Phase | of | the | Project | will | include | working | with | Pickens | County | and | the | Project |
1 Design Services have already been engaged on the Project.
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Architect in the conduct of the following activities:
1. Project planning
2. Project estimating
3. Value engineering
4. Arrangements of proposal packages for individual trade contracts
5. Evaluating individual trade contract proposals and awarding individual trade contracts
6. Management of construction until occupancy and/or functionality is achieved
7. Implementation of the one (1) year warranty and one (1) year warranty inspection
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II. The Selection of the Construction Manager
A. The Five-Step Process of Evaluating Proposing Firms and Selecting the CM
1. Step One - Preliminary Evaluations
| a. County | staff, | under | the | direction | of | the | Chairman | of | the | BOC, | will | evaluate | the |
| proposals | and | quali:ications | presented | by | the | Proposing | Firms | and | “short-list” | the | |||
| top | :irms | for | further | consideration. |
| b. To | be | deemed | eligible | for | evaluation, | Proposing | Firms | must | meet | the | following |
| minimum | quali:ications: |
| i. A | Proposing | Firm | must | have | suf:icient | bonding | capacity | for | the | anticipated |
| total | cost | of | work. |
| ii. A | Proposing | Firm | must | have | a | current | Contractor’s | Public | Liability | Insurance | |
| policy | and | must | be | insurable | in | the | following | amounts: | [n] | Bodily | injury, |
| including | death- | limits | of | $1,000,000 | for | each | accident; | [n] | Property | damage- | |
| limits | of | $2,000,000 | for | each | accident | and | $10,000,000 | for | the | aggregate | of |
| operations; | and | [n] | Workers’ | Compensation: | Statutory | limits | as | required | by | ||
| Georgia | law, | including | Employer’s | Liability | of | $500,000/$500,000/$500,000. | |||||
| Contractors | claiming | exemption | must | provide | acceptable | documentation | of |
exemption.
| iii. Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | require | additional | limits | and/or | coverage |
| for | actual | contract. |
2. Step Two - Interviews
| County | staff | will | schedule | and | conduct | interviews | of | the | “short-listed” | Proposing | Firms |
| if | it | deems | necessary | to | further | vet | them. |
3. Step Three - Evaluations for Recommendations
| a. After | County | staff | narrow | the | :ield | of | Proposing | Firms | to | the | most | quali:ied |
| candidates, | Price | Proposals | of | the | “short-listed” | candidate | will | be | reviewed | and |
evaluated.
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b. The following criteria will be used as the basis for the evaluation of the proposals:
i. Experience and Workload 20%
ii. References 10%
iii. Firm Personnel Experience 20%
iv. Project Approach 20%
v. Price Proposal 30%
§§ Total Possible Score 100%
4. Step Four - Recommendations
| County | staff | will | make | recommendations | of | Proposing | Firms | to | the | BOC | that | it | believes |
| are | the | most | quali:ied | to | serve | as | CM | on | the | Project. |
5. Step Five - Selection
a. The BOC will consider and act upon the recommendations received from County staff.
| b. The | BOC | reserves | the | right | to | reject | any | and | all | proposals | or | to | select | any | Proposing |
| Firm | to | serve | as | CM | on | the | Project. |
| c. Should | the | BOC | choose | to | proceed | forward | by | selecting | a | Proposing | Firm | to | serve | as |
| CM | on | the | Project, | the | BOC | will | seek | to | conclude | an | Agreement | with | the | Proposing |
| Firm | and | execute | a | contract | therewith | in | conjunction | with | this | RFQ/P. |
| d. An | undersigned | party | of | a | Proposing | Firm | on | a | proposal | expressly | understands | that | |||
| the | proposal | of | his | or | her | Proposing | Firm | may | be | rejected | by | Pickens | County | for | any |
| reason | without | liability | on | part | of | Pickens | County | to | the | Proposing | Firm | or | to | the | |
| undersigned | party. |
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B. Nondiscrimination
| Any | recommendation | or | selection | made | as | a | result | of | this | RFQ/P | will | be | made | without |
| regard | to | sex, | race, | creed, | religion, | color, | national | origin, | age, | veteran | or | military | status, | |
| sexual | orientation, | gender | expression | or | identity, | disability, | or | the | use | of | a | trained | service |
animal.
C. Content and Format of Proposals
| The | proposals | must | contain | the | following | information | and | must | be | submitted | in | the | format |
| prescribed | in | the | balance | of | this | subsection. | 2 |
1. Introductory Information
a. Firm name
b. Business address
c. Contact name
d. Former :irm names
e. Out-of-state of:ices
f. The names of all af:iliated entities
| g. The | names | of | any | af:iliated | entities | and/or | joint | venture | partners | which | may | be |
| involved | in | the | Project |
h. Statement of which of:ice(s) will handle the service, if multiple of:ices.
| i. A | clear | and | concise | statement | as | to | why | Pickens | County | should | select | a |
| particular | Proposing | Firm | to | provide | the | relevant | service. |
| 2 | The | failure | to | meet | the | requirements | imposed | by | this | subsection | will | be | considered | “non-responsive,” | and | the | entire |
| submitted | proposal | will | be | rejected. |
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| j. A | listing | of | any | litigations, | arbitrations, | or | mediations | in | which | the | :irm | or | any | |
| af:iliated | entities | has | been | involved | in | the | past | :ive | (5) | years | involving | claims | for | |
| more | than | $50,000.00 | made | by | a | client | against | the | :irm | or | by | the | :irm | against |
| the | client, | and | indicate | the | disposition | of | each | claim, | the | name | of | the | adverse | |
| party, | and | the | nature | of | the | claim. |
| k. Statement | that | the | proposal | will | remain | in | effect | for | and | not | be | withdrawn | for |
| ninety | (90) | days | after | the | date | due | to | Pickens | County. |
| l. Statement | acknowledging | the | receipt | of | each | and | every | addendum | that | Pickens |
| County | may | issue | to | the | RFQ/P. |
| m. Statement | that, | if | initially | selected, | the | Proposing | Firm | will | negotiate | in | good |
| faith | with | Pickens | County. |
2. Experience, Current Workload and ConNlicts of Interests
a. Experience and References of the Firm
| Provide | a | minimum | of | :ive | (5) | to | a | maximum | of | ten | (10) | example | projects | that |
| demonstrate | the | Proposing | Firm’s | experience | in | the | past | :ive | (5) | years | as | CM | for | |
| constructing | facilities | similar | to | this | Project, | including | the | following | information | |||||
| for | each | example | provided: |
i. Project name, location and dates during which services were performed
| ii. Brief | description | of | project | and | physical | description | with | square | footage, |
| number | of | stories, | site | area | and | other | similar | relevant | information |
iii. Total cost of the project
iv. Services performed
v. Project photographs
| vi. Written | reference | from | the | Architect/Client/User, | with | current | phone | ||
| numbers, | familiar | with | your | performance | on | each | project | listed, | including |
| a | Program | Manager | reference, | if | applicable. |
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| vii. A | list | of | the | individuals | who | served | as | the | Project | Executive/Director, |
| Project | Manager, | Superintendent, | Cost | Estimator | and | other | key | roles | on | |
| the | project. | 3 |
| viii. The | total | quantity | of | change | orders | and | net | total | cost | increase | of | change |
| orders | to | the | project. |
| ix. Summary | of | the | actual | schedule | performance | relative | to | the | initial | project |
| schedule | for | the | project. |
| x. The | name | of | a | Client | representative, | with | a | current | phone | number, | who | is |
| most | familiar | with | your | :irm’s | performance | on | each | project. |
| xi. An | example | of | an | aquatic | center | and | outdoor | pool | project | completed | by |
| your | :irm | and/or | a | quali:ied | construction | management | partner. |
b. Experience of Involved Firm Personnel
Provide the following:
| i. A | description | of | your | :irm's | proposed | internal | team | organization | as | CM | for |
| the | construction | management | team | for | the | Project, | including | any | |||
| Superintendent, | Project | Manager, | Project | Director, | Cost | Estimator, | Project | ||||
| Executive | and | any | other | key | participants | in | the | Project. | 4 |
Include an organizational chart.
| ii. A | resume | and | experience | record | for | each | team | member, | including | years | of |
| experience, | education, | and | anticipated | amount | of | time | each | will | work | on | |
| the | Project | and | location | of | each | person. |
| iii. Identify | the | individual | who, | from | start | to | :inish, | will | be | the | leader | of | your |
| construction | team | and | the | principal | point | of | contact | between | your | :irm | |||
| and | Pickens | County | and | the | Project | Architect. |
| 3 | Please | note | whether | these | individuals | are | still | employed | with | your | firm. | |||||||||
| 4 | This | disclosure | must | include | employees | of | any | affiliated | entity | or | joint | venture | partner | that | will | or | might | be | involved | in |
| the | Project. |
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c. Current Workload
| Provide | a | list | of | current | contracts, | with | percentage | completed, | and | the | total |
| possible | workload | for | the | personnel | proposed | for | the | Project. |
d. ConNlicts of Interest
| Provide | a | list | of | any | con:licts | of | interest | or | potential | that | your | :irm | or | personnel |
| may | have | with | Pickens | County | or | its | of:icials | or | employees. |
2. Construction Management Approach
| Provide | a | detailed | description | and | outline | of | the | strategy | and | approach | that | the | :irm |
| proposes | to | approach | and | complete | the | proposed | CMAR | Services. |
| a. Include | suf:icient | discussion | of | proposed | value | services, | methodologies, | ||
| techniques, | and | procedures | for | each | work | referenced | in | the | aforementioned |
| scope | of | work. |
| b. Describe | how | your | :irm | manages | cost, | procurement | and | workforce, | schedule, |
| quality, | and | safety. |
c. Provide a timeline schedule for execution of work and completion of the Project.
3. Price Proposal
| a. A | Price | Proposal | must | be | submitted | along | with | the | Proposal | but | in | a | separate |
| sealed | envelope | separate | and | apart | any | other | proposal | information | related | to | |||
| the | Project. |
| b. In | the | Price | Proposal, | each | Proposing | Firm | must | provide | the | following | in | |
| relation | to | the | CMAR | Services | that | it | will | deliver | related | to | the | Preconstruction |
| and | Construction | Phases | of | the | Project: |
i. A percentage fee to be mutually agreed upon by Pickens County and the CM.
| ii. Prompt | payment | discounts | offered | for | a | period | of | less | than | :ifteen | (15) | days |
| will | not | be | considered | in | determining | the | lowest | proposed | fee | and | costs. |
| iii. A | Guaranteed | Maximum | Price | (“GMP”) | for | the | cost | of | the | construction | of | the |
| two | components | of | the | Project | based | on | the | design | documents, | with | the |
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| support | and | assistance | of | the | Project | Architect. | through | which | the | CM | will |
| assume | responsibility | for | the | costs | of | construction | conducted | during | the |
Project.
| c. The | Fee | Proposal | Forms, | Exhibit | B, | attached | to | this | RFQ/P, | must | be | submitted | by |
| each | Proposing | Firm. |
| i. Detailed | itemization | of | each | fee | proposal | must | be | attached | to | the | respective |
| Fee | Proposal | Form. |
| ii. Additionally, | with | each | fee | proposal, | provide | a | cost | estimate | for | the | Project |
| based | upon | the | Design | Development | Documents. |
The Cost Estimate Form is included as part of Exhibit B.
| d. Prompt | payment | discounts | offered | for | a | period | of | less | than | :ifteen | (15) | days | will |
| not | be | considered | in | determining | the | lowest | proposed | fee | and | costs. |
D. Submission and Receipt of Proposals
1. Proposing Firms should submit six (6) hardcopy copies of their proposal:
a. One (1) of which must be marked “Original”
b. Five (5) marked as “Copy”
2. In addition, one (1) copy must be submitted in digital format or in PDF format.
| 3. The | Price | Proposal | must | be | submitted | in | a | separate | sealed | envelope | at | the | time |
| proposals | are | submitted. |
| 4. All | proposals | are | due | no | later | than | 4:30 | p.m. | ET | on | September | 11, | 2026. | and | must | be |
| sent | to | the | following | address | by | courier | service | and/or | mail: |
| Courier | Service | (FedEx, | UPS) | or | Hand | Delivery | |
| Pickens | County | Government | Attn: | Miranda | McDowell, | Finance | Director |
| 1266 | East | Church | Street |
| Jasper, | GA | 30143 |
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| 5. Pickens | County | accepts | no | responsibility | for | any | expenses | incurred | by | Proposing | Firms | |
| responding | to | this | RFQ/P | as | such | expenses | are | the | responsibility | of | the | Proposing |
Firms.
| 6. Proposals | submitted | after | the | deadline | of | September | 11, | 2026, | will | not | be | accepted |
| under | any | circumstances. |
a. Such proposals will be returned to the sender unopened.
b. Faxed or emailed quali:ications are not acceptable.
| 7. Proposals | must | be | bound | and | contain | a | maximum | of | :ifty | (50) | pages | (cover | page, |
| schedule, | and | section | dividers | are | not | included | in | total). |
8. All questions regarding this RFQ/P must be submitted in writing via email to:
mmcdowell@pickenscountyga.gov
9. All proposal responses become the property of Pickens County and will not be returned.
| 10. No | proposal | may | be | withdrawn | for | a | period | of | ninety | (90) | days | after | time | has | been |
| called | on | the | date | of | opening. |
| 11. All | quali:ication | submittals | will | be | evaluated | in | accordance | with | applicable | Pickens |
| County | rules | and | Federal, | Georgia | regulations, | and | laws. |
| 12. Evaluation | of | :irms | submitting | statements | of | quali:ication | for | the | Project | will | be | based |
| on | quali:ications, | experience, | and | performance | on | past | projects | along | with | references. |
| 13. During | the | evaluation | process, | Pickens | County | reserves | the | right, | when | it | may | serve |
| Pickens | County’s | best | interest, | to | request | information | or | clari:ication | from | Proposing | ||
| Firms | or | to | allow | corrections | of | errors | or | omissions. |
E. Exceptions to SpeciNications
| 1. Any | award | resulting | from | this | RFQ/P | will | bind | the | successful | Proposing | Firm | to | all |
| terms, | conditions, | and | speci:ications | set | forth | in | the | RFQ/P. |
2. Proposing Firms whose Proposals do not conform must note that on a separate page if necessary.
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| 3. While | Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | make | an | award | to | a | nonconforming | ||
| Proposing | Firm, | when | in | its | best | interest, | such | awards | will | not | be | readily | made, | and |
| Proposing | Firms | are | urged | to | conform | to | the | greatest | extent | possible. |
| 4. No | exceptions | will | be | considered | to | have | been | taken | by | a | Proposing | Firm | unless | it | is |
| properly | set | out | as | provided | above. |
| 5. No | exception | will | be | deemed | to | have | been | taken | by | Pickens | County | unless | incorporated |
| in | an | award | resulting | from | this | RFQ/P | and | so | stated. |
F. Questions and Requests for Interpretations
| 1. All | questions | and | requests | for | interpretation | of | the | RFQ/P | must | be | in | writing | and | |||
| received | at | least | ten | (10) | calendar | days | prior | to | the | time | set | for | opening | of | proposals | in |
| writing | via | via | to | mmcdowell@pickenscountyga.gov. |
| 2. Responses | to | questions, | clari:ications, | and | any | resulting | changes | to | the | RFQ/P | will | be |
| issued | by | written | addendum | and | posted | on | the | Pickens | County | website. |
| 3. It | will | be | the | responsibility | of | interested | parties | to | periodically | check | this | website | for |
| any | new | information. |
| 4. No | responses | to | questions | or | interpretations | of | the | provisions | of | this | RFQ/P | will | be |
| made | to | any | interested | party | orally. |
| 5. Pickens | County | will | assume | no | responsibility | for | representations | or | understandings | ||||
| concerning | conditions | made | by | its | of:icials | or | employees | unless | they | are | included | in | the |
RFQ/P.
G. Addenda and ClariNications
| 1. Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | revise, | clarify, | interpret, | amend, | or | otherwise |
| modify | this | RFQ/P | at | any | time | by | written | addendum. |
| 2. All | addenda | shall | become | part | of | this | RFQ/P | and | shall | be | posted | on | Pickens | County's |
| of:icial | procurement | website. | This | website | shall | be | the | sole | of:icial | source | for | this | ||
| RFQ/P, | all | addenda, | responses | to | questions, | and | any | other | procurement-related |
communications.
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| 3. It | shall | be | the | sole | responsibility | of | interested | Proposing | Firms | to | monitor | the | website |
| and | obtain | all | addenda | and | related | procurement | information. |
| 4. Proposing | Firms | shall | acknowledge | receipt | of | all | addenda | in | their | proposals. | Failure | to |
| acknowledge | receipt | of | an | addendum | may | result | in | a | proposal | being | deemed | non- |
| responsive. | This | requirement | supplements | Section | II.C.1.l. |
| 5. No | oral | statement, | interpretation, | clari:ication, | representation, | or | instruction | by | any | |
| County | of:icial, | employee, | consultant, | architect, | or | representative | shall | be | binding | unless |
| incorporated | into | a | written | addendum | issued | by | Pickens | County. |
| 6. Requests | for | changes, | clari:ications, | or | interpretations | of | this | RFQ/P | must | be | submitted | ||||
| in | writing | and | received | at | least | ten | (10) | calendar | days | prior | to | the | proposal | due | date. |
| 7. Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | extend | the | proposal | due | date, | revise | procurement |
| deadlines, | or | modify | any | requirement | of | this | RFQ/P | by | written | addendum. |
H. Pre-Proposal Conference/Site Inspection RFQ/P
| 1. The | Pre-Proposal | Conference/Site | Inspection | is | a | mandatory | requirement | to | submit | a |
| proposal | if | applicable. |
| 2. The | Mandatory | Pre-Proposal | Conference/Site | Inspection | will | be | conducted | on | August |
| 26, | 2026 | beginning | at | 9 | AM. |
| 3. The | meeting | will | be | held | at | the | Pickens | County | Administration | Building | located | at | 1266 |
| East | Church | Street | Jasper, | Georgia | 30143. |
| 4. Pickens | County | will | assume | no | responsibility | for | representations | or | understandings | ||||
| concerning | conditions | made | by | its | of:icials | or | employees | unless | they | are | included | in | this |
RFQ/P.
| 5. Any | information | presented | at | the | Pre-Proposal | Conference/Site | Inspection, | including | ||
| meeting | notes, | questions | raised | by | attendees, | responses | provided | by | Pickens | County, |
| interpretations, | clari:ications, | corrections, | or | revisions | to | this | RFQ/P, | will | be | |
| documented | and | issued, | as | determined | appropriate | by | Pickens | County, | through | a |
| written | addendum. |
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| Only | information | contained | in | a | written | addendum | issued | by | Pickens | County | shall | be |
| binding | upon | Pickens | County. |
I. Signing of Proposal
| The | failure | to | sign | the | proposal | on | a | cover | letter | in | “original | form” | provided | with | a | proposal |
| will | result | in | the | proposal | being | declared | as | “nonresponsive” | and | not | considered | for | award. |
J. Proposal Acceptance Time
| Proposals | requiring | acceptance | by | Pickens | County | in | less | than | ninety | (90) | calendar | days |
| could | be | rejected, | unless | so | stated | and | accepted | by | Pickens | County. |
K. Proposal IdentiNication
| All | proposals | must | be | returned | in | a | sealed | envelope | with | the | following | information | in | the |
| lower | left-hand | corner | of | the | envelope: | RFP | Number | / | opening | date. |
L. Withdrawal of Proposals
| 1. Proposals | may | be | withdrawn | by | written | request | only | if | the | request | is | received | prior | to |
| the | time | and | date | set | for | the | opening | of | proposals. |
| 2. Negligence | on | the | part | of | the | Proposing | Firm | in | preparing | its | proposal | confers | no | right |
| of | withdrawal | or | modi:ication | of | its | proposal | after | the | proposal | has | been | opened. |
| 3. No | proposal | may | be | withdrawn | for | a | period | of | ninety | (90) | days | after | time | has | been |
| called | on | the | date | of | opening. |
G. Right to Retain Proposals and Utilize Ideas
| Pickens | County | will | have | the | right | to | retain | all | submitted | proposals | and | to | use | any | idea(s) |
| contained | therein | without | regard | to | whether | any | proposal | is | selected | or | rejected. |
H. GMP Related Data and Information
| Prior | to | the | award, | the | CM | will | share | with | Pickens | County | the | draft | and | :inal | calculations, |
| estimates | and | all | documents | on | which | the | CM’s | proposed | GMP | is | based. |
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M. Award of the Contract
| 1. Award | will | be | made | to | that | Proposing | Firm | whose | proposal, | conforming | to | the | RFQ/P, |
| will | be | most | advantageous | to | Pickens | County | considering | all | factors | analyzed. |
| 2. Pickens | County | reserves | the | right | to | reject | any | and/or | all | proposals | submitted | and | to |
| waive | any | technicalities, | informalities | minor | irregularities | in | submitted | proposals. |
| 3. A | written | award | mailed | (or | otherwise | furnished) | will | be | deemed | to | result | in | a | binding |
| contract | without | further | action | by | either | party. |
| 4. Any | awarded | contract | or | contracts | will | be | on | a | lump | sum | basis | or | individual | item | basis, |
| whichever | is | found | to | be | in | the | best | interest | of | Pickens | County. |
N. Proposal Results
| Interested | parties | may | request, | in | writing, | a | proposal | tabulation | after | the | RFQ/P | has | been |
| approved | by | Pickens | County. |
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III. Substantive Contractual Provisions
| The | contract | that | will | effectuate | the | Agreement | between | Pickens | County | and | the | successful |
| Proposing | Firm | will | contain | the | following | non-exclusive | list | of | substantive | provisions. |
A. At-Risk Nature of CM
| The | CM | will | be | “at | risk” | in | the | proposed | undertaking | and | will | be | responsible | for |
| completing | the | Project | at | the | GMP | and | by | the | Guaranteed | Delivery | Date | (“GDD”), | both | |
| provided | by | the | successful | Proposing | Firm | at | the | appropriate | times. |
B. Project Costs Less Than the GMP
Should the :inal cost of the Project be less than the GMP, all savings will revert to Pickens County.
C. Bonds
The CM will be required to provide the following bonds:
1. Payment and Performance Bonds
| a. Pickens | County | will | require | the | selected | CM | to | furnish | a | Payment | Bond | and | a |
| Performance | Bond, | each | in | an | amount | not | less | than | (100%) | one | hundred | ||
| percent | of | the | total | proposal | amount | awarded | prior | to | being | issued | a | "notice | |
| to | proceed" | once | a | GMP | has | been | determined | under | a | contract | issued | as | a |
| result | of | the | RFQ/P. |
| b. The | bonds | must | be | submitted | within | (15) | :ifteen | calendar | days | after | being |
| furnished | with | a | "notice | of | award" | or | upon | determination | of | the | GMP. |
c. All bonds must be written on a surety company licensed to do business in Georgia.
| d. Failure | to | supply | bonds | will | force | your | proposal | to | be | declared | “non- |
| responsive” | and | not | be | considered | for | award. |
2. Bid Bond
Bid Bonds will not be required for the Project.
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D. Open-Book Project
| The | Project | will | be | open-book | and | all | savings, | including | unused | contingency, | will | be |
| returned | to | Pickens | County. |
E. GMP Package
| In | conjunction | with | Subsection | A, | the | CM | will | submit | a | GMP | package | to | Pickens | County |
| for | review | and | approval | for | the | two | components | of | the | Project, | which | package | must | be |
| based | upon | feedback | from | the | process | of | interacting | with | individual | trade | contactors | |||
| solicited | by | the | CM | comprised | of: |
1. Arranging proposal packages
| 2. Developing | requirements | to | ensure | time | management, | cost | management | and |
| quality | control | during | construction |
| 3. Providing | an | estimated | provisional | construction | schedule | for | issuance | with | the |
| proposal | package |
4. Advertising and distributing proposal documents
5. Generating proposer interest
6. Identifying quali:ied proposers
7. Scheduling and conducting pre-proposal conferences
8. Reviewing and analyzing proposals and recommending contract awards
9. Finalizing and awarding contracts
F. Project Schedule
The CM will also develop an overall Project schedule, which will also be a contractual obligation.
G. Commencement of Work
| 1. Work | will | commence | on | the | Preconstruction | Phase | within | ten | (10) | calendar | days | ||
| after | the | issuance | by | Pickens | County | of | a | “Notice | to | Proceed” | on | the | Project |
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| 2. Commencement | must | be | done | in | a | routine, | orderly | manner | until | completion | and |
| acceptance | by | Pickens | County. |
H. Value Engineering, Maintainability and Constructability
| During | the | Preconstruction | Phase | of | the | Project, | the | CM | will | be | responsible | for | pricing, |
| value | engineering, | and | maintainability | and | constructability | issues. |
I. Individual Trade Contracts
1. Individual trade contracts will be between the CM and independent trade contractors.
| 2. The | CM | must | competitively | select | all | construction | subcontracts | and | other | work |
| appropriate | for | competitive | selection | using | cost | and | other | factors. |
J. Retention of Pay Applications
| Pickens | County | will | require | ten | percent | (10%) | retainage | until | :ifty | (50%) | completion, | |
| then | :ive | percent | (5%) | retainage | throughout | the | remainder | of | the | Project | and | will |
| release | retainage | at | the | point | of | :inal | completion | and | :inal | acceptance | by | Pickens |
County.
K. Termination of Project
| Pickens | County | will | have | the | authority | to | suspend | or | terminate | performance | of | the |
| Project | in | whole | or | in | part. |
L. Project Planning
| The | CM | will | work | with | Pickens | County | and | the | Project | Architect | to | plan | the | Project | with |
| planning | tasks | including: |
| 1. Reviewing | design | concepts, | ideas, | and | suggestions | offered | by | Pickens | County |
| and | the | Project | Architect | with | regard | to | feasibility | and | constructability. |
2. Evaluating design with respect to constructability issues.
3. Evaluating value engineering opportunities.
4. Providing the following estimates for the two components of the Project:
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a. Design development
b. Fifty percent (50%) construction documents
c. One hundred percent (100%) construction documents (GMP)
M. Commencement of Construction
| Construction | will | commence | with | the | release | of | distinct | work | packages | based | on | the |
| design | documents. |
N. Construction Phase Obligations of the CM
The CM’s assigned obligations regarding the Construction Phase of the Project will be as follows:
1. Submit a GMP package to Pickens County for review and approval.
| 2. The | GMP | package | will | be | based | upon | proposal | feedback | from | trade | contractors |
| requested | by | the | CM. |
3. Maintain a system for review and approval of shop drawings.
| 4. Maintain | records | and | submit | routine | reports | to | the | Project | Architect | and |
| Pickens | County. |
5. Maintain quality control and ensure conformity to contract documents.
| 6. Provide | cost | control | through | progress | payment | review | and | veri:ication |
| according | to | the | approved | schedule | and | contract | amounts. |
| 7. Coordination | of | post | completion | activities, | including | the | assembly | of | guarantees, |
| manuals, | as-built | drawings, | and | Pickens | County’s | :inal | acceptance. |
8. Implement and coordinate the one (1) year warranty and one (1) year warranty inspection.
| 9. The | CM | will | be | responsible | for | all | required | permits | or | license | required | by |
| Federal, | Georgia | and | local | regulatory | agencies. |
| 10. A | Pickens | County | and | Project | Architect | Walk-Through | (Punch | List) | must | take |
| place | prior | to | substation | completion | acceptance. |
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O. Payment
| 1. Payments | will | be | made | upon | all | items | completed | each | month | or | completion | of | all |
| work | and | acceptance | by | Pickens | County | on | invoices | submitted | and | approved | by | an | |
| appropriate | Pickens | County | representative. | - | All | invoices | must | have | a | Purchase | |||
| Order | (PO) | number. |
| 2. Payment | terms | and | provisions | herein | or | otherwise | found | within | the | contract | ||
| documents | supersede | all | provisions | of | the | Georgia | Prompt | Pay | Act | (HB | 837; | 13 |
| OCGA | Chapter | 11 | et | seq.). |
| 3. Prompt | payment | discounts | offered | for | a | period | of | less | than | :ifteen | (15) | days | will | not |
| be | considered | in | determining | the | lowest | proposed | fee | and | costs. |
| 4. However, | such | discounts, | when | offered, | will | be | taken | provided | payment | is | made |
| within | the | time | speci:ied. |
| 5. Time, | in | connection | with | discounts | for | prompt | payments, | will | be | computed | from | the | ||
| date | of | acceptance | of | work | for | which | payment | is | claimed, | or | the | date | the | correct |
| invoice | is | received | by | Pickens | County, | whichever | is | later. |
| 6. All | inquiries | regarding | payment | of | invoices | are | to | be | directed | to | Accounts | Payable | at |
| accountspayable@pickenscountyga.gov, | or | mailed | to | the | following | address: |
| Pickens | County | Board | of | Commissioners |
| Financial | Services | Department |
| Attn: | Accounts | Payable | 1266 | East | Church | Street, | Suite | 162 |
| Jasper, | GA | 30143 |
P. CertiNicate of Insurance
The CM must procure the insurance speci:ied below during the life of the contract.
| 1. Workers’ | Compensation | Insurance | for | all | employees | who | are | engaged | in | the |
| work | under | the | contract. |
| 2. Public | Liability | and | Motor | Vehicle | Liability | Insurance | as | necessary | to | protect | it | ||
| while | performing | work | covered | by | this | contract | from | claims | for | damages | which | ||
| may | arise | from | operations | by | its | employees | or | by | any | other | party | directly | or |
| indirectly | contracted | by | it. |
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| a. Public | Liability | Insurance | in | an | amount | not | less | than | $1,000,000 | on | account |
| of | one | occurrence. |
| b. Motor | Vehicle | Liability | Insurance | on | all | motor | vehicles | owned, | leased | or | ||
| otherwise | used | by | the | CM | in | an | amount | not | less | than | $500,000 | (combined |
| single | limit) | for | bodily | injury | including | death | and | property | damage |
combined.
c. Professional Liability Insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000.
3. Involved insurance companies must be licensed to do business in the state of Georgia.
| 4. Any | professional | certi:icate | of | insurance | covering | the | work | required | above | as | ||
| evidence | that | the | insurance | required | will | be | maintained | in | force | for | the | entire |
| duration | of | the | work | performed | under | this | Agreement. |
| 5. The | cancellation | of | any | policy | of | insurance | required | by | this | Agreement | must | ||
| meet | the | requirements | of | notice | under | the | laws | of | the | State | of | Georgia | as |
| presently | set | forth | in | O.C.G.A. | § | 33-24-44. |
| a. Each | policy | of | insurance | required | under | this | Agreement | must | provide | for | |||
| notice | requirements | under | the | laws | of | the | State | of | Georgia | as | set | forth | in |
| O.C.G.A. | § | 33-24-44 | and | by | endorsement | must | provide | that | Pickens | County | |||
| will | receive | a | copy | of | said | notice | of | cancellation. |
| b. A | certi:icate | of | insurance | with | a | cancellation | provision | which | provides | for | ||
| less | notice | than | that | required | by | O.C.G.A. | § | 33-24-44, | or | which | provides | that |
| failure | to | give | the | written | notice | will | not | Impose | any | responsibility | upon | the |
| insurer, | will | be | considered | as | an | endorsement | of | the | referred | to | in | the |
| certi:icate | and | will | constitute | a | basis | for | insurance | rejection | of | the | insurance | |
| by | Pickens | County. |
| c. In | addition | to | its | agreement | to | obtain | and | maintain | the | insurance | as | set | forth | |
| herein | above, | the | CM | agrees | to | indemnify | and | hold | harmless | Pickens | County, | |||
| its | of:icials, | agents | and | employees | from | any | and | all | claims | against | Pickens | |||
| County, | its | of:icials, | agents, | and | employees, | which | arise | out | of | any | act | or | ||
| omission | of | the | CM | or | any | consultant | employed | by | the | CM | or | any | of | its |
| of:icers, | agents | or | employees, | and | any | and | all | claims | which | result | from | any |
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| condition | created | or | maintained | by | the | CM | or | any | consultant | retained | by | the |
| CM | or | any | of | their | of:icers, | employees | or | agents, | which | condition | which | a |
| result | of | work | performed | under | the | contract. |
| d. If | the | insurance | is | canceled, | the | CM | must | deliver | to | Pickens | County | new | |
| policies | of | insurance. | Should | the | CM | neglect | to | obtain | and | maintain | in | force | |
| such | insurance | and | deliver | such | policy | or | policies, | then | it | must | be | lawful | for |
| Pickens | County | to | obtain | and | maintain | such | insurance. |
| Q. Other | Substantive | Requirements | and | Conditions | ||||||
| The | contract | will | also | incorporate | other | substantive | requirements | and | conditions | as |
| stated | in | this | RFQ/P: |
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IV. General Contract Information
A. Contract Execution
| 1. Subsequent | to | the | award, | the | successful | Proposing | Firm | will | be | presented | with | a |
| contract | to | effectuate | the | Agreement | to | serve | as | CM. |
| 2. Pickens | County | will | utilize | AIA | Documents | A133-2019 | and | A201-2017, | as | modi:ied |
| by | Pickens | County, | as | the | proposed | for | the | Project. |
3. The contract is to be executed within ten (10) calendar days of “Notice of Award.”
4. The date of presentation will be deemed to be the postmark date.
5. The CM’s proposal and this RFQ/P will be incorporated into the contract.
B. The CM is an Independent Contractor
| Once | selected, | the | CM | will | constitute | an | independent | contractor | and | not | as | an | agent | of |
| Pickens | County | in | the | performance | of | its | duties | regarding | the | Project. |
| 1. Accordingly, | nothing | contained | in | this | RFQ/P | or | a | contract | resulting | therefrom | ||
| will | be | construed | to | constitute | the | CM | or | any | of | its | employees, | agents, |
| contractors | or | subcontractors | as | a | partner, | employee | or | agent | of | Pickens | County |
| 2. The | CM | must | :inance | its | own | operations | pursuant | to | performing | its | duties |
| regarding | the | Project. |
C. ConNlicting Provisions
| Should | any | provision | of | the | RFQ/P | con:lict | with | the | provision | of | the | contract, | the |
| provision | of | the | contract | will | prevail. |
D. Assignment of Contractual Rights
| The | CM | will | not | assign, | transfer, | convey, | or | otherwise | dispose | of | a | contract | that | results | |||
| from | this | RFQ/P | or | its | right, | title, | or | interest | in | or | to | the | same, | or | any | part | thereof, |
| without | the | written | consent | of | Pickens | County. |
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E. Non-Discrimination
| The | CM | and | any | associated | contractors | and | subcontractors | must | provide | services | in | a | |
| manner | that | does | not | discriminate | on | the | basis | of | sex, | race, | creed, | religion, | color, |
| national | origin, | age, | veteran | or | military | status, | sexual | orientation, | gender | expression | or | ||
| identity, | disability, | or | the | use | of | a | trained | service | animal. |
F. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
| 1. The | CM | and | any | associated | contractors | and | subcontractors | must | comply | with | |
| Pickens | County’s | ADA | notice | and | procedures, | which | are | available | upon | request | and |
| are | accessible | on | Pickens | County’s | website. |
| 2. Any | person | who | requires | accommodation | to | access | Pickens | County’s | services | or | ||
| programs | because | they | have | a | quali:ied | disability | may | contact | Pickens | County’s | ADA | |
| Coordinator | at | 706-253-8809 | forty | eight | (48) | hours | prior | to | the | scheduled | event | or |
| as | soon | as | possible | if | within | the | forty | eight | (48) | hour | period. |
G. Inclusion
| All | items | and/or | services | standard, | expected, | necessary, | and/or | routine | to | such | a | Project | ||||
| as | this | and | not | actually | stated | in | this | RFQ/P | will | be | the | responsibility | of | the | CM | to |
| provide | at | no | other | cost | to | Pickens | County | unless | so | stated | on | the | CM’s | proposal | as | |
| additional | cost | items | and | accepted | by | Pickens | County | at | the | time | of | the | award | and/or |
contract.
H. Change Orders
| 1. Any | work | performed | outside | of | the | contract | for | which | compensation | over | and | above |
| the | contract’s | terms | occurs; | must | be | conducted | pursuant | to | an | accompanying | ||
| change | order. |
2. Any and all change order requests made by the CM must be approved by Pickens County.
| 3. Should | work | performed | outside | of | the | contract | be | performed | before | change | order |
| approval, | the | work | may | be | rejected | or | denied | for | compensation. |
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I. Indemnity
| The | CM | agrees, | if | entering | into | a | contract | as | a | result | of | this | RFQ/P, | to | defend, | indemnify, |
| and | hold | harmless | Pickens | County | from | any | and | all | courses | of | action | or | claims | of | ||
| damages | arising | out | of | or | related | to | the | CM’s | performance | or | actions | or | those | of | its | |
| employees | or | agents, | under | the | contract. |
J. Termination
| Pursuant | to | O.C.G.A. | § | 36-60-13, | if | applicable, | any | contract | resulting | from | this | RFQ/P, | if | ||
| not | sooner | terminated | pursuant | to | the | provisions | of | termination | contained | herein, | is | ||||
| terminable | by | the | BOC | on | December | 31 | of | each | calendar | year | during | the | term | of | the |
| contract, | except | that | the | contract | will | be | renewed | automatically | on | such | date, | and | |||
| without | any | lapse, | unless | positive | action | is | taken | to | terminate | said | contract | by | the | BOC | |
| in | a | public | meeting | and | such | action | entered | in | the | of:icial | minutes | of | the | BOC. |
K. Cancellation for Cause
| 1. Should | either | party | fail | to | comply | with | the | terms | and | conditions | of | this | contract, | the |
| aggrieved | party | must | give, | in | writing, | to | the | other | party | any | complaint | for | non- | |
| compliance | of | the | terms | and | conditions | of | this | contract. |
2. The other party will have :ifteen (15) calendar days to correct the matter.
| 3. If | corrected | to | the | satisfaction | of | both | parties | within | the | :ifteen | (15) | calendar | days |
| and | stated | in | writing, | then | the | contract | will | continue | uninterrupted. |
| 4. Failure | to | correct | the | matter | will | result | in | termination | of | this | contract | at | the | end | of |
| thirty | (30) | calendar | days | following | the | date | of | the | initial | letter | of | complaint. |
L. Appropriation of Funds
| The | initial | contract | and | any | continuation | contracts | will | terminate | immediately | and | ||
| absolutely | at | any | such | time | as | there | are | not | appropriated | and | otherwise | unobligated |
| funds | available | to | satisfy | Pickens | County’s | obligations | under | the | contracts. |
M. Governing Law Clause
| The | Agreement | will | be | governed | by | and | construed | in | accordance | with | the | substantive |
| laws | of | the | State | of | Georgia. |
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N. Venue
| The | Superior | Court | of | Pickens | County | Georgia | will | have | authority | over | any | legal | matters |
| arising | from | this | Agreement |
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Af$idavit and Exhibits
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S.A.V.E. Program Af.idavit
| Systematic | Alien | Veri0ication | for | Entitlements | (SAVE) | Program | Of0ice | of | U.S. | Citizenship |
| and | Immigration | Service | (USCIS) |
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Background
| Pursuant | to | the | “Georgia | Security | and | Immigration | Compliance | Act,” | Pickens | County | cannot | |||||
| contract | for | the | physical | performance | of | services | unless | the | contractor | registers | and | participates | in | |||
| the | federal | work | authorization | program | to | verify | information | of | all | new | employees. | Neither | may | |||
| any | contractor | or | subcontractor | enter | a | contract | with | Pickens | County | in | connection | with | the | |||
| physical | performance | of | services | unless | the | contractor | or | subcontractor | registers | and | participates | |||||
| in | the | federal | work | authorization | program | to | verify | information | of | all | new | employees. | O.C.G.A. | § | 13- | |
| 10-91. | Each | contractor | is | urged | to | :ill | out | the | af:idavit | below | stating | they | comply | with | this | Georgia |
| Compliance | Act | before | Pickens | County | can | legally | accept | the | bids | from | each | contractor/vendor. |
| To | register | for | the | E-Verify | Program | visit | www.uscis.gov | .Your | bid | will | not | be | accepted | without | this | E- |
| Verify | Number. |
Procedure
| Af:irmative | language | will | be | set | forth | in | contracts | for | the | performance | of | services | regarding | the | |||
| above | requirement. | Pickens | County | will | require | an | af:idavit | from | a | contractor | showing | its | |||||
| compliance | with | the | requirements | of | O.C.G.A. | § | 13-10-91 | at | the | time | a | contract | for | the | performance | ||
| of | physical | services | is | executed. | The | contract | will | include | language | referencing | this | obligation | and | ||||
| providing | that | failure | to | supply | an | af:idavit | evidencing | such | compliance | (or | to | continue | to | meet | the | ||
| statutory | obligation | during | the | life | of | the | contract) | will | constitute | a | material | breach | of | the | contract. | ||
| Upon | notice | of | such | breach, | the | contractor | will | be | entitled | to | cure | the | breach | within | ten | (10) | days |
| and | provide | evidence | of | such | cure. | Should | the | breach | not | be | cured, | Pickens | County | should | be | ||
| entitled | to | all | available | remedies, | including | termination | of | the | contract | and | damages. |
See afHidavit on following page
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| S.A.V.E | Program | Af.idavit | |||||||||
| Systematic | Alien | Veri@ication | for | Entitlements | (SAVE) | Program | Of@ice | of | U.S. | Citizenship | and |
Immigration Service (USCIS)
| By | executing | this | af:idavit, | the | undersigned | contractor | veri:ies | its | compliance | with | O.C.G.A. | § | 13-10- | |||
| 91, | stating | af:irmatively | that | the | individual, | :irm | or | corporation | which | is | contracting | with | Pickens | |||
| County, | Georgia, | has | registered | and | is | participating | in | a | federal | work | authorization | program* | (an | |||
| electronic | veri:ication | of | work | authorization | program | operated | by | the | U.S. | Department | of | Homeland | ||||
| Security | or | any | equivalent | federal | work | authorization | program | operated | by | the | U.S. | Department | of | |||
| Homeland | Security | to | verify | information | of | newly | hired | employees, | pursuant | to | the | Immigration | ||||
| Reform | And | Control | Act | of | 1986 | (IRCA), | in | accordance | with | the | deadlines | established | in | the | ||
| referenced | statute. | |||||||||||||||
| *The | applicable | federal | work | authorization | program | as | of | the | effective | date | of | the | statute | is | the | E- |
| Verify | Program | of | the | Systematic | Alien | Veri@ication | for | Entitlements | (SAVE) | Program | Of@ice | of | U.S. | |||
| Citizenship | and | Immigration | Service | (USCIS). | To | register | for | the | E-Verify | Program | visit | www.uscis.gov | ||||
| .your | bid | will | not | be | accepted | without | this | E-Verify | Number. |
Company Name
Street Address
By: Authorized Of:icer or Agent Date [Contractor Name]
Printed Name Contractor’s/Vendor’s E-Verify #
Subscribed and sworn before me on this the ___ day of _______________________, 20
Notary Public
My commission expires ____________________________
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EXHIBIT A
Indemnity
| To | the | fullest | extent | permitted | by | law, | the | Contractor | shall | indemnify | and | hold | harmless | the | Pickens | |||
| County, | GA | from | and | against | liability, | claims, | damages, | losses | and | expenses, | including | attorneys' | ||||||
| fees, | arising | out | of | or | resulting | from | performance | of | the | work, | provided | that | such | liability, | claims, | |||
| damage, | loss | or | expense | is | attributable | to | bodily | injury, | sickness, | disease | or | death, | or | to | injury | to | or | |
| destruction | of | tangible | property | (other | than | the | work | itself) | including | loss | of | use | resulting | |||||
| therefrom, | but | only | to | the | extent | caused | in | whole | or | in | part | by | negligent | acts | or | omissions | of | the |
| Contractor, | a | Subcontractor, | anyone | directly | or | indirectly | employed | by | them | or | anyone | for | whose | |||||
| acts | they | may | be | liable. | In | claims | against | any | person | or | entity | indemni:ied | under | this | Paragraph | by | ||
| an | employee | of | the | Contractor, | a | Subcontractor, | any | one | directly | or | indirectly | employed | by | them | or | |||
| anyone | for | whose | acts | they | may | be | liable, | the | indemni:ication | obligation | under | this | Paragraph | shall | ||||
| not | be | limited | by | a | limitation | on | amount | or | type | of | damages, | compensation | or | bene:its | payable | by | ||
| or | for | the | Contractor | or | a | Subcontractor | under | workers' | compensation | acts, | disability | bene:it | acts | |||||
| or | other | employee | bene:it | acts. | Insurance | Requirements: | Prior | to | commencing | work, | the | Firm, | at | its | ||||
| own | expense, | shall | furnish | insurance | certi:icate | showing | the | certi:icate | holder | as | Pickens | County, | ||||||
| GA. | At | a | minimum: | Commercial | General | Liability | and | Automobile | Liability: | combined | single | limit | at | |||||
| least | $1,000,000 | per | occurrence; | Umbrella | liability | in | the | amount | of | at | least | $1,000,000 | that | follows | ||||
| the | coverage | forms | for | underlying | liability | policies | or | is | broader; | Worker’s | Compensation | policy | ||||||
| providing | statutory | limits; | Architects | and | Engineers | Professional | Liability | – | errors | and | omissions | |||||||
| policy | in | the | amount | of | at | least | $1,000,000 | per | occurrence. | Coverage | shall | provide | for | professional | ||||
| errors | and/or | omissions | in | the | preparation | of | designs | and/or | speci:ications | and | include | the | ||||||
| rendering | of | supervisory, | inspection, | or | engineering | services. | Title | VI: | In | accordance | with | Title | VI | of | ||||
| the | Civil | Rights | Act, | as | amended, | 42 | U.S.C. | § | 2000d, | section | 303 | of | the | Age | Discrimination | Act | of | |
| 1975, | as | amended, | 42 | U.S.C. | § | 6102, | section | 202 | of | the | Americans | with | Disabilities | Act | of | 1990, | 42 | |
| U.S.C. | § | 12132, | and | all | other | provisions | of | Federal | law, | the | CM | agrees | that, | during | performance | of | ||
| this | Agreement, | the | Firm, | for | themselves, | their | assignees | and | successors | in | interest, | will | not | |||||
| discriminate | against | any | employee | or | applicant | for | employment, | any | subcontractor, | or | any | supplier | ||||||
| because | of | race, | color, | creed, | national | origin, | gender, | age | or | disability. | In | addition, | the | CM | agrees | to | ||
| comply | with | all | applicable | implementing | regulations | and | shall | include | the | provisions | of | this | Section | |||||
| in | every | subcontract | for | services | contemplated | under | this | Agreement. |
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EXHIBIT B
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER GENERAL CONDITIONS AND PRICE PROPOSAL
PICKENS COUNTY TAX COMMISSIONER
Pickens County Tax Commissioner Building Construction Project
(Preconstruction Phase Only)
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