Here is the Request for Proposals and the

“Bible” of related documents
that served as background for the architect selection process
for the new library at Five Points.
These were received on a CD as part of
the library architect selection documents in

the very organized open records response from the South Georgia Regional Library;
see

the previous post
for related agendas and minutes.

Included in

the RFP


(which was issued by the County, not by the Library Board),
is a list of fourteen numbered submittal instructions
that looks like it might have been the basis for the list of
90 items on the

Library Scoring Worksheet.

The RFP also includes this interesting section:

RESERVATIONS

Lowndes County Board of Commissioners reserves the following rights:

Rejection of any and all submittals

Negotiate changes in the Scope of Work

Negotiate services to be provided

Negotiate fee proposal

Waive any and all technicalities

That last line basically seems like it could be interpreted to mean
they could select whatever appealed to them no matter what the fit
(or not) with what was asked for in the RFP.

The “Bible” includes a cover sheet that says:

LOWNDES COUNTY LIBRARY

BUILDING PROGRAM

FOR THE SOUTH GEORGIA

REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM

APRIL 30, 2012

Prepared by:

Kathryn Ames

Greg Heid

It also includes documents entitled
Summary and Intro,
Community Analysis,
Institutional Analysis,
Design Requirements,
an Appendix on shelving,
and some bubble diagrams.

All these materials are available

on the LAKE website where
more will be added later.

Next: the submissions from the four final architects.

-jsq