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Library Architect RFP and “Bible” (part 2)



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:

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Library Architect Selection Documents (part 1)

Thanks to a

very organized open records response from the South Georgia Regional Library,
we have available agendas and minutes of the SGRL Board and other materials
related to the selection of an architect for the new library at Five Points.
Here is a first batch of those materials,
which sheds a little light on the library architect selection process.


SGRL Minutes 2012-07-17
According to the

SGRL Board minutes of 17 July 2012
as

approved at the SGRL Board meeting of 18 September 2012,

SOUTH GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

BOARD MINUTES

July 17, 2012

…

V. Architectural (Building and Grounds Committee)

The Firm of Clemons, Rutherford and Associates (CRA)
was approved as the architectural firm for construction
of the Five Points Library.

Moved: Ray Devery Second: Wyn Miller
Ayes: All Nays: None

No further detail is provided in those minutes.


Library Scoring Worksheet
A

Library Scoring Worksheet
for the design and construction of the “Lowndes County Library”
was included in the materials received in response to the open records request
(it’s the extra item in the left edge of the picture in

the previous post).
It lists 30 topics with a potential score of 3 points each for
a total of 90 points,
grouped in categories of
“Responsiveness/Quality of Presentation/Capabilty”,
“Experience, Design Concept and Creativity”,
and
“Personal Overall Impression of the architectural team”.
However, no marked-up worksheets with scores for any architecture firm
were included.

The complete agenda packets for the SGRL board meetings of

18 September 2012
and

17 July 2012
are available

on the LAKE website where
more will be added later.

Next: the RFP.

-jsq