1. The design team shall provide architectural and engineering services needed to complete the new facility building and site design from schematic design, through construction administration services, and project closeout. 2. The design is to conform to current national best practices and Attachment G Dakota County Design and Construction Sustainability Standards. 3. The design team will be responsible for ensuring that applicable Federal, State, and local codes and regulations related to the design are met. 4. All communication with the County will go through the County’s Project Manager, unless approved otherwise in writing by the Project Manager. 5. The County will identify a Core Team (CT), responsible for decision making and overall project direction from inception to beneficial use. 6. The design team will meet with County staff as often as needed to complete the project. The County understands that virtual meetings (via Teams, Zoom, etc.) can be efficient and sometimes required. However, in-person meetings should account for at least one third of all planned meetings. These meetings will likely be held at the Administration Center in Hastings. A kickoff meeting and at least three review meetings (one near the end of each design phase) will be held in person with the Core Team and design team members. 7. The Design Team shall provide a draft meeting agenda for each Core Team Meeting to County PM for approval three days prior to meeting. All presentation materials shown at meetings must be pre-viewed by County PM along with the agenda. Provide meeting minutes for all design meetings within five (5) days of the meeting. 8. At the end of Schematic Design, the design team shall prepare and provide documents to the County for presentation to the County Board as they seek schematic design approval. Presentation documents may include program summaries, plan drawings, renderings, videos or other instruments to be used to summarize the project scope and design direction. The design team shall also prepare a construction cost estimate for the project at this stage as well as provide review and comment on an independent cost estimate, if one is prepared by the Owner for the project. 9. Interior Design Services for this project will be limited to the selection of interior finishes as outlined in the High-Performance Building Standards as well as code required signage. The County will procure all FF&E items through state contracts or separate quote processes. The Proposer will not be involved in those procurements directly but may be asked for input into non-county standard selections made by the Design Team. 10. The County will provide the general specification for the interior signage font, color, size and wording. The design team will be responsible for identifying sign locations, code required signs, for representing signage on the construction drawings and including interior signage in the technical specifications.
