DURHAM COUNTYLEGAL NOTICE Smoke & Fire Damper Testing at Durham County Facilities RFP No. 26-005 The County of Durham will receive sealed proposals for qualified Contractor(s) to establish a contract to provide Testing and Inspection of Smoke and Fire Dampers at Various County Facilities, on September 16, 2025, at 2:00 P.M Eastern Time, in the Durham County Purchasing Division of Finance, 201 East Main Street, 7th Floor, Room 703, Durham, North Carolina 27701. No proposals will be accepted after the official time and date. SITE VISITS: August 20, and 21, 2025. Site visits are scheduled for two days. Once the site visits conclude, no other site visits will be scheduled. The site visits will begin promptly at 8am and conclude at 4pm. First day site visits will begin at Fire Station #82 and proceed as follows: Admin I and Admin II, the Main Library, Homeless Shelter, Center for Senior Life, Cooperative Extension, the County Court House, finishing at EMS #6. Second day site visits will begin at the Animal Shelter and proceed as follows EMS #2, the Health and Human Services building, Justice Services Center, the Detention Center, Judicial Annex, the Youth Home, finishing at the Board of Elections. Parking will be limited at some facilities, please limit vehicles to one per company. If time permits, day two visits will be added to the day one visits. Although not required, it is recommended that the site visit be attended. Addresses for the facilities are listed below: Administration I: 200 East Main St. Durham, NC, street parking only. Administration II: 201 East Main St. Durham NC, street parking only. Cooperative Extension: 721 Foster St Durham NC, limited on-site parking. Animal Shelter 2117 East Club BLV NC, limited on-site parking. Board of Elections: 3825 South Roxboro St Durham NC, parking available on-site. County Courthouse: 510 South Dillard St Durham NC, limited on-site parking, street parking or Courthouse parking deck parking. County Detention Center: 219 South Mangum St Durham NC, limited secure parking, street parking, or Courthouse parking deck. EMS #2: 615 Old Fayetteville St Durham NC, street parking only. EMS #6: 226 Milton Rd Durham NC, parking in rear of facility. Health and Human Services: 414 East Main St Durham NC, limited street parking. The Homeless Shelter: 412 Liberty St Durham NC, limited street parking Justic Services Center: 326 East Main St Durham NC, limited on-site parking, limited street parking. Judicial Annex: 201 North Roxboro St Durham NC, Limited on-site and street parking available. Main Library: 300 North Roxboro St Durham NC, on-site parking available Center for Senior Life: 406 Rigsbee Ave Durham NC, on-site and street parking available. Fire Station #82: 1724 Miami Blvd Durham NC, limited on-site and street parking available. The Youth Home: 2432 Broad St Durham NC, limited on-site parking, no street parking. An electronic copy of this Request for Proposal (RFP) can be obtained from Durham County's eBid System located under Bid Opportunities at https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/finance/bid-opportunities. Proposers can download a copy of the solicitation and all addenda without registering in the system. However, in order to automatically receive email notifications of solicitations and addenda issued by the Purchasing Division, Proposers MUST register in the eBid system. The County reserves the right to accept or reject, in whole or in part, such proposals as appear in its judgment to be in the best interest of the County. IPL0259121 Aug 10 2025