Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on awarding RFP #24RFP48 Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for Williamson County Expo Center - West Arena, Pavilion, Parking Lot Expansion to Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC and authorize the execution of the agreement. Funding Source is P635.

Williamson County sent out over twelve thousand (12,000) notifications with one hundred and two (102) document takers and with eight (8) firms submitting a response. The Construction Manager at Risk, (CMAR)'s services are for the Williamson County Expo Center - West Arena, Pavilion, Parking Lot Expansion located at 5350 Bill Pickett Trl, Taylor, TX 76574. The firms were evaluated, shortlisted, and interviewed. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC, was the highest rated and was recommended, after negotiations, to move forward with the project and establish a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. is the architect of record for the project. The County shall pay $16,500.00 to Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC for Pre-construction Services. The funding source is P635. Department point of contact is Trenton Jacobs.