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Contracts and procurement items in Orange County, between 13 Oct 2025 and 13 Oct 2026

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Contracts and procurement49
Tax rate and revaluation18
Budget and appropriations12
Intergovernmental agreements12
Public facilities8
Transit8
Bonds and debt6
Grants and outside funding5
Health and human services5
Housing and affordability5
Police and public safety5
Broadband and technology4
  1. Tue, Oct 6 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Buys three Ford Expeditions at $56,102 each, $168,306 in all, under state contract to replace worn-out Emergency Services vehicles.
  2. Tue, Sep 15 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Adopts the procurement and disbursement policy the state requires for the 2027-2029 repair program.
  3. Tue, Sep 15 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Hires Engineered Tower Solutions for $186,200 to design the first phase of the VIPER radio expansion, including a new Eno tower and moving the Chapel Hill site.
  4. Tue, Sep 15 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Buys 35 Motorola APX NEXT portable radios and accessories for $352,560 under a state contract.
  5. Mon, Sep 14 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Staff recommend merging the rural commercial, neighborhood and industrial nodes into one category decided by conditional zoning, and ask whether to open talks with the towns on the water and sewer boundary agreement and the Rural Buffer.
  6. Tue, Sep 1 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    An agreement with Media Two Interactive, LLC.
    Contract or award Contracts and procurement
  7. Tue, Sep 1 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A fiscal year 2026-27 contract with Elsewhere Idea & Design Shop, Inc.
  8. Tue, Sep 1 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A professional services contract with Timmons Group for special inspections during construction of the Crisis Diversion Facility, the building being named for Commissioner Bedford earlier in the same meeting.
  9. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A revised process for how the county disposes of land and buildings it owns. The only item on the regular agenda.
  10. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Buying four bus shelters.
  11. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Sale of a 1.24-acre county parcel in Hillsborough.
  12. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Animal control service contracts with Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough for the 2026-27 year.
  13. Thu, Jul 9 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Updating commissioners' assignments to boards and commissions for the rest of 2026, which the vacancy forced.
    Approved unanimously.
  14. Thu, Jul 9 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Fifteen consent items, including the first fiscal 2026-27 budget amendment, a state grant for a mobile integrated health program, financial policies for the transit tax working group, the Rigsbee subdivision preliminary plat, a reinstated interlocal agreement with Chapel Hill, and a Duke Energy grant for a flood detec…
    Approved unanimously.
  15. Tue, Jun 30 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    A consent agenda of settled appeals, with the four Prime Storage parcels pulled out of it.
    Prime Storage removed from consent so Analytical Consultants could appear and explain the county's valuation process.
  16. Tue, Jun 16 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Final design and guaranteed maximum price for the Crisis Diversion Facility, an amendment to the Gilbane construction manager-at-risk contract, and the budget amendment raising capital authority to match.
    Approved unanimously. The financing resolution for it, up to $27 million, followed on 9 July.
  17. Tue, Jun 16 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    An amendment to the county's 2022 public-private broadband contract, extending service to another 105 unserved households. The original roughly $10 million deal aimed at about 6,370 passings, was cut back to 5,852 homes in autumn 2025, and has paid Lumos $9.2 million with about $800,000 in ARPA money left. 5,859 locat…
    Approved unanimously.
  18. Tue, Jun 16 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Fourth-quarter transit work program amendments covering county administrative funding, a Chapel Hill Transit shift from operating to capital, and GoTriangle's Route 800 and TAP.
    Approved.
  19. Tue, Jun 2 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The 1979 agreement under which the county tax collector bills and collects for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. Updated in 2006 at 0.5 percent of what it collects, with a term not to exceed 99 years and no change possible without all three towns agreeing.
    The board voted unanimously to terminate the agreement before 30 June 2026 and renegotiate with each town separately. One commissioner said there should be no more 99-year agreements.
  20. Wed, May 20 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Draft global capital and operating agreements for 2027, proposed by the regional operator to stay consistent with this year's.
  21. Mon, May 18 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    A discussion with GAR Associates, an appraisal and assessment consulting firm.
  22. Tue, May 5 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Consultants engaged to evaluate the county's reappraisal and assessment process and recommend improvements, following community feedback and board concerns about deficiencies after the 2025 revaluation. The tax assessment work group that recommended the firm includes three commissioners and county officers alongside r…
  23. Tue, May 5 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A contract with GAR Associates to evaluate how Orange County conducts reappraisal and tax assessment. The firm met with the county's tax assessment work group on May 18, alongside the recruiter searching for a permanent tax administrator.
  24. Wed, Apr 29 Orange County · Orange County Broadband Task Force
    Thirty minutes from the provider's director on where the build stands.
  25. Mon, Apr 13 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    The work group's contract with GAR Associates for a full review of the assessment process remains under legal review, with approval expected April 21 or May 5.
  26. Tue, Apr 7 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The board approved most of a 17-item consent agenda in one vote, including tax releases, proclamations, a server-licensing contract, solar-project funding and a shelter-contract renewal. It pulled a $1.7 million loan for an Orange Grove Fire District fire station after a resident raised transparency concerns, and vote…
  27. Wed, Mar 25 Orange County · Historic Preservation Commission
    Starting the process of an interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough to designate Montrose a landmark, needed because the property lies within the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The process was still running in June and August.
  28. Thu, Mar 19 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    Members praised GAR Associates for a clearer technical approach, stronger command of North Carolina tax law and a more polished presentation than Landin and Associates. Landin's pitch included a public dashboard and an equity focus, but members called it less detailed and less aligned with the county's needs.
  29. Thu, Mar 19 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    The group recommended GAR Associates to the Board of Commissioners, citing staff scores of 88.14 to 82.25 for Landin and work group scores of 87.8 to 70.5. The Board of Commissioners approved a contract with GAR Associates on May 5.
  30. Tue, Mar 17 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Soliciting offers on county-owned property at 6823 Millhouse Road.
    Discussion item Contracts and procurement
  31. Thu, Mar 5 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The consent agenda approved a $97,075 geotechnical contract for the Lake Orange intake tower and a reallocation of proceeds from the county's 2019 bonds. It also released tax value on four vehicle bills and nine property tax bills for eight owners.
  32. Mon, Mar 2 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    Clinton Swaringen, tax administrator for Stanly County, described why his county moved all revaluation work in house in 2005 after contracted revaluations from 1993 to 2001 were judged unsuccessful. He said face-to-face appeals with familiar staff build trust and reduce conflict, and that early outreach to commercial…
  33. Mon, Mar 2 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    The group set its next meeting, March 9, to review a request for proposals.
  34. Tue, Feb 3 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Commissioners approved the interlocal agreement governing school construction with both school districts. They adopted three changes the districts had requested: appropriation language, milestone-based design payments, and a recommendation instead of a required construction manager at risk. The board also created a Sc…
  35. Tue, Feb 3 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Commissioners authorized talks toward separate tax-collection agreements with Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, replacing the towns' shared 1979 agreement. Staff say the county's 0.5% collection fee no longer covers its costs. The board also authorized similar talks with Durham and Mebane, whose agreements expir…
  36. Wed, Jan 28 Orange County · Historic Preservation Commission
    Montrose, the Governor Graham house with its grounds and outbuildings, is being proposed as a local historic landmark. The property sits inside Hillsborough's extraterritorial jurisdiction, so designation would need an interlocal agreement with the town. The commission agreed to schedule a site visit, tentatively in A…
  37. Wed, Jan 21 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Chapel Hill's bus rapid transit federal risk review is nearing completion with a grant submission expected in February. Carrboro reported the Morgan Creek Greenway progressing. Triangle West is releasing a staffing study request for qualifications, contingent on funding. Hillsborough, GoTriangle, the tax district and…
  38. Tue, Jan 20 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Thirteen items approved together: five sets of minutes; motor vehicle and property tax releases for eighteen taxpayers; sixteen late exemption applications; a March 25 tax lien advertisement date; the 2026 listing period extended to February 13; budget amendment #6; ordinance execution for the impervious surface, wate…
    Approved unanimously
  39. Tue, Jan 13 Orange County · Economic Development Advisory Board
    Changes to the small business grant guidelines. The board decided software is an eligible use of funds under inventory and supplies but training, licensure and certificates are not. It discussed requiring applicants to strive to pay a living wage and allowing one larger award per fiscal year. All applicants must now h…
  40. Mon, Jan 12 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    The request for proposals went out in early January and a pre-submittal conference drew four vendors. Proposals were due January 23, with review possibly requiring an extra meeting in March.
  41. Dec 18, 2025 Orange County · Housing Authority Board
    An amendment to the authority's HUD five-year plan stating that project-based voucher projects will be selected non-competitively.
    Approved unanimously
  42. Dec 10, 2025 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    A subcommittee to standardize reimbursement documentation and processes across the participating organizations, after unclear requirements caused delays. Members debated whether a committee was needed or an appendix listing required documents would do. Orange County will chair it.
    Charter approved 11-0, amended 11-0 to let financial staff attend
  43. Dec 10, 2025 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Chapel Hill Transit has a high-capacity transit corridor study under way with a pilot project being identified. Carrboro has advertised Morgan Creek Greenway Phase 1 for bid. Triangle West will issue a staffing study request for qualifications, concluding procurement by January, and has asked NCDOT about increasing no…
  44. Dec 9, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A performance-based incentive of up to $100,433 for CITEL America, a French manufacturer of electrical surge protection devices founded in Paris in 1937 and operating in the United States since 1985. The company is relocating its US office and manufacturing from Florida, citing more frequent extreme weather and the re…
    Approved unanimously
  45. Dec 5, 2025 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    The draft RFP for a consultant to review the reappraisal, covering purpose, schedule, criteria and scope. Members asked why known problems are not named in the document and pressed for a brief that fixes issues rather than only verifying earlier findings; the manager said the consultant will build on the previous cons…
  46. Dec 1, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Eight items: motor vehicle and property tax releases for thirty-nine taxpayers across forty-seven bills; twelve untimely exemption applications; denial of one refund request; a five-year renewal of the Fairview Park interlocal agreement with Hillsborough; a resolution letting Alamance County take ownership of a parcel…
    Approved unanimously
  47. Nov 20, 2025 Orange County · Housing Authority Board
    The request for proposals has been announced, a project-based voucher webpage is live and applications are being accepted.
  48. Nov 18, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Fifteen items including the October 21 minutes, board and commission appointments, the Abolition Day proclamation, budget amendment #4, a Governor's Highway Safety Program grant for the sheriff's office, White Cross fire truck financing, booth replacement and equipment for solid waste and recycling, vehicles for sever…
    Approved unanimously
  49. Oct 21, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Draft agreement establishing a joint county-schools "Core Team" to oversee major school construction and renovation projects, including a proposed $250,000 project threshold and quarterly public reporting.
    No vote; board gave feedback and sent staff back to revise the draft, including possibly removing the dollar threshold

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