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inspector. Currently, the SHIP Program handles roughly 10 major rehabilitation projects per .li,. year. For major rehabilitation projects, a housing inspector is needed to inspect the house, determine the rehabilitation work activities needed to bring the house up to current code, produce a work write-up, and perform follow-up duties to oversee work performed by the rehabilitation contractor. Prior to 2012, the county used Building Division inspectors to perform_ rehabilitation project inspection services. For some time, Building Division inspectors performed rehabilitation inspections, with the housing programs reimbursing the Building Division for the inspectors' time. Later, when building activity declined and the County's housing rehabilitation activity increased, one of the Building Division inspectors wasassignedto rehabilitation inspection Later, however, the situation changed. With the reduction of SHIP funding, it was no longer feasible to have a full time staff rehabilitation inspector. At the same time, staff changes in the Building Division made it necessary for the full time rehabilitation inspector to resume normal Building Division duties. For those reasons, the County, in 2012, issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit the services of several building inspection firms to perform inspection services for SHIP. From that group of qualified inspectors, staff requests inspection -services price quotes for each major rehabilitation project. The inspection firm with the lowest quote is then chosen to perform the housing inspection services for the In response to the 2012 RFQ, the county received four qualification packages. Those qualification packages were received from the following inspection firms: - ALMM, LLC - My Licensed Roofer, LLC (McAlhany Construction) - Schulke, Bittle and Stoddard, LLC - Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. Consistent with county procurement requirements, a county assigned selection committee reviewed and evaluated all of the submittals and found that all four firms were qualified to perform rehabilitation inspection work. On March 13, 2012, the Board: • Approved the selection committee's list of pre -qualified building inspectors for housing program inspection services. • Authorized the chairman to sign the agreements with building inspectors. + Authorized the Community Development Director or his designee to solicit bids for each inspection job, execute work orders, and manage the process. In 2012, all four above referenced firms signed housing inspection service agreements with the County. At first, two of the four pre -qualified firms submitted bids on major rehabilitation house inspection jobs (ALMM, LLC, and My Licensed Roofer, LLC). In the last ten months, however, only ALMM, LLC, has submitted bids. Although ALMM, LLC adequately A'A SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Wednesday, December 14,2016 - 11:53:36 - BCC:1826 Attachment Id 1, Page 60