SCO-25-29547-01A.pdf

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Watauga County, North Carolina

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This is a Notice to Bidders issued by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Division 13, for construction of a new maintenance office building in Yancey County. The project involves construction of a 2,520 square foot wood frame office building at 30 Bakers Creek Road, Burnsville, NC 28714 (SCO ID# 25-29547-01A), including site work, slab, finished shell, flooring, ceiling systems, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical construction. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., and attendance is required for bid submission eligibility. Sealed lump-sum bids will be received at the Division 13 office, 55 Orange Street, Asheville, NC 28801, until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, after which bids will be publicly opened and read. The project is for a single prime contract, with interior walls to be completed under a separate prime contract by Alfred Williams Contractors using a DIRTT demountable wall system. Questions must be submitted in writing as Requests for Information to the project architect, Ginger Summer at W.S. Architects PA (ginger@wsarchitectspa.com), with answers provided via addenda to all bidders.

Bidders must hold a North Carolina general contractor license classified as Building Contractor—Unlimited or Intermediate. A bid deposit of five percent of the proposal amount is required, either as a certified check or bid bond from a North Carolina-licensed surety company. Performance and payment bonds equaling 100 percent of the contract price will be required. Payment will be made based on 95 percent of monthly estimates with final payment upon completion and acceptance of work. No bid may be withdrawn within 30 days following the scheduled closing time for bid receipt. Complete plans, specifications, and contract documents will be provided by email only upon request to the architect. The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities. The project is administered by W.S. Architects, PA, with Ginger Summer serving as the Architect of Record, and The State of North Carolina through the North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 13 serving as the owner.

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SCO-Notice To Bidders 2026 – (Updated Jul. 2026)

N O T I C E TO B I D D E R S

Sealed proposals will be received by the Division 13 – North Carolina Department of Transportation in Asheville, NC, in the office of Brendan Merithew, PE, Division 13 Division Office, 55 Orange Street, Asheville, NC, 28801, up to 11:00 am TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10th, 2026, and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read in the Division conference room (with a TEAMS option for contractors whose bids have been submitted prior) for the furnishing of labor, material and equipment entering into the construction of:

Yancey County Maintenance Office 30 Bakers Creek Rd., Burnsville, NC, 28714

SCO ID# 25-29547-01A

Bids will be received for a SINGLE PRIME contract. All proposals shall be lump sum. EMAILED BIDS WILL NOT BE OPENED OR ACCEPTED. BID PACKAGES MUST BE DROPPED OFF OR MAILED/SHIPPED TO THE DIVISION OFFICE TO BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE BID OPENING. BIDS TO BE SEALED IN ENVELOPES SHALL BE

LABELED WITH PROJECT INFORMATION, CONTRACTOR NAME AND LICENSE NUMBER.

The Bid is for the construction of a new 2,520 s.f. wood frame construction office building, including limited site work (sidewalks and utilities to 5’ out), slab, finished shell, flooring, ceiling system, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical construction (all interior walls are under a separate prime contract to Alfred Williams Contractors as a fully pre-engineered DIRTT demountable wall system). This General Contractor is the Project Expeditor and will schedule and coordinate the interior work.

QUESTIONS DURING THE BID PERIOD MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING ONLY VIA EMAIL AS RFI’s (Requests for Information). Answers will be provided to all bidders in the form of addenda and will be numbered.

Receipt of all addenda must be acknowledged on the bid form for the bid to be valid. PLEASE SUBMIT RFI’S TO THE ARCHITECT, Ginger Summer, W.S. Architects PA, ginger@wsarchitectspa.com.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting A MANDATORY open pre-bid meeting will be held for all interested bidders on:

TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2026 at 10 a.m.

The meeting will address project specific questions, issues, bidding procedures and bid forms. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting will be a requirement for submitting a bid. MINUTES AND ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE

SUBMITTED TO ALL ATTENDEES IN THE FORM OF AN ADDENDUM.

Complete plans, specifications and contract documents will be available in pdf format BY EMAIL ONLY VIA AN EMAIL REQUEST to the Architect of Record Ginger Summer, W.S. Architects PA, ginger@wsarchitectspa.com. Please note that special inspections/testing will be done by the Owner, scheduled and coordinated by the General Contractor.

All contractors are hereby notified that they must have proper license as required under the state laws governing their respective trades. General contractors are notified that Chapter 87, Article 1, General Statutes of North Carolina, will be observed in receiving and awarding general contracts. General contractors submitting bids on this project must have license classification for BUILDING CONTRACTOR - UNLIMITED OR INTERMEDIATE.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check drawn on some bank or trust company, insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, of an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the proposal, or in lieu thereof a bidder may offer a BID BOND of five percent (5%) of the bid executed by a surety company licensed under the laws of North Carolina to execute the contract in accordance with the bid bond. Said deposit shall be retained by the owner as liquidated damages in event of failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract within ten days after the award or to give satisfactory surety as required by law.

A performance bond and a payment bond will be required for one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price.

Payment will be made based on ninety-five percent (95%) of monthly estimates and final payment made upon completion and acceptance of work.

No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of 30 days.

The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities.

DESIGNER:

W.S. Architects, PA Ginger Summer, Architect

3305 Durham Drive Suite 109 Raleigh, NC 27603 ginger@wsarchitectspa.com

OWNER:

The State of North Carolina through The North Carolina Department of Transporation (Division 13)

55 Orange St.

Asheville, NC 288021

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