Catawba Co Acquisition Demolition

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management (NCEM) is issuing an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for residential construction services comprising property acquisition and demolition under the federally funded Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). This procurement targets one residential property located at 4461 Ridge Street, Claremont, Catawba County, and requires vendors to provide comprehensive acquisition services including property owner notification, title searches, appraisals, written purchase offers, and closing procedures, as well as full demolition services encompassing pre-demolition evaluation, permitting, mobilization, utility disconnection, systematic structure demolition, removal of underground improvements and secondary structures, debris removal, land restoration, and post-demolition evaluation. Vendors must submit firm fixed pricing covering all labor, materials, transportation, overhead, and profit for both phases, with separate pricing for projects $30,000 and above and composite pricing for projects under $30,000, and must provide an anticipated overall project timeframe in calendar days from Notice to Proceed through project closeout. Bids must be submitted electronically through the Sourcing Tool by May 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET, with public opening conducted via Microsoft Teams, and the contract has an initial term of one year from final execution with work required to commence within fourteen business days of the Effective Date. Key requirements include submission of 100 percent performance and payment bonds at the pre-demolition conference, compliance with federal prevailing wage standards and FEMA requirements, comprehensive insurance coverage, and liquidated damages of $250 per day for delays exceeding the contracted timeframe. Eligible vendors must demonstrate financial stability, provide three customer references for similar work, and comply with E-Verify and fair employment standards.

Only vendors previously approved through RFPQ #19-RFPQ-1653309857-GSX are eligible to submit bids, restricting competition to a prequalified vendor pool. The procurement includes a specific set-aside requirement mandating that vendors achieve or plan to achieve ten percent participation by Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) as subcontractors, promoting small business engagement in the federally funded project. The State will retain up to five percent of progress payments as retainage, which will be released upon project file acceptance, providing security for contract performance. All contracts are subject to federal funding compliance requirements, including debarment certification, non-discrimination provisions, and the Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment, reflecting the HMGP's federal oversight. While no specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation, vendors must structure their bids according to the detailed Bid Worksheet Attachment A, which includes itemized line items for all acquisition and demolition phases and automatically calculates totals for state evaluation. No award date has been announced at this time, and the State retains discretion in vendor selection based on compliance with submission requirements and evaluation criteria established under the HMGP federal program guidelines.