Generator Project for Multiple Liberty City Locations

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management (NCEM) is seeking bids on the purchase, design, engineering, and installation of emergency backup generators at four critical facilities in Liberty, North Carolina under an IFB, with bids due September 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET and a mandatory pre-bid site visit on August 20, 2026. The project is funded through the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program following a federal disaster declaration.

The scope covers four generator installations: a 60 kW natural gas unit at 227 W Swannanoa Avenue, a 60 kW propane unit at 234 N Greensboro Street, a 35 kW propane unit at 259 W Brookwood Avenue, and a 70 kW propane unit at 338 S Fairview Street. Each installation requires an Automatic Transfer Switch, fuel storage with secondary containment, telemetry circuits, and remote annunciator panels. Deliverables include permitted drawings, inspection reports, photographic documentation, GPS waypoints, debris removal affidavits, weekly informal updates, and monthly progress reports due by the 10th of each month. The vendor must serve as prime contractor with full responsibility for subcontractors and must employ a Construction Manager licensed as a General Contractor in North Carolina. All work must comply with the current North Carolina State Building Code, ASCE 24, FEMA standards, OSHA regulations, and local floodplain ordinances.

Award will be made to the lowest responsive bid from a responsible vendor. Vendors must submit three customer references, demonstrate financial stability via a Certification of Financial Condition, and provide a one-year equipment warranty plus a third-party ten-year structural warranty. The contract term begins upon final execution and runs for twelve months, with an option for the State to renew for an additional six months and extend thereafter. Written questions are due August 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM; state responses are provided by September 2, 2026. Payment is contingent on inspection and acceptance. The vendor must comply with DPS Alcohol/Drug Free Workplace Policy and Prison Rape Elimination Act standards.