New SHP Headquarters

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is requesting qualifications from design firms to provide architecture and engineering services for a new Administrative Headquarters Building, with submissions due September 15, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Proposing firms must be properly licensed to practice architecture, engineering, or landscape architecture in North Carolina.

The scope encompasses full A/E design services for a 70,000 square-foot office facility to be constructed at the SHP Training Academy in Raleigh, accommodating 280 administrative support personnel with associated parking and site elements and pedestrian plaza connections. Design services include all State Construction Office submittal phases, updated cost estimates at each phase, bidding services, construction administration, record drawings, and project closeout.

The total project budget is $120 million, funded through Session Law 2026-41 (DPS26-1) with OC-25 number #202770920814. The State Building Commission evaluates proposals on specialized expertise in project type, past performance on similar projects, adequate staff and design team composition, current workload, proposed design approach, experience managing project costs and schedules, construction administration capabilities, proximity to and familiarity with the Raleigh area, and record of successfully completed projects without major legal or technical problems.

Submissions must include three hard copies each of a Letter of Interest (not exceeding ten single-sided or five double-sided pages) and a current Standard Form 254 (SF-254), formatted 8.5" x 11" and stapled in the upper left corner. Hard copies must be mailed to the State Highway Patrol Engineering office in Raleigh or delivered to the physical address; fax and email submissions are not accepted. Electronic PDF copies should also be emailed to melanie.butler@ncshp.gov.