North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality – Wildlife Resources Commission

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality - Wildlife Resources Commission is soliciting letters of interest for design engineering services focused on wetland impoundment habitat restoration and protection within Pamlico Sound. The procurement involves comprehensive restoration work across three distinct sites: Pamlico Point, Campbell Creek, and Willow Point in various game lands. Specific project requirements include raising perimeter and internal dikes, stabilizing eroded external dikes, replacing water control structures, installing pumps, and creating living shoreline complexes. Proposing firms must submit three copies of a letter of interest and three copies of Standard Form 254 by November 20, 2025, at 4:00 PM to Jody Reavis at the specified address. Firms must be licensed to practice architecture, engineering, or landscape architecture in North Carolina, with selection based on ten evaluation criteria including specialized expertise, past performance, design team capabilities, workload, proposed approach, and proximity to the project area. The submission package is limited to ten single-sided pages or five double-sided pages plus the SF 254, formatted as 8.5 by 11 inches and stapled in the upper left-hand corner.

The project is funded through a $5,557,510 non-general fund/non-SCIF capital project budget sourced from an Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) grant for fiscal year 2025-2026. While no specific set-aside designations or disadvantaged enterprise requirements are mentioned, the procurement emphasizes technical competence and local familiarity. The project access location is identified as Campbell Creek Boat Launch in Aurora, North Carolina, with the approved OC-25 number #20274390023. Potential respondents should note that email and fax submissions will not be accepted, and all proposals must be physically submitted. The project involves significant infrastructure modifications, including raising dikes, installing new water control structures, and creating living shoreline complexes, which suggests a complex engineering and environmental restoration initiative with substantial technical and ecological considerations.