Prequalification for Professional Land Survey Services

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Mitigation Services is pre-qualifying Professional Land Survey firms for survey services on state conservation properties, with Letters of Interest due September 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Up to ten firms will be pre-qualified over a three-year contract term with two optional one-year renewals. The scope includes producing metes and bounds descriptions and survey plats for land acquisitions or dispositions; establishing or enhancing conservation area boundary markings; producing Reports of Survey to document easement trespass and injury concerns; and performing retracement surveys to re-establish conservation easement boundaries and property lines. Firms must be licensed by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors and in good ethical and professional standing in the state.

The budget estimate is $500,000 over the contract term, though selected firms are not guaranteed work in all areas or any specific amount of work. Work spans East, Central, and West regions of North Carolina. Submissions must address qualified staff credentials, areas of operation, specialized expertise in conservation easement surveys and monumentation completed for state compensatory mitigation projects within the last five years, professional references, business registration evidence, and vendor registration with the North Carolina electronic vendor portal. Firms must disclose their NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors licensure number and any disciplinary actions within the last three years, and identify their DBE/MBE/HUB status.

Letters of Interest are submitted electronically to Kristie.Corson@deq.nc.gov.