Public Services Building

Stanly Community College, a component of the North Carolina Community College System, is requesting qualifications for design-build of a new 30,000-square-foot, two-story Public Services Building in Locust, North Carolina, with submissions due August 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM, and an optional pre-proposal site visit on July 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM at the Crutchfield Education Center.

The facility will house Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET), Law Enforcement Continuing Education training, and Criminal Justice programs, along with Administrative Services and Student Services offices. The scope includes four large classrooms, a multipurpose room for physical training, a mockup apartment for scenario-based training, a simulation room, locker rooms with shower facilities, an armory for firearms storage, a multipurpose conference center divisible into four separate meeting spaces, and student support services areas. The project also requires a 300-foot by 600-foot minimum driving pad with fencing and covered parking for training vehicles. Design-build teams must be properly licensed in North Carolina for both construction and design services.

The total project budget is $16.85 million, funded entirely through OSBM grants approved by the State Building Commission on January 17, 2025, with an amendment dated March 20, 2026. The project is scheduled for completion in 2029 with a 24-month design and construction timeline.

Selection criteria include firm qualifications, key personnel experience, project delivery examples, cost estimating experience, schedule adherence history, geographic proximity and local experience, available resources, project delivery process, certifications including surety bonding, and HUB participation plans. Qualifications-based selection of design professionals also applies. Stanly Community College will contract separately for commissioning, special inspections, and construction material testing and will provide owner-preferred alternates for certain building systems and fixtures.

Qualifications packages are limited to 40 single-sided pages or 20 double-sided pages, formatted on 8.5-by-11-inch pages stapled in the upper left corner, with no notebooks, binders, tabs, or clips permitted. Three copies must be submitted to Stanly Community College in Albemarle, North Carolina.