Request for Proposals for banking institutions to operate an Automated Teller Machine in Wayne County.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is requesting proposals from banking and financial institutions to provide and operate an ATM at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, with proposals due October 21, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. ET. The lessee must be a North Carolina domestic, registered, and qualified financial institution and is prohibited from subleasing the space.

The scope is ATM provision and operation at 110 Old Smithfield Road (400 square feet). The lessee must deliver minimum banking services including withdrawals, deposits, and transfers on a 24-hour basis with access to at least two major national networks. All improvements to the premises (cement pads, protective bollards) and installation of telephone, computer line, alarm, and temperature or humidity control systems are at the lessee's expense. The lessee must maintain comprehensive general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence / $3,000,000 combined single limit, workers' compensation insurance, automobile liability insurance, and product liability insurance of $1,000,000, naming the State of North Carolina as additional insured.

The lease term is a minimum of three years with renewal periods available upon mutual agreement. The anticipated effective date is January 1, 2027, or a date mutually satisfactory to the State. Pricing must be submitted as a flat annual rental rate for year one with minimum annual increases of 2 percent beginning in year two; annual per-square-foot rates with indeterminable percentage increases are not acceptable.

Evaluation criteria include the desirability of the proposal relative to complementing the hospital's operations, the proposer's demonstrated ability to execute the proposal, evidence of sufficient financial resources, the rental amount offered, and other relevant factors affecting the public interest. A proposer's meeting will follow the proposal deadline, at which time selected proposers must submit their lowest price proposal. All proposals must be submitted electronically through the North Carolina eProcurement Electronic Vendor Portal (eVP); mailed, emailed, and faxed proposals are not acceptable. Selected proposers must register as a legal entity under North Carolina law before the transaction is placed on the Council of State agenda.