RFA 2027-02 GC Prequalification for CTE Addition and Secondary Improvements

Goochland County Public Schools is soliciting prequalification applications from General Contractors for the CTE Addition and Secondary Improvements Project on Bulldog Way in Goochland, Virginia, with applications due October 20, 2026, and prequalified applicants to be notified by November 2, 2026. Applicants must hold a valid Virginia Class A Contractor's License and demonstrate a minimum of eight years in business as a general contractor — the primary capability filter.

The scope encompasses a new two-story building addition of approximately 40,000 gross square feet to expand Career and Technical Education programs (heavy equipment, agricultural education, health sciences, culinary arts, construction, robotics, and MCJROTC), athletic improvements including an auxiliary gymnasium and wrestling support area, selective demolition, site development with utilities and stormwater management, and coordination of construction on an active secondary school campus. Applicants must document satisfactory performance on at least three similar new construction projects of 40,000 gross square feet minimum and ten acres disturbed site area completed within the last ten years.

The estimated total project cost is $30 million. The anticipated construction period is approximately fifteen months, commencing in the first quarter of 2027 and finishing in May or June 2028. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to obtain bid, performance, and payment bonds for the full project value and must be free of judgments, criminal convictions, debarment status, or substantial noncompliance with prior construction contracts.

Applications require one original and two copies of all qualification materials plus one electronic copy on USB, submitted in a sealed package by mail, hand delivery, or express carrier to the Goochland County Public Schools Purchasing Department. Questions are due October 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Contact Tandra Harris, VCO AP/Purchasing Supervisor, at tharris@glnd.k12.va.us.