UNC-Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is soliciting pre-qualified general contractors for New Residence Hall 1 — Full Building Round 1, a full building construction project, with pre-qualification questionnaire responses due October 9, 2026. This is a two-stage procurement: contractors must first qualify through a PBQ process to be placed on an approved bidder list, then compete for the final construction contract award.

The scope is design and construction of a new residence hall facility. Contractors must demonstrate capability, experience, and financial stability through the PBQ. Evaluation criteria include demonstrated experience with similar institutional or residential construction projects of comparable scale, financial capability and stability, bonding and insurance capacity, past performance history, and workforce resources. The PBQ requires submission of company history, organizational structure, financial statements, relevant project experience, bonding capacity, insurance coverage, safety records, and key personnel qualifications.

The PBQ documents posted include a base questionnaire and two revisions (Rev 1 and Addendum 2 as of September 14, 2026); contractors should confirm they are responding to the current version. The university will establish a pre-qualified contractor pool based on PBQ evaluation scores and then invite qualified firms to submit competitive bids in a subsequent round. The number of contractors to be pre-qualified and the scoring methodology are determined according to UNC-Chapel Hill's procurement policies and project requirements.

Interested contractors should review all attached PBQ documents and meet the stated qualification thresholds before October 9, 2026.