Widening, Resurfacing & Shoulder Reconstruction - Harnett County

NCDOT Division Six is soliciting bids through an Invitation to Bid for widening, resurfacing, and shoulder reconstruction in Harnett County under Contract DF00567, with the public bid opening on November 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Bidders must be prequalified with NCDOT as a Bidder or PO Prime Contractor, and prequalification statements were due at least four weeks before bid opening, which fell on October 21, 2026, before this October 28 posting. Bids on non-federal-aid projects of $40,000 or more also require a General Contractor's License. The project is state-funded and carries no MBE or WBE goal or set-aside.

Scope covers clearing, excavation, and placement of aggregate base course to stabilize the widened road; milling a specified depth of degraded asphalt and overlaying it with asphalt concrete surface course; and reshaping, grading, and reconstructing earth shoulders adjacent to the new pavement. Manufactured products permanently incorporated into the project must be U.S.-manufactured under new Federal Highway Administration Buy America requirements effective October 1, 2025 and October 1, 2026. The Phase 2 requirement specifies that U.S.-produced components exceed 55 percent of total component costs. Bid bonds and contract payment and performance bonds are required under NCDOT Standard Specifications.

Bids are prepared electronically in AASHTOWare Project Bids Software and submitted through Bid Express. Prospective bidders must sign up for the Interested Parties List through the Connect NCDOT Division Six website, at no cost, no later than one business day before the letting. Proposals, plans, and supporting documents are free to download from the same site.

Availability begins December 21, 2026, with project completion on June 23, 2028. Bid opening is held in the NCDOT Division Conference Room at 558 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Bidders direct questions to Neil Butler, Division Proposals Engineer, at jnbutler@ncdot.gov or (910) 364-0603.