Design-Build Services for Multi-Story Conex Fire Training Tower at Harnett Main Campus

The contract involves a design-build project for a multi-story Conex fire training tower at Central Carolina Community College’s Harnett Main Campus in Lillington, NC, with an estimated value of $1,869,000 and a schedule of approximately nine months from contract award. The scope includes designing, fabricating, and constructing a three-story fire training facility using prefabricated steel Conex containers, complete with integrated lighting, burn rooms, ramps, walkways, and supporting utilities such as LP gas, water, electrical, and mechanical systems. Site preparation encompasses tree removal, grading, paving, fencing, stormwater management, and utility connections. The project must meet NFPA 1402 standards and adhere to North Carolina state procurement regulations, including licensing, bonding, and HUB participation requirements. The RFQ emphasizes qualifications-based selection, evaluating teams based on their project delivery process, experience, personnel, certifications, and understanding of the project location, with no price as a scoring factor. The procurement process requires submitting three hard copies of a qualifications package, limited to 40 pages, by September 5, 2025, to a specified address in Sanford, NC. The RFQ details the evaluation criteria, including team approach, estimating accuracy, schedule adherence, firm experience, key personnel, relevant project examples, bonding capacity, and HUB participation plans, with respective weights assigned. Contractual documents incorporate North Carolina’s standard general provisions, conditions, and bonding forms, with the selected team executing the project under a formal design-build contract. Inspection and acceptance are governed by referenced standards and contract forms, with quality control responsibilities primarily on the contractor and final approval by the owner at the project site. No specific packaging, marking, or FOB terms are detailed beyond the delivery address for qualifications submissions, and no federal FAR clauses or electronic submission options are included in the procurement.