Project Description:
Design and Construction seeks to hire an architect-led design team strong in low-voltage electronics and perimeter door security for a project that will provide perimeter security upgrades and updates to standardize building access control throughout North, Central, South, West, and Centennial Biomedical Campus Precincts. Scope includes perimeter access control and connections to central building access control head-end equipment locations. This project will design and install card access for all campus buildings that do not currently have card access and will upgrade card access to current campus standards for those buildings that currently have card access. The design effort will begin by verifying a recent survey of the buildings.
Project Scope:
The budget of $4,000,000 incorporates design, construction, and associated soft costs.
Project Site:
The project is located at multiple buildings throughout the North, Central, South, West, and Centennial Biomedical Campus Precincts of the NC State Campus.
Pre-Submittal Meeting:
A Pre-Submittal Meeting will not be held for this project. Please submit questions to the project manager, and a comprehensive list of questions and university responses will be posted as they are received.
Submit any questions here: Questions
Link to responses here: Responses
Project Schedule:
- Design Start: August 2026
- Design Completion: May 2027
- Construction Start: September 2027
- Construction Completion: May 2028
Design Process:
The selected firm will work through Design and Construction, Campus Planning and Strategic Investment and the Project Manager along with a building committee that includes user representatives. The process will include normal involvement of the State Construction Office.
Critical Selection Factors:
In order to offer architectural or engineering services in response to this solicitation, the proposer must be licensed in the State of North Carolina. Interested firms can participate in the process by submitting a current SF 330 form and addressing the following in a written proposal. Please note that only electronic copies of the proposal, submitted via email to the project manager, are requested. Most of the criteria listed below can be accommodated in sections A-G of the 330 form. Section H can be used for any additional information. The total submittal, including letter of interest, is limited to 26 sheets of paper. Both sides of the sheet may be used for a total of 52 pages. Firms are requested to assure receipt of proposals at the address listed below by 5:00 PM on May 28, 2026.
Criteria
- Experience and expertise with similar projects.
- Past performance on similar projects.
- Experience in design projects to be part of an existing campus context.
- Adequate staff and proposed consultant team – qualifications and examples of previous collaborations.
- Historically Underutilized Business representation in the proposed consultant team
- Current workload and State projects awarded.
- Proposed design approach or methodology.
- Recent experience with project cost estimates and schedule adherence.
- Construction administration capabilities.
- Record of successfully completed projects without major legal or technical problems.
- A minimum of three references with current contact information, including a phone number and an email address.
- Other (which may be appropriate to the project)
Designer Selection Process:
Following the receipt of proposals, a University Interview Committee, appointed by the Secretary to the University Board of Trustees Building and Property Committee, will shortlist, interview, and make a recommendation of selection to the University Board of Trustees Buildings and Property Committee.
Questions/Proposal Submittal:
In order that the selection process is as objective as possible, do not contact members of the Board of Trustees, or any university officials other than the project manager. All questions and project submittals are to be directed to:
David Hammock, PE
david_hammock@ncsu.edu