STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOSH STEIN
GOVERNOR
August 27, 2026
DANIEL H. JOHNSON
SECRETARY
NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
Subject: Invitation to Bid
Division Seven
CONTRACT ID:
DG00686
WBS ELEMENT NO.: BP7.R017.3
COUNTY:
ORANGE COUNTY
ROUTE:
SR 1548 (SCHLEY RD)
LOCATION:
REPLACE BRIDGE NO. 114 ON SR 1548 (SCHLEY RD) OVER FORREST
CREEK A TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH FORK LITTLE RIVER
TYPE OF WORK: GRADING, DRAINAGE, PAVING AND STRUCTURE
BID OPENING:
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026, AT 2:00 PM
The date of availability for this project is October 19, 2026.
The completion date for this project is October 15, 2027.
There is NO MBE/WBE Goal for this project.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is requesting bids for grading, drainage, paving and
structure replacement of bridge no. 114 on SR 1548 (Schley Rd) over Forrest Creek a tributary of South
Fork Little River in Orange County, NC. All quantities are estimates. The Contractor shall furnish labor,
equipment and materials.
Contractor’s bidding on NCDOT contracts must sign up for the Interested Parties List for each project
they intend to submit a bid. As part of this requirement, Contractors must sign up for the Interested
Parties List no later than one business day prior to the Letting Date.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil
Rights of 1964 (78 Stat. 252) and the Regulations of the Department of Transportation (49 C.F.R., Part 21),
issued pursuant to such act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that the contract entered
into pursuant to this notice will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder without discrimination on the
grounds of sex, race, color, or national origin.
BID OPENING
Electronic bids must be received in Bid Express, by 2:00 on September 17, 2026. Bids will be opened and
publicly read at NCDOT Division 7 Office, 1584 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, NC at the above date, shortly
after the time that the bids submissions are due. The As-Read Bids Summaries will be posted within 48 hours
of the bid opening. Results will not be provided by any other means than posting to the website.
Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DIVISION 7
PO BOX 14996
GREENSBORO, NC 27415-4996
Telephone: (336) 487-0075
Fax: (336) 334-3637
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968
Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
1584 YANCEYVILLE STREET
GREENSBORO, NC 27405
The public letting will be held via conference call. You may join the conference call just prior to 2:00 pm
on 9/17/2026. Please dial (919) 250-7881, announce name and company name when prompted.
ELECTRONIC BIDDING
Electronic bidding is required through Bid Express®. Their website is bidx.com
For electronic bidding, the following files will be located on bidx.com, exclusively. These files will not be
included on the Bidding & Letting site on Connect.NCDOT.gov:
• EBSX files
• DBE_NC.BIN files
• EBSX addenda files
Do NOT submit bids for the project let by Division 7 to the NCDOT Statewide Project Letting Office.
Bidx related questions should be directed to Jaci Kincaid at (919) 707-6920.
Note: It takes a few minutes for Division staff to download the electronic bids before those can be read. The
download does not start until 2:00 PM on the day of the letting.
BID DOCUMENTS
The contract proposal, plans and supplemental project information are available online at:
https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/Division.aspx.
The printing of all bid-related documents, including the proposal, plans and any supplemental project
information shall be the responsibility of the bidder. Division 7 no longer provides hard copies of bid
documents.
PREQUALIFYING TO BID
All prospective bidders shall be prequalified with the Department of Transportation prior to submitting a bid.
Contractors who are not prequalified may obtain information and forms for prequalifying from the Contractual
Services Unit, Division of Highways, Department of Transportation, 1509 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC.
All required prequalification statements and documents shall be filed with the Contractual Services Unit at
least four weeks prior to the date of opening bids.
Applications and details on becoming a prequalified Bidder or PO Prime contractor can also be found at
https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/prequal/pages/default.aspx.
DIVISION CONTACT
Questions shall be emailed to Jennifer Sour at jsour@ncdot.gov 7 calendar days prior to the bid opening.
Contact with any other NCDOT personnel concerning this project is strictly prohibited and will result
in bids being considered non-responsive.
Regards,
Jennifer A. Sour
DIVISION CONTRACT ENGINEER
JAS
cc: file
ec: W. R. Archer, III, PE
S. Robinson, PE
Plan Room
M. P. Whitley, PE
S.D. Dixon
Prospective Bidders
B. Cvijetic, PE
B.J. Howell
B.K. Ketner, PE
D. R. Dagenhart
DG00686
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#
Item Number
0001 0000100000-N
0002 0000400000-N
0003 0001000000-E
0004 0022000000-E
0005 0036000000-E
0006 0050000000-E
0007 0106000000-E
0008 0156000000-E
0009 0194000000-E
0010 0196000000-E
0011 0248000000-N
0012 0318000000-E
0013 0321000000-E
0014 0335200000-E
0015 0448200000-E
0016 0582000000-E
0017 0636000000-E
T-1
ITEMIZED PROPOSAL FOR CONTRACT NO. DG00686
Sec Description
#
Quantity
STRUCTURE ITEMS
800 MOBILIZATION
Lump Sum
Unit Cost
L.S.
801 CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING
Lump Sum
L.S.
200 CLEARING & GRUBBING .. ACRE(S)
Lump Sum
L.S.
225 UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION
450
CY
225 UNDERCUT EXCAVATION
150
CY
226 SUPPLEMENTARY CLEARING &
GRUBBING
1
ACR
230 BORROW EXCAVATION
170
CY
250 REMOVAL OF EXISTING ASPHALT
650
PAVEMENT
SY
265 SELECT GRANULAR MATERIAL,
150
CLASS III
CY
270 GEOTEXTILE FOR SOIL
125
STABILIZATION
SY
SP GENERIC GRADING ITEM
Lump Sum
L.S.
(TYPE 1 BRIDGE APPROACH FILL, STA
14+53 -L-)
300 FOUNDATION CONDITIONING
MATERIAL, MINOR STRUCTURES
10
TON
300 FOUNDATION CONDITIONING
30
GEOTEXTILE
SY
305 15" DRAINAGE PIPE
16
LF
310 15" RC PIPE CULVERTS, CLASS IV
32
LF
310 15" CS PIPE CULVERTS, 0.064" THICK
28
LF
310 **" CS PIPE ELBOWS, *****" THICK
2
(15", 0.064")
EA
Orange County
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Amount
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#
Item Number
0018 1011000000-N
0019 1099500000-E
0020 1099700000-E
0021 1112000000-E
0022 1330000000-E
0023 1491000000-E
0024 1503000000-E
0025 1519000000-E
0026 1575000000-E
0027 2022000000-E
0028 2026000000-E
0029 2036000000-E
0030 2044000000-E
0031 2070000000-N
0032 2077000000-E
0033 2286000000-N
0034 2407000000-N
T-2
ITEMIZED PROPOSAL FOR CONTRACT NO. DG00686
Sec Description
#
Quantity
500 FINE GRADING
Lump Sum
Unit Cost
L.S.
505 SHALLOW UNDERCUT
505 CLASS IV SUBGRADE STABILIZATION
505 GEOTEXTILE FOR SUBGRADE
STABILIZATION
607 INCIDENTAL MILLING
610 ASPHALT CONC BASE COURSE, TYPE
B25.0C
610 ASPHALT CONC INTERMEDIATE
COURSE, TYPE I19.0C
610 ASPHALT CONC SURFACE COURSE,
TYPE S9.5B
620 ASPHALT BINDER FOR PLANT MIX
815 SUBDRAIN EXCAVATION
815 GEOTEXTILE FOR SUBSURFACE
DRAINS
815 SUBDRAIN COARSE AGGREGATE
815 6" PERFORATED SUBDRAIN PIPE
815 SUBDRAIN PIPE OUTLET
815 6" OUTLET PIPE
840 MASONRY DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
840 STEEL FRAME WITH TWO GRATES,
STD 840.37
225
CY
525
TON
835
SY
260
SY
270
TON
270
TON
340
TON
50
TON
22.4
CY
100
SY
16.8
CY
100
LF
1
EA
6
LF
3
EA
3
EA
Orange County
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Amount
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#
Item Number
0035 2556000000-E
0036 3030000000-E
0037 3150000000-N
0038 3215000000-N
0039 3287000000-N
0040 3649000000-E
0041 3656000000-E
0042 4400000000-E
0043 4410000000-E
0044 4420000000-N
0045 4445000000-E
0046 4685000000-E
0047 6000000000-E
0048 6006000000-E
0049 6009000000-E
0050 6012000000-E
0051 6015000000-E
T-3
ITEMIZED PROPOSAL FOR CONTRACT NO. DG00686
Sec Description
#
Quantity
846 SHOULDER BERM GUTTER
90
LF
Unit Cost
862 STEEL BEAM GUARDRAIL
225
LF
862 ADDITIONAL GUARDRAIL POSTS
5
EA
862 GUARDRAIL ANCHOR UNITS, TYPE III
4
EA
862 GUARDRAIL END UNITS, TYPE TL-3
4
EA
876 RIP RAP, CLASS B
14
TON
876 GEOTEXTILE FOR DRAINAGE
257
SY
1110 WORK ZONE SIGNS (STATIONARY)
505
SF
1110 WORK ZONE SIGNS (BARRICADE
94
MOUNTED)
SF
1120 PORTABLE CHANGEABLE MESSAGE
2
SIGN
EA
1145 BARRICADES (TYPE III)
80
LF
1205 THERMOPLASTIC PAVEMENT
MARKING LINES (4", 90 MILS)
2,100
LF
1605 TEMPORARY SILT FENCE
1,060
LF
1610 STONE FOR EROSION CONTROL,
CLASS A
75
TON
1610 STONE FOR EROSION CONTROL,
CLASS B
160
TON
1610 SEDIMENT CONTROL STONE
70
TON
1615 TEMPORARY MULCHING
1
ACR
Orange County
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Amount