Landscape Enhancements - US 401 - Cumberland Addendum 1

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOSH STEIN DANIEL H. JOHNSON
GOVERNOR SECRETARY
May 27, 2026
To: Prospective Bidders
From: Neil Butler, Division Proposals Engineer
Subject: Invitation to Bid
Let Date: June 17, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Public Reading NCDOT Division Conference Room
Location: 558 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
Bid Bond: No Bid Bond Or Bid Deposit Required
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is requesting bids for the project listed below. The availability date
for this project is July 20, 2026. The interim completion date for this project is July 23, 2027. The completion date
for this project is July 21, 2028.
Contract: D6RS.POC.027
Route: US 401 (S Raeford Road)
Federal Aid: State Funded
County: Cumberland
WBS: 39049.3.5
Description: Landscape Enhancement
Goal Type: MBE/WBE
Goal Amount: No Goal
Contractor's License: A General Contractor's License is required in order to submit a bid on any non-federal aid
project where the bid is $40,000.00 or more, except for certain specialty work as determined by the licensing board.
On Federal projects, the appropriate Contractor's License shall be obtained within 60 days of bid opening. For
additional information, or to make application for a license, apply to the Executive Secretary of the Contractor
Licensing Board, P.O. Box 17187, Raleigh, NC 27619, (919) 571-4183.
Prequalifying to Bid: All prospective bidders shall be prequalified as a Bidder or PO Prime Contractor with the
Department of Transportation prior to submitting a bid, in conformance with provision SP01 G01. Contractors who
are not prequalified may obtain information and forms for prequalifying from the Contractual Services Management
Section of the Contract Standards and Development Unit at
https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/Prequal/Pages/default.aspx. All required prequalification statements and
documents shall be filed with the Contractual Services Management Section at least four weeks prior to the date of
opening bids.
The Department of Transportation hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract
entered into pursuant to this Invitation to Bid, Minority Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to
submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or
national origin in compensation to this award.
Mailing Address: Location:
NC DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION Telephone: (910) 364-0603 NC DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION SIX DIVISION SIX
PO BOX 1150 Website: www.ncdot.org 558 GILLESPIE ST.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28302 FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28301

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Proposals, plans and any other supporting documentation, including addendums if needed, may be downloaded free
of charge from the Connect NCDOT Division Six website, located on the Bidding and Letting Site.
Electronic bidding is not available for this proposal. The entire, completed Proposal, with the itemized Contract Bid
Form Sheet attached, shall be placed in a sealed envelope, and shall be delivered to, and received in the appropriate
office as stated above. See Instructions To Bidders on page C-4 of the proposal for more detail.
Should you have questions, or need additional information, please contact Neil Butler, Division Proposals Engineer
at jnbutler@ncdot.gov or Julio Williams, Assistant Division Proposals Engineer at jbwilliams7@ncdot.gov or either
by phone at 910-364-0603.
CC: Lee Jernigan, P.E.
Rob Stone, P.E.
Kenneth Clark, P.E.
Richie Hines, P.E.
Jason Salisbury, P.E.
Blythe Jordan, PLS
Steve Kendall, P.E.
Christy Huff, P.E.
David Plummer

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Notice Regarding Upcoming Buy America Changes
On January 14, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) terminated its General Waiver for
Manufactured Products and established specific Buy America requirements for their use on Federal-aid highway
projects.
This means that as of the following dates, materials defined as manufactured products permanently incorporated
into Federal-aid highway projects will have to be manufactured in the United States.
Key Implementation Dates
* Phase 1: contracts obligated on or after October 1, 2025
Final assembly of all manufactured products permanently incorporated into Federal-aid highway
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projects must occur in the United States.
* Phase 2: contracts obligated on or after October 1, 2026
Final assembly of all manufactured products permanently incorporated into Federal-aid highway
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projects must occur in the United States.
AND
The cost of U.S.-produced components in manufactured products must be greater than 55% of the
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total cost of all components.
Definition of Manufactured Products
Manufactured Products are defined as articles, materials, or supplies that:
* Have been processed into a specific form and shape, or
* Have been combined with other articles or supplies to create a product with different properties than the
individual articles, materials, or supplies.
This places greater emphasis on using domestically produced materials on these projects and is consistent with the
Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).