RFQ: Sea Trail WWTP Interconnection and Decommissioning Design Build

Request for Qualifications Statements

Sea Trail Wastewater Treatment Plant

Interconnection and Decommissioning – Design-Build

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143-128.1A, Brunswick County is requesting qualifications statements to provide design-build services for the interconnection of the Sea Trail Wastewater Treatment Plant (“WWTP”) to the Ocean Isle Beach (“OIB”) WWTP and the decommissioning and dismantlement of the Sea Trail WWTP. The project goals are to: 1) design and construct an interconnection between the existing Sea Trail WWTP to the OIB WWTP for wastewater treatment, 2) design and construct an interconnection from the OIB WWTP to the Sea Trail WWTP for returning reclaimed water, and 3) design, decommission, and dismantle of the Sea Trail WWTP.

Brunswick County will provide the design-builder a copy of pertinent documents including the available facility as-built drawings, flow rates, 2023 Wastewater Master Plan, 2024 OIB WWTP Centralization and Rehabilitation Preliminary Engineering Report, and any other applicable documents. Actual data from the County’s operations along with the wastewater volume projections stated in the latest wastewater master plan will be used by the design-build team to develop the final design parameters.

Services will include, but not be limited to, review and evaluation of the pertinent documents to support a design-build approach for the following scope: new reclaim force main, new sewer transmission force main, dismantlement and removal of the Sea Trail WWTP, and closure of the Sea Trail WWTP’s upset pond. The design-builder will be responsible for complete design, permitting, construction, and all associated fees. A more detailed Scope of Work is attached hereto. Any amendments to the Scope of Work will be made in the form of addendum to this Request for Qualifications. Any addendum will be provided to all known interested design-builders and posted to the County website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, design-builders will be responsible for ensuring that they have all addenda. The County will not be responsible for notifying any parties.

The Sea Trail WWTP Interconnection and Decommissioning Design-Build project is part of the County’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and has been allocated a maximum budget of $10.8 million for the completion of the project.

Design-builders interested in being considered for this work can attend a site visit hosted by Brunswick County Public Utilities. The site visit will occur on June 3, 2025 on site at the Sea Trail WWTP located at 1395 Angels Trace SW, Sunset Beach, NC, 28468. Interested design-builder should contract Robert Miller at (910) 253-1759 or For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. to be added to the attendees list.

Design-builders interested in being considered for this work should submit their qualifications to:

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Robert Miller, PE, PMP, DBA                 Robert Miller, PE, PMP, DBA

Brunswick County Public Utilities           Brunswick County Public Utilities

P. O. Box 249                                           250 Grey Water Road NE

Bolivia, NC  28422                                   Supply, NC  28462

For consideration, five (5) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy on a USB drive of the response to this Request for Qualifications must be received by the County by close of business (4:30 p.m. ET) on July 17, 2025. Brunswick County will not be responsible for the failure of any mail or delivery service to deliver responses prior to the stated date and time. Regardless of the manner of submission, any response received after the stated date and time will not be considered. Incomplete responses or responses inconsistent with the required format may be disqualified from consideration.

The design-builder is required to have insurance as outlined in the Minimum Insurance Requirements attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The design-builder will be required to provide a Certificate of Insurance with its Statement of Qualifications as evidence that it meets the minimum requirements.

The design-builder is required to have proper license(s) under the laws of the State of North Carolina governing the respective trades.  Proof of licensure will be required.

All questions or comments shall be submitted to For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. or at 910-253-1759 by June 13, 2025 . A copy of all questions, further clarifications, and answers will be made in the form of an addendum to this Request for Qualifications that will be provided to all known interested design-builders. Any addendum will also be posted to the County website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, design-builders will be responsible for ensuring that they have all addenda.  The County will not be responsible for notifying interested parties. Interested design-builders are expressly prohibited from contacting any Brunswick County official or employee regarding this Request for Qualifications, except in the manner noted in this section. A violation of this provision is grounds for the immediate disqualification of the design-builder.