JOSH STEIN
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DANIEL H. JOHNSON
SECRETARY
January 28, 2026
To:
From:
Subject:
Prospective Bidders
Neil Butler, Division Proposals Engineer
Invitation to Bid
Let Date:
Time:
Public Reading
Location:
Bid Bond:
February 18, 2026
2:00 PM
NCDOT Division Conference Room
558 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, N.C. 28301
5% 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 Date of PO. The completion date for this project is June 5, 2026.
All Prospective Bidders shall attend a Mandatory Pre-bid Conference on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 9:30
A.M held in the NCDOT Division Training Room, 558 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301.
Contract: D6BR.POC.032
TIP No.:
Federal Aid:
WBS:
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State Funded
GMR06.XD06.003
Route:
Location:
County:
Description:
SR 1172 (Grimsley
Farms Road)
1.44 Miles west of
SR 1003
Goal
Type:
Amount:
Bladen
Pipe Removal & Replacement
MBE/WBE
NO GOAL
Prior to submitting a bid on a Division Let, Electronic Bid project, the bidder shall sign up on the Interested Parties
List no later than one business day prior to the Letting day of that project for which he intends to submit a bid, in
conformance with Article 102-3 of the 2024 NCDOT Standard Specifications. The List may be found on the Connect
NCDOT Division Six website. There is no cost for signing up on the Interested Parties List.
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 $30,000.00 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.
Mailing Address:
NC DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION SIX
PO BOX 1150
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28302
Telephone: (910) 364-0603
Website: www.ncdot.org
Location:
NC DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION SIX
558 GILLESPIE ST.
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28301
Invitation to Bid
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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 Article 102-2 of the 2024 NCDOT
Standard Specifications. 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.
A Bid Bond is required in accordance with Article 102-10 of the 2024 NCDOT Standard Specifications. Contract
Payment and Performance Bonds are required in accordance with Article 103-7 of the 2024 NCDOT Standard
Specifications.
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 at:
https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/Letting-List.aspx?let_type=6&let_status=Advertised.
Electronic bid preparation using AASHTOWare Project Bids Software is required. Download the EBS file and submit
your bid through Bid Express®. 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.
Matt Edwards, P.E.
Jason Salisbury, P.E.
Blythe Jordan, PLS
Steve Kendall, P.E.
Christy Huff, P.E.
Michael D. Fisher
Aaron LeBeau, P.E.