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(W <br />Dollar Thresholds in North <br />Carolina <br />�I <br />T <br />�7Il^ <br />I <br />SCHOOLO <br />Public Contractin Statutes <br />g _�� <br />GOVERNMENT <br />Dollar limits and statutory authority current as of November <br />1, 2015 <br />ThresholdRequirement <br />Statute <br />Formal bidding <br />(estimated cost of contract) <br />Construction or repair contracts <br />$500,000 and above <br />G.S. 143-129 <br />Purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, and equipment <br />$90,000 and above <br />G.S. 143-129 <br />Informal bidding <br />(actual cost of contract) <br />Construction or repair contracts <br />$30,000 to formal limit <br />G.S. 143-131 <br />Purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, and equipment <br />$30,000 to formal limit <br />G.S. 143-131 <br />Construction methods authorized for building projects <br />Over $300,000 <br />G.S. 143-128(a1) <br />Separate Prime <br />(estimated cost of project) <br />Single Prime <br />Dual Bidding <br />Construction Management at Risk (G.S. 143-128.1) <br />Design -Build and Design -Build Bridging (G.S. 143-128.IA; G.S. 143-128.18) <br />Public Private Partnership (P3) (G.S. 143-128.1C) <br />Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) requirements <br />Building construction or repair projects <br />- Projects with state funding (verifiable 10% goal required) <br />$100,000 or more <br />G.S. 143-128.2(a) <br />- Locally funded projects (formal HUB requirements) <br />$300,000 or more <br />G.S. 143-128.2(j) <br />- Projects in informal bidding range (informal HUB requirements) <br />$30,000 to $500,000* <br />G.S. 143-131(b) <br />*Note: Formal HUB requirements should be used for informally bid projects costing between $300,000 and $500,000 <br />Limit on use of own forces (force account work) <br />(not to exceed) <br />G.S. 143-135 <br />Construction or repair projects <br />$500,000 (total project cost) Qr <br />$200,000 (labor only cost) <br />Bid bond or deposit <br />Construction or repair contracts (atleast5%of bid amount) <br />Formal bids ($500,000 and above) <br />G.S.143-129(b) <br />Purchase contracts <br />Not required <br />Performance/Payment bonds <br />Construction or repair contracts (100% of contractamount) <br />Each contract over $50,000 of <br />G.S. 143-129(c); <br />project costing over $300,000 <br />G.S. 44A-26 <br />Purchase contracts <br />Not required <br />General contractor's license required <br />$30,000 and above <br />G.S. 87-1 <br />Exemption <br />Force account work (see above) <br />Owner -builder affidavit required <br />Force account work (see above) <br />G.S. 87-14(a)(1) <br />Use of licensed architect or engineer required <br />Nonstructural work <br />$300,000 and above <br />G.S. 133-1.1(a) <br />Structural repair, additions, or new construction <br />$135,000 and above <br />Repair work affecting life safety systems <br />$100,000 and above <br />Selection of architect, engineer, surveyor, construction manager <br />at risk, or design -build contractor <br />"Qualification -Based Selection" procedure (QBS) <br />All contracts unless exempted <br />G.S. 143-64.31 <br />Exemption authorized <br />Only projects where estimated <br />G.S. 143-64.32 <br />fee is less than $50,000 <br />From A Legal Guide to Purchasing and Contracting for North Carolina Local Governments, 2nd ed., by Frayda S. Bluestein, <br />© 2004 by the School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All rights reserved. <br />