Raleigh Convention Center Expansion

Agency:	State Government of North Carolina
State:	North Carolina
Type of Government:	State & Local
Posted Date:	Apr 13, 2026
Due Date:	May 12, 2026
Solicitation No:	274-2026-RCPAC-14
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Solicitation Number:	274-2026-RCPAC-14
Project Title:	Raleigh Convention Center Expansion
Description:	The Raleigh Convention Center Expansion will be constructed across the street from the current Raleigh Convention Center, at the current Red Hat Amphitheater site. The 322,000SF expansion will be connected to the current Raleigh Convention Center by sky bridges across McDowell St, and will feature a 50,000SF flex hall, 18,000SF flex hall, commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, and administration/support spaces.
Opening Date:	5/12/2026 5:00 PM
Posted Date:	4/13/2026
Status:	Open
Department:	CITY OF RALEIGH


Solicitation Number * 274-2026-RCPAC-14	Department CITY OF RALEIGH	Status Reason Open
Opening Date 2026-05-12T17:00:00.0000000	Posted Date * 2026-04-13T12:40:11.0000000Z	Primary Commodity Code Construction Services
Mandatory Conference/Site Visit — —	Special Instructions Bid Agent: Mason.Tierney@raleighnc.gov	Solicitation Type * Select RFP IFB RFI
Owner Patrick Barbour
Description The Raleigh Convention Center Expansion will be constructed across the street from the current Raleigh Convention Center, at the current Red Hat Amphitheater site. The 322,000SF expansion will be connected to the current Raleigh Convention Center by sky bridges across McDowell St, and will feature a 50,000SF flex hall, 18,000SF flex hall, commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, and administration/support spaces.

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PREQUALIFICATION INFORMATION &

INSTRUCTIONS

Raleigh Convention Center Expansion

Project:

Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex - Expansion and Relocation

Location:

Raleigh, North Carolina

Owner:

City of Raleigh

CM At-Risk:

Clancy & Theys – Skanska – D.A. Everett, a Joint Venture (JV)

Approx. Start Date: Q4 2026

Projected Duration: 36-Months for Total Project

Project Description:

The Raleigh Convention Center Expansion will be constructed across the street from the current Raleigh Convention

Center, at the current Red Hat Amphitheater site. The 322,000SF expansion will be connected to the current Raleigh

Convention Center by sky bridges across McDowell St, and will feature a 50,000SF flex hall, 18,000SF flex hall,

commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, and administration/support spaces.

Prequalification:

In compliance with G.S. 143-135.8, on December 2, 2014, the City Council adopted the City of Raleigh Policy for

Prequalification of Bidders for Construction Projects. The following schedule and procedures shall be utilized for

prequalification of first tier subcontractors. First tier bidders shall complete and submit the prequalification application

and requested attachments in accordance with the schedule below:

Prequalification Schedule

• Advertise for Prequalification:

o Bid Package Group 1: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• Last Day to Submit Prequalification:

o Bid Package Group 1: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 5:00pm EDT

• Last Day to Issue Prequalification or Denial Notification:

o Bid Package Group 1: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

• Advertise for Bids:

o Bid Package Group 1:

 02A.RCC: Building Demolition – Red Hat Site

 31A.RCC: Earthwork & Site Utilities

 31B.RCC: Earth Retention System

 31F.RCC: Deep Foundations

Prequalification Criteria

Pursuant to the statute, the prequalification form gathers information about the subcontractors seeking to qualify for the

work and provides a general format for the prequalification criteria. This advertisement is for subcontractor pre-

qualification only, not for submission or receipt of bids. Completing this questionnaire does not guarantee

prequalification. Bid Package references, identified scopes of work and budgets are set forth for the prequalification

process and project interest only, and are not final. Final bid packages will be issued at the time the advertisement to bid

is sent to prequalified subcontractors. In determining subcontractor’s qualifications, the following shall be considered: (1)

financial strength and capacity; (2) prior performance, with particular concern and emphasis given to adherence to

schedule, quality of work, experience on projects of similar character, complexity and cost, and claims/disputes history;

(3) past experience with the Owner, the Construction Manager, the designer and other subcontractors, including, claims,

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disputes, arbitration or litigation involving any one or more of those parties. Completing this questionnaire does not

guarantee prequalification. To be considered for prequalification, a firm must score a minimum of 70% of the available

points indicated. Completion of this questionnaire, together with completion of Construction Manager’s own

prequalification materials are conditions to consideration for pre-qualification.

Prequalification for Re‐bids

For any bid package not opened on bid day, a re‐bid date will be established and re‐advertised. Bids will be accepted

from companies who have previously been prequalified for re‐advertised bid package(s) whether they submitted a bid

on the original bid date or not. However, the prequalification submittal period may be re‐opened for re‐advertised bid

package(s) to allow additional companies to participate in the re‐bid under the following process:

• Within five calendar days of re‐advertisement, company shall notify Prequalification Committee in writing of their

intent to submit a prequalification and bid. Bid documents will then be made available for download or view on

our plan room web site while company is preparing prequalification form and shall submit prequalification form to

the Prequalification Committee. Otherwise, company’s bid will not be accepted.

• The appeal process for the re-bids will follow the same process as indicated above.

• In the event the company has not received notification of prequalification by the re‐bid date, the company will be

allowed to submit a bid on the re‐advertised bid package(s) subject to prequalification.

• In the event the company is appealing a denial of re‐bid prequalification by submitting a written appeal within

three days of receipt of denial notification, the company will be allowed to submit a bid on the re‐advertised bid

package(s) subject to the final decision of the appeal. If the company’s bid is opened prior to a final decision on

the appeal and the bid is not the lowest responsive monetary bid for the re‐advertised bid package(s), the

appeal shall be terminated and rendered moot.

Prequalification Committee

Pursuant to the Policy for Prequalification of Bidders for Construction Projects, the following people will serve as the

Prequalification Committee to review and score applications including approving and denying prequalification.

Trevor Kelly

Project Executive

Joint Venture

Fleming Herring

JV Executive

Joint Venture

Ben Huffman

JV Executive

Joint Venture

Donovan Everett

JV Executive

Joint Venture

Chris Littlefield

Preconstruction Director

Joint Venture

Cyrel Helms

Diversity Coordinator

Joint Venture

City of Raleigh Prequalification Policy: Please note that the City’s prequalification policy has been included in this

document as Appendix A.

If your firm is interested in prequalifying for this project, please complete the prequalification application via

BuildingConnected and submit by the aforementioned date. Instructions to prequalify via BuildingConnected have been

included in Appendix B.

Link: https://app.buildingconnected.com/projects/69c406bcff2e471370edf74b/bid-packages

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MWBE Program:

Clancy & Theys – Skanska – D.A. Everett, a Joint Venture (JV) and City of Raleigh enthusiastically encourage

participation by certified HUB/MBE/DBE firms and support efforts to ensure and promote opportunities for minority and

women-owned business enterprises (MWBE). The MWBE Program advocates actions, which increase opportunities for

historically underutilized businesses and promote diversity and inclusion in City of Raleigh contracting.

Pursuant to N.C. General Statutes 143-128.2 and 143-131, bidders shall identify certified MWBE participation in their

bids and document the Good Faith Efforts performed to identify certified MWBEs. The City’s aspirational goal is 15%

certified MWBE participation for construction projects of $300,000 or more and $100,000 or more that includes state

funding. All bidders are required to demonstrate a good faith effort to meet this goal, regardless of if a Bidder is itself a

certified MWBE. For more details regarding these requirements, refer to the 'Information for Bidders Regarding

Compliance' included in the specification documents. Questions related to the MWBE Policy can be directed to the

Business Engagement and Opportunities Program (BEOP) division at beop@raleighnc.gov. Information regarding the

City of Raleigh's Business Engagement and Opportunities Program can be found at Business Engagement and

Opportunities Program (BEOP) | Raleighnc.gov.

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Appendix A

CITY OF RALEIGH

POLICY FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

A. PURPOSE:

1. The purpose of this prequalification process is to impartially evaluate a contractor, and to

properly determine by its responsible business practices, work experience, manpower, and

equipment that it is qualified to bid on a construction project, including prime contracts awarded by

construction managers pursuant to the Construction Manager at Risk (“CM at Risk”) process. The

award of contracts should be the result of open competition in bidding; impartiality in the selection of

contractors; integrity in business practices; and skillful and safe performance of public contracts.

2. The Bid Agent shall be responsible for prequalifying individual contractors to bid on

construction projects when the City believes prequalification is preferred. Prequalification is limited

to construction or repair projects (regardless of cost) that are bid under the single-prime, separate-

prime (multi-prime), or dual bidding methods. A bidder shall be deemed nonresponsive if it submits

a bid on a construction project subject to prequalification for which it has not been accepted for

prequalification in accordance with this policy.

3. Prequalification is prohibited for contracts for architectural, engineering, surveying,

construction management at risk services, design-build services, and public-private partnership

construction services.

4. The Construction Manager at Risk shall use the process outlined in this policy for the

prequalification of contractors on CM at Risk projects. The construction manager and the City shall

jointly develop the assessment tool and criteria for each CM at Risk project, including the

prequalification scoring values and minimum requirement score.

5. Notwithstanding the fact that a contractor was prequalified, the City reserves the right to

reject a contractor’s bid if it is determined that the contractor has not submitted the lowest

responsible and responsive bid. The prequalification of the contractor shall not preclude the City

from subsequently concluding that the contractor is not a responsible bidder pursuant to G.S. 143-

129. The prequalification of a contractor for a project shall only apply to the individual project. All

construction and repair contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder,

taking into consideration quality, performance, and the time specified in the bids for the performance

of the contract.

B. ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED:

1 All Departments/Divisions

C. DEFINITIONS:

Bid Agent – Person assigned the responsibility to prepare the request for qualification, bid,

and contract documents, advertise bids and proposals, and open bids for contracts under the

direction of the Project Manager. The Bid Agent may be a professional services consultant retained

by the City under an approved contract, a City engineer or designee, the Purchasing Manager, or

a department head responsible for the project.

Project Manager – Employee of the department responsible for a construction, repair, or

purchasing project requiring a contract who shall be assigned the responsibility for managing the

project and representing the department in matters relating to the project.

Construction Manager at Risk – A person, corporation, or entity that provides construction

management at risk services. May also be referred to as Construction Manager.

Prequalification - A process of evaluating and determining whether potential bidders have

the skill, judgment, integrity, sufficient financial resources, and ability necessary to the faithful

performance of a contract for construction or repair work.

Purchasing Manager – Person in the Finance Department responsible for the overall

conduct or oversight of all procurement activities of the City.

D. PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS:

Each prospective bidder on contracts identified for prequalification by the Bid Agent and all

CM at Risk projects shall submit an application on the approved prequalification application form in

order to become prequalified.

The approved prequalification application form will require information to be provided on the

ownership of the firm, experience of firm’s personnel, any affiliations with other construction firms,

bonding capacity, financial resources, the type of work performed by the firm, and other objective

criteria rationally related to the particular contract to be awarded.

The Bid Agent shall ensure that applications prepared for the projects comply with this policy

and State law. The application is to be submitted by the deadline established in the notice of

prequalification. The notice must be posted on the City’s website for a minimum of two weeks for

any construction project estimated to be $30,000 or more. The act of submitting the application

does not permit the firm to submit a bid. Incomplete applications will be rejected or returned for

further detail or correction in the sole discretion of the City.

E. APPLICATION:

1 The application shall, at a minimum, address the following items:

a. Organizational Structure – The firm shall provide a list of all owners, officers, partners,

or individuals authorized to represent or conduct business for or sign legal documents

for the firm. This list must include the full legal name, typed or printed in a clear legible

form. Firms experiencing changes in ownership, organizational structure, or material

changes in assets must inform the Bid Agent prior to the award of a contract. Failure of

the firm to comply with this requirement may result in the termination of any contract

awarded by the City.

b. Classification – The firm shall indicate the type(s) of work the firm’s workforce and

equipment normally perform, licensure, and other pertinent information.

c. Experience – The firm shall furnish a history documenting experience with projects of

similar size, scope, or complexity involving the type(s) of work for which prequalification

is requested.

d. Financial – Firms will be required to provide a minimum of one year of complete audited

This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.

* Disclaimer: This website provides information about bids, requests for proposals (RFPs), or requests for qualifications (RFQs) for convenience only and does not serve as an official public notice. Individuals who wish to respond to or inquire about bids, RFPs, or RFQs should contact the relevant government department directly.

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