North Carolina eVP #121-101426JA

Commissioning Services for Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Automotive Building

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is seeking an independent commissioning firm for its planned Automotive Building at the North Campus in Salisbury, North Carolina. - Government buyer: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, College Environment Division, Department of Planning and Capital Projects. - Opportunity: One commissioning-services engagement for a planned, approximately 45,000-square-foot, single-story facility with classrooms, labs, offices, and support spaces for automotive, autobody and paint, and Heavy Diesel Technology programs. - Requested services: Enhanced third-party commissioning through design, construction, acceptance, and post-acceptance. Work includes design and systems reviews, energy modeling, coordination and scheduling, construction observations and submittal reviews, startup verification, functional testing, issue tracking, closeout and systems-manual review, training oversight, and performance verification. - Systems and notable requirements: Commissioning covers building-envelope systems and air-tightness testing, HVAC and controls, plumbing and fire protection, security and access, accessibility, electrical systems, emergency power, EV charging, and fire alarm/life-safety systems. The project also calls for a ground-source heat-pump system, rooftop and parking-canopy solar, and a net-zero energy goal; the commissioning agent is to return for follow-up 10 months after substantial completion. - Qualifications: North Carolina engineering licensure, relevant high-efficiency educational or institutional facility experience, familiarity with North Carolina State Construction Office processes, and experience with sustainable-building principles including PHIUS Passive House and WELL. - Named OEMs and vendors in the project requirements: Allegion and its named brands Schlage (including Everest R keying), Von Duprin, and LCN; Avigilon; IP Configure; Notifier; APCO Signs; LeisureCraft Holding, LLC (High Point Series); and Talk-A-Phone. These are basis-of-design references, not separate line items being purchased through this solicitation. - Value: The stated $25 million is the overall building-project budget, inclusive of soft costs, not the commissioning-services contract value. No separate commissioning contract value is provided.

Description

This RFP seeks commissioning services for the design and construction of a new Automotive Building at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s North Campus in Salisbury, North Carolina. The project is envisioned as a 45,000-square-foot, single-story facility with classrooms, labs, offices, and support spaces, with a total project budget of $25,000,000. Commissioning services span the design and construction process through project close-out, and the commissioning agent will work with the design team, construction manager at risk, sustainability consultant, and owner. Responses must be submitted electronically, and proposing firms must be properly licensed to practice engineering in North Carolina.

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