# North Carolina eVP #121-101426JA

Automotive Building commissioning services for Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

**Posted:** October 14, 2026
**Respond By:** November 12, 2026
**Identifier:** 121-101426JA
**NAICS:** 541330

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.
- **Project:** Commissioning for a planned 45,000-square-foot, single-story facility supporting automotive programs, including autobody and paint and heavy-diesel training. The stated $25 million is the overall project budget, not the value of the commissioning contract.
- **Requested service:** One commissioning engagement spanning design, construction, acceptance, and post-acceptance. Work includes design reviews and planning; construction coordination, submittal reviews, site observations, startup verification, functional testing and issue tracking; closeout and systems-manual review; training coordination; and follow-up testing and reporting.
  - Systems include building envelope and air-tightness, HVAC and controls, plumbing and fire protection, security and access, accessibility, electrical and emergency power, EV charging, and fire alarm/life safety.
  - The commissioning agent must return for follow-up 10 months after final Substantial Completion.
- **Notable requirements:** Enhanced independent third-party commissioning, including building-envelope commissioning and air-tightness testing. The proposing firm must be licensed to practice engineering in North Carolina and bring relevant institutional or educational facility commissioning experience, knowledge of North Carolina State Construction Office processes, and familiarity with PHIUS Passive House and WELL principles.
- **Project design features:** A net-zero energy goal, ground-source heat pumps, and rooftop and parking-canopy solar are identified. These are project design features, not separate line items in this commissioning procurement.
- **Named OEMs and vendors:** **Allegion**, including **Schlage** (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 in the project requirements, not separately requested purchases.
- **Line items:** One Automotive Building commissioning service; no product line items or part numbers are specified. No commissioning bidder or awardee is identified.

### Description

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is seeking commissioning services for the design and construction of a $25,000,000 Automotive Building at its North Campus in Salisbury, North Carolina. The envisioned project is one new, approximately 45,000-square-foot building for automotive classrooms, labs, offices, and support spaces. Services are to cover the project from conceptual design through design development, construction documents, construction administration, and close-out, with coordination alongside the design team, construction manager at risk, sustainability consultant, and owner. Electronic submissions are required, and firms offering commissioning or engineering services must be properly licensed to practice engineering in North Carolina.

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