North Carolina eVP #Doc2466379639

Engelhard Tower Site Elevated Platform and Civil Construction

North Carolina State Highway Patrol seeks a contractor to build the ground infrastructure for its Engelhard communications tower site in Hyde County. - Buyer: State of North Carolina, North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP); Engelhard site, Hyde County. - Requested work: Construct a 27-by-20-foot elevated equipment platform on drilled piers, install a fenced compound and ice bridge, and perform associated civil, grounding, electrical, gravel, geofabric, gate, permitting, and shop-drawing work. - Equipment: The State supplies one prefabricated shelter and one generator. Plans identify a VFP Model 7458 shelter (11 feet 6 inches by 19 feet) and a Generac SD040 diesel generator (40 kW/50 kVA, with a 300-gallon tank); the solicitation also describes the shelter as 12 by 19 feet. - Named manufacturers and products: VFP, Inc. (shelter); Generac (generator); RFI (two CC807-11-T1 antennas); TXRX (one 440 Series TTA); CommScope (one MD-S8 ice shield, two HX8-6W-6GR dishes, and WB-K110-B ice bridge or equivalent); and Shively (six existing 6810 FM antenna bays identified in the equipment schedule). - Tower work boundary: Antenna and other tower-related items shown in the plans are not part of this ground-construction work. Tower work is assigned to the tower owner; the plans identify Subcarrier Communications as tower owner and describe replacement of eight 3/4-inch A490 leg-splice bolts at two tower levels. - Other named organizations: Engineered Tower Solutions prepared the plans; Tideland EMC is identified as the power provider. - Notable requirements: Contractor provides labor and construction materials, coordinates around existing utilities, and completes site-specific platform and civil work. The ice bridge detail allows CommScope WB-K110-B or equivalent.

Description

The solicitation seeks a vendor to construct a platform for a building and generator and complete associated civil work at the new Engelhard tower site in Hyde County, North Carolina. The project plans describe an elevated platform for a prefabricated equipment shelter, a generator, a new chain-link fenced compound, and an ice bridge. The site drawings state that tower scope is to be performed by the tower owner. The project is expected to be completed within approximately three months of award.

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