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10 <br /> Dollar Thresholds in North Carolina 112 UNC <br /> IPublic Contracting StatutesSCHOOL GOVERNMENT <br /> Dollar limits and statutory authority current as of November 1,2015 <br /> Requirement Threshold Statute <br /> Formal bidding (estimated cost of contract) <br /> Construction or repair contracts $500,000 and above G.S.143-129 <br /> Purchase of apparatus,supplies,materials,and equipment $90,000 and above G.S.143-129 <br /> Informal bidding (actual cost of contract) <br /> Construction or repair contracts $30,000 to formal limit G.S.143-131 <br /> Purchase of apparatus,supplies,materials,and equipment $30,000 to formal limit G.S.143-131 <br /> Construction methods authorized for building projects Over$300,000 G.S.143-128(al) <br /> Separate Prime (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. 143-728.1A;G.S. 743-728.1B) <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) $100,000 or more G.S.143-128.2(a) <br /> —Locally funded projects(formal HUB requirements) $300,000 or more G.S.143-128.2(j) <br /> —Projects in informal bidding range(informal HUB requirements) $30,000 to$500,000* 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) (not to exceed) G.S.143-135 <br /> Construction or repair projects $500,000(total project cost)or <br /> $200,000(labor only cost) <br /> Bid bond or deposit <br /> Construction or repair contracts(otleastS%of bid amount) Formal bids($S00,000 and above) G.S.143-129(b) <br /> Purchase contracts Not required <br /> Performance/Payment bonds <br /> Construction or repair contracts(100%of contract amount) Each contract over$50,000 of G.S.143-129(c); <br /> project costing over$300,000 G.S.44A-26 <br /> Purchase contracts Not required <br /> General contractor's license required $30,000 and above G.S.87-1 <br /> Exemption Force account work(see above) <br /> Owner-builder affidavit required Force account work(see above) G.S.87-14(a)(1) <br /> Use of licensed architect or engineer required <br /> Nonstructural work $300,000 and above G.S.133-1.1(a) <br /> Structural repair,additions,or new construction $135,000 and above <br /> Repair work affecting life safety systems $100,000 and above <br /> Selection of architect,engineer,surveyor,construction manager at risk,or design-build contractor <br /> "Qualification-Based Selection"procedure(QBS) All contracts unless exempted G.S.143-64.31 <br /> Exemption authorized Only projects where estimated 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 /> m 2004 by the School of Government,The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.All rights reserved. <br />