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Dollar T in North CarolinaUNC <br /> X� SCHOOL OP <br /> PublicContracting Statutes � GOVERNMENT <br /> Dollar limits and statutory authority current as of November 1 , 2015 <br /> MEMME <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. 143428. 1) <br /> Design - Build and Design- Build Bridging (G. S. 143- 128. 1A; G. S. 143428. 1B) <br /> Public Private Partnership (P3) (G. S. 143428. 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) (notto exceed) G .S . 143 - 135 <br /> Construction or repair projects $ 500,000 (total projectcost) or <br /> $ 200 , 000 (laboronlycost) <br /> Bid bond or deposit <br /> Construction or repair contracts (atleast5% ofbid amount) Formal bids ($500, 000 and above) G . S .143 -129 (b) <br /> Purchase contracts Not required <br /> Performance/Payment bonds <br /> Construction or repair contracts (100 % of contractamount) 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 /> 0 2004 by the School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . All rights reserved, <br />