The Rutherford County Schools is seeking proposals for design-build services for the renovation of Mount Vernon Ruth Elementary School into a PreK compliant facility. The deadline for submitting questions is January 21, 2026, at 5:00 PM, and the due date for the RFQ is February 06, 2026, at 12:00 PM. The project must be completed by June 30, 2026. All construction must be in compliance with state and local building codes as well as federal and NC prek and early head start regulations and requirements. The school system will post a written addendum on the school systems website at www. ***. *. * if revisions to this rfq become necessary.
The bid notice states esponses to request for qualifications will be received by rutherford county schools until 12: 00p. m. local time on february 06, 2026.
The selected firm shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the school system and its subsidiaries, divisions, officers, directors, and employees from all liability, loss, costs, claims, damages, expenses, attorney fees, judgments, and awards arising or claimed to have arisen, from any injury caused by orallegedly caused by, any act or omission of the selected firm, or any employee agent or assign.
The committee will use the following criteria to select an individualfirm for further consideration: 1. completeness of the response to this rfq as stated in the required content of response. 2. expertise and qualifications of key professional staff and the firm as a whole in the specific areas of architectural services. 3. performance history of the firm and its staff members with rutherford county schools and other clients. 4. availability of resources and current workload of the consultant team proposed for this project to meet project deadline. 5. proximity to and familiarity with rutherford county schools.
Respondents, both corporate and individual, must be fully licensed and certified for the type of workto be performed in the state of north carolina, at the time of submittal to their response to this rfq.
All requests for clarifications, questions, or additional information must be submitted in writing tokevin bradley, chief operating officer, rutherford county schools via electronic mail: ***@***. *. * by january, 21, 2026 at 5: 00pm.
The rcs board is planning for abudgetary appropriation of no more than 800, **** for total turnkey designbuild services for theentire scope of work.