City of Mebane Seeks Design-Build Firms for Fieldstone Pump Station Upgrade

The City of Mebane is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified and interested firms to provide design‑build services for the Fieldstone Pump Station Upgrade project." The formal notice asks interested teams to submit credentials by 2:00 P.M., Friday, March 6, 2026, and sets an approximate project budget of $2.5 million for a facility that must be completed and operational by December 1st, 2027.

Responses shall be submitted to the City of Mebane (Owner) by 2:00 P.M., Friday, March 6th, 2026. SOQs shall be submitted electronically to Franz Holt, PE, City Engineer, via email to: fholt@cityofmebane.com. The City of Mebane owns and operates Fieldstone Pump Station which currently has a design capacity of 633,600 gallons per day (GPD). The sewershed for this pump station includes serving two industrial centers, NCIC and CCIC, which flow through the GKN Pump Station which is also being upgraded.

City officials say growth in the sewersheds for the two pump stations requires new construction at Fieldstone, and the notice makes clear the work must be coordinated with other local upgrades. In addition, the GKN Pump Station upgrade (new construction) is to be completed by the Koury Development Corporation, creating an interdependent construction sequence that will affect flows and schedules across the network.

Plans for the existing Fieldstone Pump Station and force main will be provided upon request, though the public advertisement does not list a procedure or separate portal for plan requests beyond the City Engineer contact. The posting on the City of Mebane website appeared January 30, and a legal advertisement ran February 5. The procurement is qualifications-based at this stage; the advertisement solicits SOQs but does not publish evaluation criteria, SOQ format requirements, or a timeline for interviews and award.

For residents and businesses, the upgrade aims to match wastewater capacity to local industrial growth and reduce the risk of overflows or service constraints as NCIC and CCIC expand. Local contractors and regional engineering firms interested in the work should note the tight timeline: design-build teams must see the facility completed and operational by December 1, 2027, leaving just under two years for design, permitting and construction once a team is selected.

A separate City Operations Update posted alongside the RFQ package includes short-term municipal notices: the February City Council meeting was rescheduled to Monday, February 9, 2026, at 2 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Glendel Stephenson Municipal Building located at 106 E. Washington Street, and storm-related solid waste adjustments affected pickup and recycling the week of February 2–6. Firms preparing SOQs should use the City Engineer contact to request plans and clarifications, confirm file size and receipt procedures for emailed submissions, and seek any schedule or funding details that are not published in the advertisement. The coming weeks will determine which design-build teams step forward to handle a project that ties local infrastructure to regional economic growth.