RFPs & RFQs
Belmont Center City Small Area Plan
The City of Belmont, NC, is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to provide professional services for an update to the Center City Small Area Plan. The effort will build upon previous planning initiatives to guide future growth, redevelopment, mobility, and economic vitality within Belmont’s downtown core.
While the plan has served downtown well, it is almost 10 years old. Additionally, the City recently updated its Comprehensive Land Use Plan in late 2025 which offered a number of recommendations relating to maintaining community character, managing land development, and promoting economic growth in downtown.
Center City, is the crown jewel of Belmont with its quaint shopfronts and pedestrian friendly street. It is the cultural, historic, and economic heart of the community. The City seeks a forward-looking, implementable plan to guide future growth and reinforce its identity as a vibrant, walkable destination.
Submission deadline: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 3:00 pm
RFP: Center City Small Area Plan Update - Belmont, NC
RFP: Belmont Waterfront Village Center Area-Specific Master Plan
The City of Belmont is seeking proposals for the creation of an area specific master plan for the Belmont Waterfront Village Center. This effort is a significant opportunity to transform an underutilized waterfront into a vibrant, mixed-use destination that reflects Belmont’s identity, enhances economic vitality, and expands public access to the river.
The City of Belmont updated it’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan last year, which recommended the creation of a new Village Center area which we have tentatively identified as “Waterfront”. The plan noted the desire for tactful redevelopment of this area to capitalize on Belmont’s few remaining areas of shoreline – envisioning the possibility for unique dining options, waterfront sports, parks and trails, and several complementary types.
Submission deadline: April 29, 2026, at 3:00pm
Request for Qualifications: Wake Transit On-Call for Transit Planning, Engineering, Marketing/Communications, Technology, Management and Financial Services
The North Carolina Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), through a joint procurement process with the City of Raleigh, Town of Cary, and the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority (GoTriangle), is inviting interested and qualified consulting firms or individuals to submit Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) demonstrating the ability to perform a variety of planning, marketing and communications, engineering and environmental, technology, program and project oversight/management, and financial services for a multi-jurisdictional group of transit agencies and transportation planning organizations on an "on-call" basis. Consultants or individuals are expected to have expertise in a variety of disciplines. This solicitation of professional services intends to constitute an "on-call" consulting services relationship with qualified consulting firms or individuals for a three (3) year period from Fiscal Year 2027 through Fiscal Year 2029 (June 1, 2026 - June 30, 2029).
Scope of Service Areas:
- Planning Services
- Engineering/Environmental/Land Acquisition Services
- Marketing, Communications and Engagement Services
- Technology Services
- Program and Project Oversight/Management Services
- Financial Services
Responding firms or individuals may submit an SOQ to be considered and compete for any or all of the six (6) categories of services. However, all SOQ submissions must be submitted for a minimum of one (1) category of services. Completed Proposals are due no later than 1:00 p. m. on Monday, April 13, 2026, with selection of a list of on-call consultants by May 22, 2026.
RFQ Contact: Ben Howell, AICP, Wake Transit Program Manager, CAMPO
City of Asheville Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations Rewrite
The City of Asheville is seeking professional support to update the Comprehensive Plan and to completely rewrite related development regulations. This project is planned to...
- Update the 2018 Comprehensive plan using current data and guidance from recently adopted plans, policies, reports, and Helene Recovery data.
- Create new development regulations that reflect the goals and priorities in the Comprehensive Plan.
- Identify updates needed to the Future Land Use Map and other documents used to guide land use decisions.
- Develop strategies that support long term resilience and recovery.
- Make development codes and guidelines easier to understand and use for current and future generations.
The announcement and full details will be posted on the City’s Public Bid Opportunities Page on March 20, 2026. The deadline is Monday, April 20, 2026.
If this isn't the right fit for your firm, please feel free to forward this information to any teams you feel would be a strong candidate.
City of Raleigh, NC – Historic Preservation Plan
The City of Raleigh is soliciting proposals from qualified consulting firms (consultant) specializing in historic preservation, architecture, architectural history, or a related field with demonstrated experience creating preservation plans, experience working with local historic preservation commissions, and with robust community engagement. The successful consultant will demonstrate their expertise and experience in best practices of municipal historic preservation commissions; historic preservation planning; land use and preservation law; compliance with federal and state preservation law and regulations; urban design; preservation financial incentives; zoning and land-use planning; preservation architecture; and stakeholder engagement. Their work will exhibit rigorous attention to detail, commitment to public outreach, as well as the ability to provide recommendations and concrete implementation strategies to strengthen Raleigh’s historic preservation program. The successful consultant may include a single firm or team of firms with the necessary experience and knowledge to provide the expertise to achieve the scope of services described in this RFP.
Closing Date: April 22, 2026
More details: Historic Preservation Plan · eVP
Contact: Tania Tully