North Carolina Children's Campus
Request for Qualifications: Design Services, Architecture & Engineering
This RFQ process for NC Children’s design services has closed. Thank you to all firms who submitted proposals. Firms invited to the next phase will be notified directly.”
The North Carolina Children’s Campus represents a bold step forward in delivering exceptional pediatric care, grounded in the mission to “create a world-class children’s health system dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in North Carolina and beyond.”
This visionary campus will bring together state-of-the-art facilities, thoughtfully designed to provide comprehensive, family-centered care and support.
Key components of the campus will include:
- A 500-bed, roughly 1.6 million square foot, pediatric hospital with an integrated central utility plant to support around-the-clock care and operations.
- A 70-bed 200,000 square foot, pediatric inpatient behavioral health hospital, also offering robust outpatient mental health services to meet the growing needs of children and adolescents.
- A 350,000 square foot comprehensive medical office building, featuring an ambulatory surgery center, outpatient clinics, and specialty care services in a single, accessible location.
- An administrative office building around 200,000 square feet to support essential non-clinical operations, education, and collaboration among care teams.
Structured parking facilities for patients, families, and staff will also be developed as a vital part of the overall campus infrastructure. Parking consultants will be selected through a separate RFQ process.
Together, these facilities will form an integrated, healing environment where clinical excellence, innovation, and compassionate care converge—serving children and families across North Carolina and beyond.
Request For Qualifications Timing
The selection process for design partners for the North Carolina Children’s Campus will begin with a formal Request for Qualifications (RFQ), issued on July 10, 2025. This multi-step process is designed to identify the most qualified firms through a fair and competitive evaluation:
- July 17, 2025 – Deadline to submit questions related to the RFQ
- July 20, 2025 – Responses to all submitted questions will be issued
- July 28, 2025 – RFQ submissions due
- August 5, 2025 – Shortlisted firms will be notified and invited to participate in the next phase
Next Steps
The next step will be the Request for Proposals (RFP), which will be issued to selected firms. The final step in the process will involve interviews with the most qualified teams to support final selection.
This structured approach ensures a thorough review of qualifications, detailed proposals, and in-person engagement before awarding the project.
The North Carolina Children’s Campus is a transformative initiative that will shape the future of pediatric care across the region. As such, it is especially important that this effort reflects the strength, talent, and commitment of businesses with a presence in North Carolina. Engaging local firms not only supports the state’s economy, but also fosters deeper community investment, responsiveness, and long-term collaboration.
Where appropriate to the project scope, preference will be given to firms that maintain a meaningful presence and actively do business within North Carolina. Local participation is vital to ensuring the success, sustainability, and relevance of this ambitious and impactful endeavor.
We sincerely thank all firms for their interest in and commitment to the North Carolina Children’s Campus initiative. Your participation in this RFQ process reflects a shared dedication to advancing pediatric health and improving the lives of children and families across our state and beyond.
We value the time, effort, and expertise that each team brings to this important endeavor and look forward to the opportunity to collaborate with partners who share our vision for creating a world-class children’s health system in North Carolina.
