North Carolina — all political subdivisions
For North Carolina, state and entity type is North Carolina — all political subdivisions; entity type is any board or governing body of the State, of a State institution, or of any political subdivision; spending category is construction or repair work (higher figure); apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is equal to or more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000); threshold (normalised) is $500,000 for construction or repair; $90,000 for apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment, recorded from its source on 2026-09-25.
- State and entity type
- North Carolina — all political subdivisions our reading
- State
- North Carolina our reading
- Entity type
- any board or governing body of the State, of a State institution, or of any political subdivision our reading
- Spending category
- construction or repair work (higher figure); apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment (lower figure) our reading
- Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute)
- equal to or more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) verified
- Threshold (normalised)
- $500,000 for construction or repair; $90,000 for apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment our reading
- Informal quote tier
- $30,000 or more but less than the limits prescribed in G.S. 143-129: contracts for construction or repair work, or for apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment, must be made after informal bids have been secured (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-131(a)) our reading
- Indexation
- none in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-129(a): both figures are fixed amounts written in words and digits — 'five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)' for construction or repair, 'ninety thousand dollars ($90,000)' for 'apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment' — and the subsection prescribes no adjustment. our reading
- Statutory citation
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-129(a) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
No construction or repair work requiring the estimated expenditure of public money in an amount equal to or more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment requiring an estimated expenditure of public money in an amount equal to or more than ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) may be performed, nor may any contract be awarded therefor, by any board or governing body of the State, or of any institution of the State government, or of any political subdivision of the State, unless the provisions of this section are complied with
— ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Informal quote tier
All contracts for construction or repair work or for the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment, involving the expenditure of public money in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more, but less than the limits prescribed in G.S. 143-129, made by any officer, department, board, local school administrative unit, or commission of any county, city, town, or other subdivision of this State shall be made after informal bids have been secured
— all from ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-09-25