# North Carolina — all political subdivisions — Competitive bid thresholds for local government by US state — the dollar amount at which a city, county or school district must formally bid, with statutory citations

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 2026-08-19.

- **State and entity type:** North Carolina — all political subdivisions _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Entity type:** any board or governing body of the State, of a State institution, or of any political subdivision _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Spending category:** construction or repair work (higher figure); apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment (lower figure) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute):** equal to or more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Threshold (normalised):** $500,000 for construction or repair; $90,000 for apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Informal quote tier:** none stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Indexation:** no adjustment mechanism stated in this section _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-129(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-129.html

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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