Subcontractors & vendors

Build with Sage Interiors Group.

We deliver healthcare, commercial, hospitality and industrial interiors across coastal North Carolina and the Grand Strand. We're building a bench of trade partners who show up, work clean in occupied buildings and carry the paperwork to prove it. Apply once, and we'll call you when work in your scope comes up.

Apply

About ten minutes. Have your insurance certificate handy. Your progress saves as you go.

Meet

We review your application before we sit down, so the meeting covers scopes and upcoming work.

Get approved

Approved partners are matched to bids by scope and service area.

Prequalification

What we'll ask for.

Much of our work is in hospitals, clinics and occupied buildings, under general contractors with strict vendor standards. These are typical minimums. Project-specific requirements come from each client contract and may be higher.

Insurance

General liability: $1M per occurrence / $2M aggregate; higher on hospital work
Auto liability: $1M combined single limit, if vehicles are on site
Workers' compensation: NC statutory limits plus employer's liability
Umbrella / excess: $1M–$5M depending on scope and client
Endorsements: Additional insured (ongoing & completed ops), primary & non-contributory, waiver of subrogation
Specialty coverage: Pollution liability for abatement and remediation; professional liability for design consultants

Paperwork & safety

W-9 & registration: Active with the NC Secretary of State; W-9 collected securely after approval
Trade license: Current NC license for licensed trades, verified with the board
Safety program: Written safety program; EMR of 1.0 or lower preferred
OSHA training: OSHA 10 for crews, OSHA 30 for foremen
Subcontract: Signed Sage master subcontract with client flow-down terms
References: Three commercial references, at least one healthcare preferred

Healthcare work

ICRA training: Infection Control Risk Assessment certificates for crews in occupied facilities
Vendor credentialing: Registration in the facility's credentialing system
Screening & badging: Background check, drug screen and immunizations per facility policy
Life safety: ILSM awareness and above-ceiling permits for MEP, low-voltage and firestop work
Patient privacy: No photos of patients or records; confidentiality agreement

Larger scopes

Bonding: Bid, performance and payment bonds above the client's threshold
E-Verify: Required in NC for employers with 25 or more employees
Silica & hot work: Silica exposure control plan for drywall, concrete, demo and tile; hot work permits for welding and torch work

Don't have everything yet? Apply anyway and tell us what's missing. We'd rather know you than lose you over a document.

Vendor application

Tell us about your company.

Some answers are required of every partner. Others depend on your trade, so the form marks them REQUIRED as you pick your scopes. Everything else helps us place you on the right projects.

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Company 1 of 7 Company name REQUIRED DBA (if different) Office address / city Website Years in business Typical crew size Total employees REQUIRED Entity type REQUIRED

Service area REQUIRED

Cape Fear Onslow & Crystal Coast Inner Banks Grand Strand Statewide / regional

Contacts 2 of 7 Primary contact REQUIRED Title Email REQUIRED Phone REQUIRED

Estimating or billing contact, if it's someone else

Name Role Email Phone

Scopes 3 of 7 Primary scope REQUIRED Anything we didn't list?

Licensing & insurance 4 of 7 NC license type NC license number COI expiration date REQUIRED General liability per occurrence REQUIRED Auto liability REQUIRED Workers' compensation REQUIRED Can you name Sage as additional insured with waiver of subrogation? REQUIRED Umbrella / excess Bonding capacity

Safety & healthcare 5 of 7 Written safety program REQUIRED OSHA training REQUIRED EMR E-Verify enrolled Healthcare project experience REQUIRED Want healthcare work? REQUIRED ICRA-trained crew Can crews pass a background check and drug screen? Nights, weekends & after-hours work Hospital vendor credentialing

Certifications & references 6 of 7 HUB / minority- or women-owned certification REQUIRED Certification type & number GCs you've worked under Three references (company, contact, phone) REQUIRED Recent projects or anything else we should know Referred by

Documents 7 of 7

PDF or photo, one file per box, under 8 MB combined. You can also email them to sarah@sageinteriorsgroup.com. Please don't upload a W-9 here — we'll request it securely once you're approved.

Certificate of insurance License or certification

I certify this information is accurate and I'm authorized to submit it for my company. REQUIRED

Your answers are saved in this browser as you type, so you can come back and finish later. Files need to be attached again.