The Town posted addendum one dated January 30, 2023.

The Town of Needham invites qualifications from Architectural / Engineering Designers to prepare a Study, including cost estimates, for the DPW Complex Feasibility Study in Needham, MA. Design team qualifications shall include Architect/Planner, Civil, MEP, Structural and Traffic Engineers, and Cost Estimator. 

Copies of the Request for Qualifications will be available beginning Thursday, January 12, 2023 at the Office of the Building Design & Construction Dept., 500 Dedham Ave, Needham, MA 02492 or by emailing a request or questions to the Kathryn Copley at or from the Town’s web site www.needhamma.gov and will be available until the submission deadline.    

Qualifications (1 original, 10 copies and 1 electronic copy) must be returned to the Office of the Building Design & Construction Dept., c/o Kathryn Copley, 500 Dedham Ave, Needham, MA 02492 by 2:00PM Thursday, February 9, 2023.  Qualifications must be placed in a sealed envelope marked:

Town of Needham – DPW Feasibility Study  

Contract ID# 23BDC-186D

Qualifications for - “Insert the Name of Applicant”  

Briefing Session will be held on January 19, 2023 at 11am at the Public Services Admin. Bldg, 500 Dedham Ave, Needham, MA.  Selected interviews of a short list of candidates, if required, will be conducted by the Town of Needham Permanent Public Building Committee (PPBC) and are tentatively scheduled to take place on Monday, February 27, 2023. 

The Designer Fee including all reimbursable expenses will be negotiated with a not to exceed limit of $55,000. The Selected Designer will not be precluded from providing continuing services on the project under a negotiated fee.  Detailed Study shall be completed and approved on or before August 28, 2023.

The Town of Needham reserves the right to reject any or all qualifications and/or to accept any proposal that it considers to be in the best interests of the Town.  This legal notice is also posted on the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association’s (MNPA) website at http:// masspublicnotices.org.  Fax transmissions will not be accepted.