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OWNER'S PROJECT MANAGER (OPM) SERVICES FOR THE PAULINE AGASSIZ SHAW SCHOOL PROJECT

Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, § 44A½(c), the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department (PFD), is seeking the services of a qualified "Owner's Project Manager" ("OPM") to provide Project Management Services for the design, construction, demolition, addition to and/or renovation of the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Elementary School (the "Proposed Project"), located at 429 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, MA 02124, Boston, Massachusetts with an estimated construction cost between $125,000,000 and $140,000,000, subject to Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) approval.

 

The City is considering delivering the project using the Construction Management at Risk method pursuant to the applicable requirements of M.G.L. c.149A.

Applicant firms must have experience on the following types of projects: Construction Management at Risk; Construction and Renovation of K-12 schools in Massachusetts; those using Northeast Collaborative High Performance Schools (NE-CHPS) criteria, and/or those receiving the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Silver certification; and construction in an urban school environment with site constraints.

This procurement process is qualifications based and will consist of a two-phase selection process: Phase I -OPM qualifications review and shortlist of applicant firms; and Phase II -interviews of the short-listed applicant firms. The top-ranked applicant firm at the end of Phase II will be invited to enter into a contract for a negotiated fee to provide OPM services for a feasibility study and schematic design for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Elementary School. If the project is approved for funding by the MSBA for phases beyond feasibility and schematic design, the contract awarded hereunder may be amended to provide for additional services, relative to the design, bidding, and construction phases through to completion of the building project and full occupancy of the same.

The scope of work includes OPM services to assist the City of Boston in managing the feasibility study and schematic design phases of the Pauline Agassiz Shaw School Project. The OPM must possess a broad range of management and communication skills. The OPM's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the ability to monitor and manage the participants, provide timely recommendations, perform cost estimating, value engineering analyses, constructability and scheduling analyses and to monitor the timely resolution of any and all issues that could potentially impact schedule or costs.

 OPM firms are hereby notified a site viewing is scheduled for June 24, 2025, from 9:00am to 10:00am at the Pauline Agassiz Shaw School, 429 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, 02124 and from 10:15am to 11:15 am at the Charles H. Taylor School located at 1060 Morton St, Boston, MA 02126

Project schedule information and preliminary program guidance are included in the OPM Application Package.

The OPM Application Package may be obtained on or after June 18, 2025, at 9 a.m.

 If interested, please call (617)-635-4809 or email Bid.info@boston.gov and refer to this advertisement. Substantive questions concerning this OPM Package are to be submitted in writing to Bid.info@boston.gov before Noon (Eastern Standard Time) on June 26, 2025. No substantive questions will be accepted after that time.

Responses to this RFS are due no later than July 9, 2025, at noon. LATE QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Responses will be accepted:

  • In person, in sealed envelopes and returned to PFD's Bid Counter, 2 Center Plaza, Suite 700, 7th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. If you choose to submit your SOQ in person please include one (1) hardcopy and two (2) flash drives.
  • Online via the Trimble Unity Construct (formerly e-Builder) online bidding portal at https://tinyurl.com/Boston-PFD-Bids to access any documents and addenda for this procurement or submit your SOQ electronically. 

Carleton W. Jones, Executive Director

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