Cost Estimator - On Call Services; RFQ 26BDC044D

LEGAL NOTICE

RFQ – Cost Estimator – On Call Services

Town of Needham - Permanent Public Building Committee (PPBC) Contract ID# 26BDC044D

Monday, June 23, 2025

The Town of Needham invites qualifications from Cost Estimators to support the Town OPM for On-Call Cost Estimating services in Feasibility, Schematic Design, Design Development, and Construction Document phases. Projects will be municipal projects for the Building Design and Construction Department (BD&CD) and the Building Maintenance Department in the Town of Needham, MA. Municipal project type may include, but not be limited to existing school buildings, roof replacements, and RTU replacements. Cost estimating scope to include evaluation of bids and related services.

Copies of the Request for Qualification will be available beginning Monday, June 23, 2025 at the Office of the PPBC, 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts 02492 or by emailing a request to Kathryn Copley at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. or from the Town’s web site www.NeedhamMa.gov and will be available until submission deadline.

Required qualifications include Cost Estimator Consultant.

A Briefing Session will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 2:00PM, located at 500 Dedham Ave in the Charles River Room / Floor 1.

Questions are to be submitted no later than Monday, July 14, 2025 at 2:00PM by email to Kathryn Copley at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . Questions are to be clearly labeled as Cost Estimating On-Call Services. Responses will be available by Thursday, July 17, 2025

Qualifications are due Monday, July 21, 2025 by 2:00PM and must be returned to the Building Design and Construction Department c/o Kathryn Copley, 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts 02492.

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 the week of July 28, 2025. The Award will be granted the week of August 4, 2025.

Qualifications must be placed in a sealed envelope marked:

Town of Needham –Cost Estimating On-Call Services Contract ID# 26BDC044D

Qualifications for - “Name of Applicant”

Fax transmissions will not be accepted. The Estimator's fee for the identified services, including all reimbursable expenses, is not to exceed $ 300,000.00 (three-hundred thousand dollars) for cost estimating services.

The Town of Needham reserves the right to reject any or all qualifications and to accept any proposal that it considers to be in the best interests of the Town.