Pollard Middle School Design Services; 25BDC266D

LEGAL NOTICE

RFS – Designer – Pollard Middle School

Town of Needham - Permanent Public Building Committee &

Building Design & Construction Department

Contract ID# 25BDC266D

March 6, 2025

The Town of Needham invites qualifications from Architectural / Engineering Designers to prepare a Feasibility Report, including cost estimates, for the Pollard Middle School.   The Study should review the program requirements for the Pollard Middle School and study options open to the town for alternatives including:  1) Review the program of space needs from prior study and update of the space program; 2) Assess the existing conditions of the building and site; 3) Assess repair, renovation, addition and/ or demolition and new construction options.   The categories of work include, but are not limited to: Architect, Cost Estimator, HazMat Consult, Civil, Landscaping, Security, IT/AV, Geotech, MEPFP and Structural Engineers.  The project is being funded in part by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).

Copies of the Request for Qualifications will be available beginning Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Office of the Building Design & Construction Department, 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham, MA 02492 or by emailing a request to the Administration Specialist – 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.  The District strongly suggests potential respondents attend a site walk through on March 19, 2025 at 12:30PM at 200 Harris Ave, Needham.

Qualifications (1 original, 3 copies and 2 electronic copies) must be returned to the Building Design & Construction Department c/o Kathryn Copley, 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts 02492 by 2:00PM Thursday, April 3, 2025.  Qualifications must be placed in a sealed envelope marked:

Town of Needham – Pollard Middle School

Contract ID# 25BDC266D

Qualifications for - ________________________“Insert the Name of Applicant”

Fax transmissions will not be accepted.  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.   This legal notice is also posted on the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association’s (MNPA) website at (http://masspublicnotices.org/).