Request for Qualifications-Designer Services for Truro Facilities Evaluations

Location:	Massachusetts
Posted:	Aug 28, 2026
Due:	Sep 18, 2026
Agency:	Town of Truro
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction Q - Medical Services R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services S - Utilities and Training Services
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Bid Title:	Request for Qualifications-Designer Services for Truro Facilities Evaluations
Category:	Town-Wide Bid Postings
Status:	Open

Description:

Request for Qualifications
Designer Services for
Truro Facilities Evaluations

I. General Scope of Work
Pursuant to the Designer Selection Statute, G.L. c. 7C, §§ 44-58, the Town of Truro ("Town") is requesting designers to submit SOQs stating their qualifications to provide designer services in connection with the following project: To perform facility evaluations of Town owned facilities to determine short-term and long-term maintenance and space needs while also using the Town decarbonization plan as a guide.

Statements of Qualifications ("SOQ") will be accepted until 2:00 PM. EST on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the offices of the Town Manager, 24 Town Hall Rd., PO Box 2030, Truro, MA 02666. Seven (7) copies of the SOQ must be submitted in a sealed envelope or box marked "Designer Services for Truro Facility Evaluation." All SOQs will be evaluated based on the criteria set forth in this RFQ and a short list of finalists will be developed. The finalists will be interviewed and a final selection made after the completion of the interview process.

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Publication Date/Time:

8/28/2026 1:00 PM

Closing Date/Time:

Open Until Contracted

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Request for Qualifications

Designer Services for

Truro Facilities Evaluations

I. General Scope of Work

Pursuant to the Designer Selection Statute, G.L. c. 7C, §§ 44-58, the Town of Truro

(“Town”) is requesting designers to submit SOQs stating their qualifications to provide

designer services in connection with the following project: To perform a facility

evaluations at the following Town owned facilities to determine short-term and long-

term maintenance and space needs while also using the Town decarbonization plan as a

guide.

1. Town owned facilities

2. Public safety Facility, 344 Route 6

3. Truro Central School, 317 Route 6

4. Truro Town Hall, 24 Town Hall Rd

5. Transfer Station, 5 Town Dump Rd

6. Community Center, 7 Standish Way

7. Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way

8. Field House, 14 Snows Field Rd

9. Pamet Harbor office, 75 Depot Rd

10. Beach Office, 36 Shore Rd

Statements of Qualifications (“SOQ”) will be accepted until 2:00 PM. EST on Friday,

September 18, 2026, at the offices of the Town Manager, 24 Town Hall Rd, Truro, MA

02666. Seven (7) copies of the SOQ must be submitted in a sealed envelope or box

marked “Designer Services for Truro Facility Evaluation.” All SOQs will be

evaluated based on the criteria set forth in this RFQ and a short list of finalists will be

developed. The finalists will be interviewed and a final selection made after the

completion of the interview process.

The firm selected for the contract will be required to furnish the necessary personnel,

materials, services, equipment, facilities (except as otherwise specified herein) to perform

evaluations and related design services specified in the Scope of Services in Attachment

1 to this RFQ.

Questions concerning this RFQ must be submitted in writing before 2:00 PM, Monday,

September 14, 2026 to:

Jarrod Cabral

Department of Public Works Director

Truro, MA 02666

email: jcabral@truro-ma.gov

Questions may be emailed. Written responses, if any, will be emailed to all bidders on

record as having requested the RFQ in the form of addenda to this RFQ.

Each applicant must be an architect registered in Massachusetts. The minimum criteria

(“Minimum Criteria”) that must be satisfied by each firm to be considered for award of a

contract are set forth in this RFQ.

The Town will evaluate all SOQs submitted, eliminate any SOQs that do not meet the

Minimum Criteria, develop a ‘short list’ of the three top-ranked applicants, and (at the

Town’s discretion) schedule interviews with those applicants. The contract will be

awarded in accordance with the Designer Selection Statute. The Designer’s fee will be

negotiated. The Designer will execute a Contract prepared by Town Counsel as attached

in Attachment 2 to this RFQ.

The Designer will also be required to execute and include with its SOQ the

CERTIFICATIONS REUQIRED BY LAW (form included in this RFQ) and a

completed DCAMM Standard Designer Application Form for Municipalities (which

may be obtained at: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/for-municipalities-and-public-

agencies), all as required by law.

II. Project Background

The responding firm must clearly demonstrate in its SOQ an understanding of the local

community and the existing conditions of the facilities to be evaluated. The current

facilities range in age from 16 years to 32 years old. Knowledge of the facilities, and

how they operate, is critical to effectively determine the short term and long-term future

maintenance and space needs, while also utilizing the Town’s decarbonization plan as a

guide. This RFQ seeks professional design services to properly and thoroughly identify

needs which will impact the mission of the municipal operations housed in the respective

facilities.

Also see the information at the following links:

• Truro Rescilience Hubs: https://www.truro-

ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3504/2026-Truro-Resilience-Hubs-Report

• Truro Decarbonization Roadmap: https://www.truro-

ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2217/Truro-Decarbonization-Roadmap---Overview-and-

Building-Reports

III. Scope of Services

See Attachment 1 to this RFQ.

IV. Minimum Criteria

The Designer must meet the following minimum qualifications to be considered for award of a

contract:

• Five consecutive years’ experience in the design of public buildings in Massachusetts.

• Completed the full architectural design of a minimum of 3 Massachusetts public

facilities (new construction) in the past ten (10) years and, if not included in one

of the foregoing 3 projects, one 1 new Massachusetts public facility for which your

firm provided design and construction administration services within the past five

(5) years.

• Possess all necessary current licenses and registrations to qualify under

Massachusetts law to perform the function of the designer of the project.

The designer must clearly demonstration satisfaction of the foregoing in its SOQ.

V. Contents of SOQ

Each responding firm MUST INCLUDE in its SOQ a completed DCAMM Standard

Designer Application Form for Municipalities (see https://www.mass.gov/info-

details/for-municipalities-and-public-agencies). In addition, unless the following

information is already included in its completed DCAMM Standard Designer

Application Form for Municipalities, each firm must clearly provide the following

information in its SOQ:

• Name and address of applicant.

• Resume/CV of principals and staff to be assigned to the project.

• List of projects demonstrating satisfaction of the Minium Criteria.

• Current contact information and project names for the last five Massachusetts

municipal public buildings (new construction) for which your firm prepared design

plans and specifications.

• Names of third-party engineers and other consultants that will be used for the project.

• Plan of services demonstrating understanding of the services required.

• Schedule which reflects timetable for completion of project.

• Evidence of insurance for general liability ($2 million combined single limit),

automobile ($2 million combined single limit), worker’s compensation (statutory) and

professional services liability ($2 million minimum.).

• the names and addresses of all partners, if a partnership, of all officers, directors and

all persons with an ownership interest of more than 5 per cent in the applicant if not a

partnership;

• the registration number and status of each person identified in response to the

preceding bullet in every jurisdiction in which such person has ever been registered as

an architect, landscape architect or engineer;

• a list of all projects for all public agencies within the commonwealth for which the

applicant has performed or has entered into a contract to perform design services

within the 5-year period immediately preceding the filing of the information required

in this section;

• a list of all current projects for which the applicant is performing or is under contract

to perform any design services; and

• if the applicant is a joint venture, the information required in this section shall be

required for each joint-venturer, as well as for the joint venture itself.

• Demonstration of satisfaction of Minimum Criteria (if not otherwise demonstrated in

response to any of the foregoing).

• Statement of any legal or administrative proceedings pending or concluded adversely

to the applicant within the past five (5) years which relate to the applicant’s

performance on a public project.

• Certifications Required by Law (form included in this RFQ)

• Current income statement.

VI. Evaluation Process

A. The Procurement Officer or her designee shall review each SOQ to determine

whether it meets the Minimum Criteria. Any SOQ which fails to meet any of

the Minimum Criteria will be rejected as non-responsive.

B. All designers satisfying the Minimum Criteria shall be evaluated based

solely on the evaluation criteria specified in this RFQ (“Evaluation Criteria”),

below.

C. In evaluating SOQs, the Town may make any investigations deemed relevant

to the selection process.

D. The Town may choose to interview and/or request proposals from the three top-

ranked finalists.

E. The contract will be awarded to the most qualified designer as determined by

the Town.

F. The Town shall request a fee proposal and negotiate a fee with the top-ranked

firm. If a fee cannot be negotiated to the Town’s satisfaction within 30 days,

the Town may reject the SOQ and begin fee negotiations with the next, top-

ranked firm.

VII.

Evaluation Criteria

SOQs will be evaluated and ranked based upon the following criteria:

(i) prior similar experience;

(ii) past performance on public and private projects;

(iii) financial stability;

(iv) identity and qualifications of the consultants who will work with the applicant on

the project

The Town will develop a short list of finalists and interview those finalists. The final

selection will be made after the interview process is complete.

VIII. General Provisions

• The Town reserves all rights permitted by law, including without limitation the right

to reject any and all SOQs and to waive any informalities.

• The Town will not be responsible for any expenses incurred in the preparation or

submission of SOQs by the applicants.

• To the extent permitted by law, the Town may award follow-on design

services to the design firm awarded a contract in response to this RFQ.

• Upon submission, all SOQs, plans and specifications will become the property of the

Town and will be subject to disclosure in accordance with the Massachusetts Public

Records Law.

• The selected Designer will be required to comply with all applicable federal state and

local laws, ordinances and regulations.

• The Town is and Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The Town

encourages applications from qualified MBE/DBE/WBE firms.

IX. Fees for Services

The fee for services will be negotiated with the successful design firm selected. Once

selected, the top-ranked design firm will be asked to submit a Fee Proposal. The fee

proposal must include the certification required by G.L. c.7C, § 51(b) (Truth-in-

Negotiations Certificate). DO NOT SUBMIT A FEE PROPOSAL WITH YOUR

SOQ.

If and when requested by the Town, the top-ranked designer shall provide the following

information as part of the fee proposal:

• Professional Personnel Rate Sheet

A rate sheet showing the hourly rate for all Professional Personnel positions to be

assigned to the project. Include on the rate sheet aforementioned the rates to be

charged for all reimbursables necessary for the project such as telephone, mileage,

printing, photocopying, postage, etc.

• Project Hours

A table showing the estimated project hours for each professional position for each

task listed in the scope of services and a detailed listing of the staff hours and cost

per hour for each staff position.

• Additional Fees for Services

Provide the hourly fee for attending an additional meeting in Truro. Indicate whether

the meeting fee would include travel time and reimbursable expenses such as

mileage.

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