Town of Needham
Department of Public Works
Public Services Administration Building, 500 Dedham Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts 02492
Telephone (781) 455-7550
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
Release Date
November 28, 2025
Qualifications Title
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and
Stormwater Related Projects
ID Number
26DPW137M
Number of
The Bid Package consists of 2 PDF documents. Returning this form
Documents
confirms receipt of all the documents.
Pre-Proposal Meeting
December 9, 2025 at 10:00am, Charles River Room, Public
Service Administration Building 500 Dedham Ave Needham, MA
02492
Questions Due
December 15, 2025 at 5:00pm
December 22, 2025 at 1:00pm Administration Office of the
Qualifications Due
Department of Public Works located at the Public Services
Administration Building, 500 Dedham Ave., Needham, MA, 02492
Please provide the requested information below as acknowledgment that you have received our bid
package noted above. It is recommended that interested bidders complete this acknowledgment
and return via email to dpwadmin@needhamma.gov. Only by doing this, will the Town be able to
provide notification of any addenda or answered questions relating to this bid. Only those
companies or individuals shown on the Distribution Register will receive addenda to this
bid. By completing and returning this acknowledgement will ensure you are recorded on
the Distribution Register. Proposals from companies or individuals not acknowledging the
addenda may be rejected as not responsive.
Name of Company or
Individual
Name / Title of
Contact
Address
City/Town, State, Zip
Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
Email Address
Signature
Date
Addenda will be posted to the Town’s website. Please check the website for addenda before
submitting your bid to the Town. Bidders who access the bid package from the Town’s
website are responsible for checking the website periodically for any addenda that may be
issued by the Town.
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Related Projects
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Release Date November 28, 2025
Pre-Proposal
Conference
Deadline for
Questions
December 9, 2025 at 10:00am, Charles River Room,
Public Service Administration Building 500 Dedham
Ave Needham, MA 02492
December 15, 2025 at 5:00pm
Qualifications
Due
December 22, 2025 at 1:00pm
Director of Administration
PSAB
500 Dedham Ave.
Needham, MA 02492
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(Advertised in the Needham Times issue of Thursday, November 27, 2025)
(Advertised on the MNPA’s website, Thursday, November 27, 2025)
(Published in Central Register issue of Wednesday, November 26, 2025)
(Advertised in CommBuys on Friday, November 28, 2025)
LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Request for Qualifications
RFQ 26DPW137M
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Related Projects
The Town of Needham invites statements of qualifications for Engineering Services for Water,
Wastewater, and Stormwater Related Projects. Information and details of bidding
requirements will be available beginning Friday, November 28, 2025, online at
http://needhamma.gov/bids.aspx.
A pre-proposal conference will be held at 10:00am on December 9, 2025, at the Public Service
Administration Building 500 Dedham Ave Needham, MA 02492. Attendance is strongly encouraged
but not required.
Sealed proposals will be received at the DPW Administration Office, Public Services Administration
Building, 500 Dedham Ave, Needham, Massachusetts 02492 until December 22, 2025 at
1:00pm. Finalists’ interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of January 5th, 2026. The
right is reserved by the Town of Needham to reject or accept any or all statements of qualifications
if it is in the public interest to do so.
Kathleen King
Town Manager
November 28, 2025
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RFQ 26DPW137M
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Related Projects
Procurement in Brief
Primary Procurement Contact
Project Manager
Event
Date
Project Name
Contract ID Number
Request for
Qualifications (RFQ)
Available
Starting
November 28,
2025
Bid Deposit
Deadline for Written
Questions
December 15,
2025 at
5:00pm
Addenda
When and where bids
are due
December 22,
2025 at
1:00pm
Proposal Opening
Notify all bidders of
finalists selected for
interviews
Interviews (if
required)
Week of
December 29,
2025
Week of
January 5,
2026
Ashley Ellis, Management Analyst
dpwbids@needhamma.gov
Tom Ryder, Town Engineer
Details
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and
Stormwater Related Projects
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Information and details of submission requirements may
be obtained at the DPW Administration Office, PSAB, 500
Dedham Ave., Needham, MA 02492, or online at the
Town’s website: http://www.needhamma.gov/bids.aspx
Bid Deposit is NOT required
By Mail: DPW - 500 Dedham Ave., Needham,
MA 02492
By Email: dpwbids@needhamam.gov
Questions are to be clearly labeled as: QUESTIONS -
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and
Stormwater RFQ – 26DPW137M
If any changes are made to this bid, an addendum will be
issued. Addenda will be posted on the Town’s webpage
and emailed to all bidders on record as having received the
bid package.
DPW Administration Office, PSAB, 500 Dedham Ave.,
Needham, MA 02492.
LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
Qualifications will not be publicly opened. A register
of proposals received will be made available upon
request beginning December 23, 2025.
Time of interview scheduled at time of notification
Interviews will be tentatively scheduled with the selection
subcommittee in Needham, MA.
Contract Award
January 2026 Approval of Town Manager and Town Counsel is REQUIRED
Contract Length
Contract will begin upon execution and expire on
December 31, 2028.
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Section 1 – General Conditions and Submission Requirement
1.01 Introduction
The Town of Needham, through the Town Manager and Department of Public Works – Engineering
Division, (“Owner”), invites engineering and consulting firms to provide qualifications for
Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Related Projects. The selected
consultant would provide design, consulting, and contract oversight for Waste Water, Stormwater,
and Water projects.
One (1) original, and one (1) electronic copy must be submitted to the attention of the Director of
Administration, Administration Office, Public Services Administration Building, 500 Dedham Ave,
Needham, Massachusetts 02492 by 1:00pm, December 22, 2025 . All proposals must include the
attached certificate of non-collusion and other applicable attachments. All consultants shall
furnish proof of a minimum of ten (10) continuous years in business.
Selected consultant interviews will be conducted by a Selection Committee and are tentatively
scheduled to take place during the week of January 5, 2026. The successful consultant must
enter into the Form Agreement prepared by Town Counsel (Sample Available Online). The
selected consultant will be invited to meet with the Town to negotiate for specific tasks and made
part of the consulting contract as required.
The Town of Needham reserves the right to reject or accept any or all statements of
qualifications that it considers to be in the best interest of the Town. The Town Manager is the
Awarding Authority for the contracts. The Town Manager and the DPW are the jurisdictional
entities overseeing the sites and the facilities, with operations management provided by the
DPW.
1.02 Requests for Interpretation
Consulting firms shall promptly raise the issue of any ambiguity, inconsistency, or error, which they
may discover upon examination of the RFQ Documents or any other conditions, which apply to the
work. Consulting Firms must note that statements made orally are not binding on the Town and
only written responses by the Town will be considered. Questions must be sent in writing by email
to dpwbids@needhamma.gov by 5:00pm on December 15, 2025. To identify questions coming in,
please write the following in the subject line: Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater,
and Stormwater RFQ 26DPW137M– Questions. Requests properly presented that in the
opinion of the Town require interpretation, correction, or change in the RFQ documents shall result
in an issuance of an Addenda to the RFQ Documents. Such Addenda shall subsequently become
part of the RFQ Documents. All addenda are required to be acknowledged in the RFQ package
submission.
1.03 CORI/SORI Requirements
In accordance with G.L. c. 71, § 38R, the Town may request and obtain all available criminal
offender record information (CORI) from the Criminal History Systems Board of any employee of
the Consultant “who may have direct and unmonitored contact with children” during the
performance of their work on school property.
As a condition of the award of any contract pursuant to this RFQ, and prior to commencement of
any work, the successful Consultant shall complete and sign a CORI Request Form to obtain CORI
if, in the determination of the Town, some or all of the employees or contractors of the Consultant
“may have direct and unmonitored contact with children” during the performance of their work on
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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.
