Public Facilities Commission (PFD)

Request for approval to utilize M.G.L. c.149A Construction Management at Risk delivery method for the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) project: Authority to enter into a construction management at risk contract with a competitively procured and qualified construction management at risk firm.

Whereas, the Public Facilities Department seeks approval from its governing body, the Public Facilities Commission, to submit an application to the Office of the Inspector General requesting a notice to proceed utilizing the procurement procedures of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 1-11, a construction management at risk delivery method for the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) located at 174 Ipswich Street, Boston; and

Whereas, the Public Facilities Department has requested authority from its governing body, the Public Facilities Commission, to enter into a construction management at risk contract with a competitively procured and qualified construction management at risk firm if granted a notice to proceed by the Office of the Inspector General for this Project; and

Whereas, the BAA has an estimated construction value of approximately Ninety Six Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($96,600,000); and

Whereas, the Public Facilities Department has determined that the use of construction management at risk services is appropriate for the proposed project and has stated such in writing;

Now, therefore it is voted: The Public Facilities Commission authorizes the Director of the Public Facilities Department to submit a notice to proceed application to the Office of the Inspector General for approval to use the construction management at risk procurement procedures of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 1-11 and, if approved, to act on said authority and in compliance with the provisions of M.G.L. c.149A, sections 5-7, to procure a construction management at risk firm through the two-phase selection process and award and execute a contract with a qualified construction management at risk firm upon approval by the City Council of appropriated funds for the same and confirmation by the City’s Office of Budget Management.

Amendment to the vote of May 17, 2017: Regarding a contract with ICON Architecture, Inc., for architectural design and construction administration services associated with the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Accelerated Repair Program (ARP) at five (5) Boston Public Schools project located in Boston, South Boston, Hyde Park and Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Increase of: $28,284

That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of November 9, 2016, and, thereafter, amended by a vote for a contract time extension and increase to additional services on May 17, 2017 regarding a contract with ICON Architecture, Inc., for architectural design and construction administration services associated with the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Accelerated Repair Program (ARP) at five (5) Boston Public Schools project located at:

Boston Latin School, Avenue 78 Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

Condon Elementary School, 200 D Street, South Boston, MA

Channing Elementary School, 35 Sunnyside Street, Hyde Park, MA

John W. McCormack School, 315 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA

Paul A. Dever School, 325 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA

be, and hereby is, amended as follows:

By deleting the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $646,500” and substituting in place thereof the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $674,784, including $28,284 for additional services.”

The Director is also authorized to execute such amendment, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.