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PUBLIC FACILITIES COMMISSION MEETING (PFD)

The presenter is the Public Facilities Department.

 
ATTENDANCE

On March 29, 2023 Governor Healy approved an extension to remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies established under Former Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020 Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law through March 31, 2025. The Public Facilities Commission (PFC) will continue to conduct its meetings virtually. This enables the PFC to conduct its usual business while adhering to public health recommendations and ensuring public access to its deliberations through adequate, alternative means.

You can watch these virtual meetings on Boston City TV at Xfinity channel 24, RCN channel 13, Fios channel 962, and livestreaming on our website.

 

Discussion Topics

  1. VOTE 1: Brian McLaughlin, Senior Project Manager
     
    Amendment to the vote of August 18, 2021: Regarding a contract with Perkins & Will Architects, Inc., to provide design services associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End.
     
    Increase of $315,260
     
    That the vote of this Commission at its meeting of February 12, 2020 and thereafter amended on August 18, 2021, regarding a contract with Perkins & Will Architects, Inc., to provide design services for the feasibility study and schematic design phase associated with the William E. Carter School project located at 396 Northampton Street, South End;
     
    be, and hereby is, amended as follows:
     
    By deleting the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $8,069,068, including $6,857,068 for additional services” and substituting in place thereof the following words and figures: “at a cost not to exceed $8,384,328, including $315,260 for additional services.”
     
    The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract amendment, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
  2. VOTE 2: J. Rohn MacNulty, Senior Project Manager
     
    Contract to Utile, Inc.: To provide architectural design and construction administration services associated with the South End Library project located at 685 Tremont Street, South End.
     
    Contract Price: $679,129
     
    That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to request from the Mayor, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, written authority to award a contract, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for the qualifications under M.G.L. c. 7C, sections 44-57 with advertisements appearing in the Boston Globe, City Record and COMMBUYS on February 27, 2023 and in the Central Register on March 1, 2023, to Utile, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation with an office at 115 Kingston Street, Boston, MA 02111. Under the terms of this contract, Utile, Inc. will provide architectural design and construction administration services associated with the South End Library project located at 685 Tremont Street, South End. The term of this contract shall be 260 weeks from the date of execution at a cost not to exceed $679,129, including $497,636 for additional services, which is a fixed fee of 7.65% based on an estimated construction cost of $20,000,000.
     
    The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contract, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
  3. VOTE 3: Alistair Lucks, Project Manager II
     
    Contracts to various designers: To provide design review consulting services for projects involving various architectural and/or engineering disciplines. Design review services will be performed on an as-needed-basis for individual projects from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028.
     
    Contract Price: $1,000,000 not-to-exceed per contract for a five year period (i.e. elevator engineering and landscape architecture).
     
    That the Director be, and hereby is, authorized to request from the Mayor, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, written authority to award contracts, pursuant to a publicly advertised request for qualifications under M.G.L. c.7C, sections 44-57 with advertisements appearing in the Boston Globe, City Record and COMMBUYS on March 27, 2023 and Central Register on March 29, 2023, for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028, for design review consulting services for projects involving various architectural and/or engineering disciplines to be performed on an as-needed basis. Services include design review of projects in all phases of design, including planning, design, construction and operation.
     
    The contracts are awarded to:
     
    Category 7: Elevator Engineering: Limit: $1,000,000
     
    Syska & Hennessy – New England, Inc.
    10 Post Office Square, Suite 725
    Boston, MA 02109
     
    Category 13: Landscape Architecture: Limit: $1,000,000
     
    Ray Dunetz Landscape Architecture, Inc.
    179 Green Street
    Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
     
    Under the terms of these contracts, the aforementioned vendors will provide design review consulting services at a cost not to exceed the specific dollar amounts identified above for the individual categories, and per contract award, for the designated five-year period. The Director is, also, authorized to execute such contracts, in the name and on behalf of the Commission, upon receipt of said written authority from the Mayor.
     
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