NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

Pursuant to Chapter 30B, Section 6 of the Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L. c. 30B, §6), the Town of Natick, Natick Town Hall, 13 East Central Street, Natick, MA 01760 (“the Town”), acting through the Natick Town Administrator, invites the submission of sealed proposals for design and construction administration services for the Pickerel Pond bridge/boardwalk construction project in the Town of Natick. This is an exempt transaction, and c. 30B shall not be construed to govern this procurement. The Request for Proposals (“RFP”) may be obtained from the electronically from the Procurement Office, Natick Public Works, 75 West Street, Natick, MA 01760, at bleblanc@natickma.org For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. , between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. local time, Monday through Thursday, and between 8:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. (noon) local time, Friday, beginning on February 26, 2024. Ten (10) copies of each sealed Proposal, contained in separately sealed envelopes marked, respectively, “RFP: Design and Construction Administration Services for the Pickerel Pond Bridge/Boardwalk Construction Project – Price Proposal” and “RFP: Design and Construction Administration Services for the Pickerel Pond Bridge/Boardwalk Construction Project – Non-Price Proposal” will be received until 9:00 A.M. local time, March 14, 2024, at the Procurement Office, Natick Public Works, 75 West Street, Natick, MA 01760. Proposers shall also include an electronic copy of their non-price proposal in the non-price proposal envelope. If the Procurement Office is closed due to weather/other emergency, the due date for receipt of proposals will be extended until 9:00 A.M. the next day that the Procurement Office is open. All Proposals shall comply with the RFP issued by the Town of Natick, including, without limitation, Section 1, Instructions to Proposers, and Proposal Submission Requirements. The Town reserves the right to waive any informality in or to reject any, any part of, or all Proposals in the best interest of the Town. Any Proposal submitted will be binding for sixty (60) days subsequent to the deadline date for receipt of sealed Proposals. Award of a contract shall be subject to appropriation and shall be subject to approval by the Natick Town Administrator.

This agreement is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18, 2022.

All provisions of the Federal Davis Bacon Act shall be incorporated herein by reference.