REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS for General Building Construction Services & Filed-Sub Bidders Trade Services for the P45 MMC Stair 7Lobby Renovation Project. General Bidders, certified in the category of General Building Construction, and Filed-Sub Bidders interested in providing services are invited to submit a SOQ to the MCCA.

Construction of a new 3,058 sf lobby/mezzanine, box office, relocation of loading doors, connection to the existing bldg.; MEPs/FPs upgrades; & Structural improvements. Exterior work includes improvements to the existing façade, new canopy, renovations to existing canopy, new large format digital screen and landscape improvements along State Street in Springfield, MA.

Filed-Sub Bids include: Electrical Work,Elevators,Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems,Glass andGlazing,HVAC,Masonry Work,Metal Windows,Miscellaneous andOrnamental Iron,Painting,Plumbing,Roofing andFlashing,Terrazzo,Tile

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (hereinafter the “Authority”) is soliciting Construction Management at Risk Services for the Hynes Convention Center Deferred Maintenance and Code Upgrades (the “Project”), a phased approach to address deferred maintenance, architectural and building systems at the end of their service life, and accessibility items, with an estimated cost of $52,000,000, located at 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, in conjunction with the designer STV Inc., and the OPM Arcadis US. In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149A, sections 1 thru 13, the Authority is seeking a highly qualified and competent Construction Manager to provide both preconstruction services and to implement the phased construction, between the late-Fall of 2024 through Winter of 2029.

The Authority will use the CM at Risk, M.G.L. c. 149A process and firms interested in providing public construction manager at risk services (“CM” or “CM at Risk”) for the Project are invited to submit a Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) to the Authority. The Authority will receive SOQs at the Administrative Offices of the Authority at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210, until 12:00 PM (Noon) local time on August 15, 2024,

Request for Qualifications documents will be available on or after Wednesday July 17, 2024, from the Authority website rfp.massconvention.com. Each interested party may obtain the documents at such address, together with any addenda or amendments which the Authority may issue.

An informational conference will be held at 12:00 PM (Noon) on Wednesday July 31, 2024, starting at the main entrance of the Hynes Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street, Boston MA, and will be followed by a walkthrough of the site.

Questions or requests for information, clarification or interpretation of the Request for Qualifications documents must be submitted in writing to bflynn@massconvention.com and must be received no later than 4:00 PM, August 2, 2024.

This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in M.G.L. c.149A. The Authority is prequalifying firms interested in providing public CM at Risk services for the project through this RFQ process. Only those respondents deemed qualified will be invited to submit a proposal in response to a detailed Request for Proposals (“RFP”) which will be issued in the second phase of the procurement process. Firms interested in being prequalified must demonstrate that they have prior experience as a CM on at least three CM at Risk projects and have completed at least one project of a similar cost, complexity, type, and size in an occupied and operational building, as this project identified above. The prior CM at Risk projects must have been completed within the last ten (10) years.