Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 810 CMR - DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE › Title 810 CMR 9.00 - Prequalification Of General Contractors To Bid On Public Building Contracts Pursuant To M.G.L. c. 149 Sections 44A through 44J › Section 9.07 - Public Notice of Prequalification

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Public Notice and Solicitation of Responses to RFQ
.
			 Once the Prequalification Committee has met and finalized the RFQ and SOQ in
			 accordance with the requirements set forth in
			 810
			 CMR 9.05 and
			 9.06, the Awarding Authority
			 shall initiate the prequalification process by issuing a public notice to alert
			 interested General Contractors that prequalification will be utilized for the
			 procurement of a General Contractor on a particular Building Project and that
			 general bids will not be accepted from General Contractors which have not been
			 prequalified and invited to bid by the Awarding Authority as provided in M.G.L.
			 c. 149, § 44D½, and
			 810 CMR
			 9.00.
(2)
Advertisement of Public Notice and Solicitation of Responses to
			 RFQ
. The public notice shall be advertised in a newspaper of
			 general circulation in the area in which the Building Project is located, in
			 the
Central Register
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 9, § 20A, and
			 within the Commonwealth's state-wide COMMBUYS procurement system, which is
			 administered by the Commonwealth's Operational Services Division. The public
			 notice may also be posted on the Awarding Authority's web-site, but such
			 posting will not eliminate or substitute the requirement to advertise the
			 public notice as set forth in
			 810
			 CMR 9.07.
(3)
Time for Public Notice and
			 Solicitation of Responses to RFQ
. The public notice that
			 prequalification will be utilized and solicitation of responses to the RFQ
			 issued for that purpose shall be published by the Awarding Authority not less
			 than two weeks before the deadline for submission of responses to the
			 RFQ.
(4)
Contents of
			 Public Notice and Solicitation
.
(a) The public notice must contain the
			 following minimum required information regarding the Building Project:
1. a statement indicating that the RFQ will
			 be used to prequalify General Contractors for a particular Building Project and
			 only General Contractors who are prequalified by the Awarding Authority will be
			 invited to submit a bid for the Building Project pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149,
			 § 44E;
2. the location or
			 locations where interested General Contractors can obtain a full copy of the
			 RFQ, including both the actual address or addresses where a hard copy may be
			 obtained and the electronic address or addresses where an electronic copy may
			 be obtained;
3. the time and date
			 for receipt of responses to the RFQ, which shall be at least two weeks after
			 the date of advertisement of the public notice and solicitation of responses to
			 the RFQ;
4. both the mailing and
			 physical address of the office to which the responses to the RFQ are to be
			 delivered;
5. the timeframe in
			 which the Awarding Authority will respond to said responses;
6. a general description of the Building
			 Project which shall include a description of the physical location of the
			 Building Project and the work to be performed;
7. the anticipated schedule for the Building
			 Project from the time a notice to proceed is issued by the Awarding
			 Authority;
8. the estimated
			 construction cost for the Building Project;
9. a listing of the project team, including
			 the Awarding Authority, the Designer, and Awarding Authority's OPM, if
			 applicable;
10. a detailed
			 description of the evaluation procedure and the criteria for the
			 prequalification of General Contractors, including the point rating system to
			 be enlisted by the Prequalification Committee in evaluating responses to the
			 RFQ and the specific point allocation for each evaluation category and
			 sub-category, and the anticipated schedule for the start and completion of the
			 evaluation process;
11. a
			 prohibition against any unauthorized communication or contact with the Awarding
			 Authority outside of official pre-bid meetings. (The only communications which
			 shall be deemed authorized are inquiries made to the Awarding Authority for
			 general information about obtaining the RFQ, RFQ submission deadlines, and the
			 existence of any relevant addenda to the RFQ; and inquiries made at any
			 official Pre-RFQ submission meeting held by the Awarding Authority);
			 and,
12. if the Awarding Authority
			 elects to limit the size and number of pages to be included in the responses to
			 the RFQ then notice of that limitation must be included in the public notice
			 and solicitation.