Town Hall and Museum Architectural

The Town of Westford, Massachusetts, acting through the Facilities Department, invites qualified architectural firms to submit qualifications for professional historic architectural, engineering, preservation, and related design services associated with improvements to two historically significant municipal buildings:

• Project No. 1 – Westford Town Hall 55 Main Street, Westford, MA 01886 Historic Natural Slate Roof Replacement and Cupola Restoration
• Project No. 2 – Westford Museum 2 Boston Road, Westford, MA 01886 Historic Exterior Envelope Restoration and Accessibility Improvements

The Town seeks a qualified architectural firm with demonstrated expertise in historic preservation and rehabilitation, including natural slate roofing, historic cupola and exterior architectural restoration, building-envelope rehabilitation, accessibility improvements within historic structures, and Massachusetts public building projects.

The selected firm shall also demonstrate relevant experience working with the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), including preparation and submission of project documentation, coordination of historic-preservation reviews, responding to MHC comments, and assisting public owners in obtaining required historic-preservation approvals.

The selected firm will serve as the prime Designer for both projects and will be responsible for coordinating all architectural, engineering, historic-preservation, cost-estimating, environmental, hazardous-material, and other specialty consultants necessary to complete the work.

Designer selection shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of M.G.L. c. 7C, §§44–57, the Town's adopted designer selection procedures, and other applicable Massachusetts requirements.