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The City of Framingham invites responses to Designer Services from a qualified Architectural Services firm to provide complete Design Services for a Community Center. The City of Framingham has acquired the building formerly known as the Marian High School located at 273 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702. The City of Framingham's Community Center is envisioned as a pivotal community resource. The selected Architectural Services firm will be asked to work with City employees and a City volunteer group to create a programming plan for the community center and create a design that will meet the programming needs and will prioritize accessibility, functionality, and aesthetics to ensure it caters to the diverse needs of all members of the community. An accelerated timetable of document preparation will be a high priority of this overall project request. The City seeks a designer with demonstrated experience working collaboratively in a complex municipal environment to achieve the desired outcomes. The fee will be negotiated. Any questions relative to this request for proposal should be submitted through the Vendor Registry by Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. If the question is one that the City believes would materially affect the Purchase Description, Scope of Work or Evaluation Criteria, an addendum will be issued via Vendor Registry and sent to all bidders on record as having picked up the Proposal. The City reserves the right to reject any and all submissions, to waive any minor informalities & technicalities, or to cancel the RFQ if it were in the public interest to do so.