Renovation of a municipal facility in Middlebury, Vermont. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a municipal facility.

Project Summary The ACRPC seeks architectural services to support the planning and execution of energy efficiency upgrades in municipal buildings. Introduction and Background The Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) seeks architectural services to support up to six towns in developing municipal building improvement plans related to the Municipal Energy Resilience Program (MERP) funded by the State office of Buildings and General Services (BGS) through Act 172 (2022). The six towns including Bristol, Orwell, Leicester, Ripton, Goshen, and Whiting have been granted free energy assessments on 22 Municipally owned buildings. These assessments qualify them to apply for an Implementation Grant through the MERP program funding energy retrofits, as well as accessibility and ventilation improvements. The implementation program offers grants of up to $500,000 per town that can be used for one or more MERP-assessed buildings in the municipality. Through this same grant, ACRPC has been allocated funding to support towns in the region to develop these projects and seek additional funding to complete more ambitious projects where necessary and possible. To ensure that the Town(s) submit a high quality Implementation application and to gather information on the availability of contractors to support successful applicants ACRPC seeks bids with services provided in two phases as follows: Phase 1: Architectural services to develop preliminary conceptual drawings and cost estimates. Contracted with ACRPC. Phase 2: Schematic design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction Administration phase services on behalf of the Town(s) and the ACRPC. Contracted with the individual Towns. Respondents are encouraged to respond with availability to support some or all of the Town(s) and buildings listed above. A Q&A session will be held on Friday August 9th, 2024 at 10 AM. The ACRPC and the Town(s) reserve the right to seek clarification of any proposal submitted and to select the proposal considered to best promote the public interest. All proposals become the property of the ACRPC and Town(s) upon submission. The cost of preparing, submitting and presenting a proposal is the sole expense of the consultant. ACRPC and Town(s) reserve the right to reject any and all proposals received as a result of this solicitation, to negotiate with any qualified sources, to waive any formality and any technicalities or to cancel the RFP in part or in its entirety if it is in the best interest of the Town(s). This solicitation of proposals in no way obligates the ACRPC and Town(s) to award a contract.