Site work and new construction of an educational facility in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. Working plans call for the construction of a educational facility; and for site work for a educational facility.

As of July 24, 2025, this project is on hold. A timeline for construction has not been announced. The W. Alton Jones campus is a 2,300-acre wooded campus in West Greenwich, Rhode Island accessed via a two-mile paved road with adjacent electrical utilities and crossed by a number of streams and brooks, some of which are dammed. The former retreat of oil executive W. Alton Jones, the campus includes the Whispering Pines Conference Center, an environmental education facility, a historic farm, numerous outbuildings, and the 75-acre Eisenhower Lake located near the Whispering Pines Conference Center. The Whispering Pines Conference Center includes the Whispering Pines Lodge (10,200 sf), the Sycamore Lodge (11,000 sf), and two smaller lodges (the Laurel Lodge [5,200 sf] and the Nettles Lodge [3,000 sf]) as well as numerous support buildings including a 1,000 sf caretaker's cabin. The Environmental Education Center includes an 11,500 sf main building as well as additional outbuildings and cabins for campers. Woodvale Farm includes approximately nine acres and has two houses (2,800 sf & 2,580 sf), two barns (4,375 sf & 4,740 sf), a classroom building (745 sf) and a few support facilities. In addition, there are numerous outbuildings in varying condition throughout the campus, including on the historic Poor Farm. Except for the developed areas around the former conference center and environmental education center, the campus is primarily wooded, with a few clearings and multiple unpaved access roads. The property abuts public land on its western and southern borders (RIDEM, Arcadia Management Area) and rural residential areas elsewhere. The property includes a few small wetlands and at least four small historical cemeteries. Question Deadline 11/22/2024 at 12:00 PM ET Questions concerning this solicitation must be received by the URI Purchasing Department at URIPurchasing@uri.edu