Notice RSD13 RFQ-RFP 2025-007 Haz Mat Monitoring.docx

LEGAL NOTICE

Regional School District 13 Board of Education Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals RFQ/RFP Number 2025-007

The Regional School District 13 (the “District”) Board of Education is seeking sealed qualifications and sealed proposals from qualified and experienced industrial hygienists and environmental engineering firms for professional services related to hazardous materials testing and monitoring services in connection with a school building project for renovations and addition to Memorial School located at 124 Hubbard Street, Middlefield, CT 06455. Hazardous materials include, but are not limited to asbestos, lead paint, PCB, mold, radon, refrigerants, mercury, conditions or substances that would adversely impact indoor air quality, as well as potentially harmful chemicals, solvents, hydraulic fluids, and heating oils. The solicitation is both a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) and a Request for Proposals (“RFP”). The District has been awarded a school building construction project grant for the Project by the State of Connecticut through the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services.

Sealed qualifications and sealed proposals in response to the Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals must be received by the District’s Finance Office via email to: rsd13bids@rsd13.org no later than March 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., after which time the sealed submissions will be publicly opened via video conference and read aloud at this google conference link:

RFP2025-007 Haz Mat Materials Construction Testing & Monitoring Services Tuesday, March 3 · 10:00 – 10:30am Time zone: America/New_York Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/dvm-dvrk-bqx Or dial:

Emailed bids received after the specified closing time will not be accepted. Bids submitted in a manner other than the foregoing shall be deemed non-responsive. Submissions must be made by email to: rsd13bids@rsd13.org.

Faxed submissions will not be accepted. Submissions shall be clearly marked either “Response to RFP/Q for Hazardous Material Construction Testing & Monitoring Services ” and “RFQ/RFP 2025-007” and the name of the Proposer submitting the Submissions.

The Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals, with Instructions to Proposers, are available for viewing and downloading on the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services State Contracting Portal which may be accessed at: https://portal.ct.gov/das/ctsource/portal-page?language=en_US (“State Portal”) and the District’s website: https://www.rsd13ct.org/Our-District/Central-Services/Business-Office/index.html. In addition, this legal notice inviting sealed qualifications and proposals shall be published in a local newspaper and posted on the District’s website.

RSD13BOE reserves the right to amend or withdraw the RFQ/RFP for any reason, to accept or reject any or all Qualifications or Proposals submitted, to waive any informalities or non-material deficiencies in any Qualifications or Proposal submitted, and to make such award (or make no award) of a contract in connection with the RFQ/RFP all as determined by the RSD13BOE, in its discretion, to be in the best interest of the District. A Qualifications Submission or Fee Proposal Submission may be rejected for irregularities of any kind, including without limitation, alteration of form, additions not called for, conditional proposals, and incomplete responses. A Qualifications Submission or Fee Proposal Submission may also be rejected if, in the opinion of the RSD13BOE, the Qualifications Submission or Fee Proposal Submission does not meet the standard of quality established and required by the RFQ/RFP. Any or all Qualifications Submissions or Fee Proposal Submissions may be rejected by the RSD13BOE if the RSD13BOE has any reason to believe that collusion exists among two or more Proposers. The foregoing provisions are for illustrative purposes and shall in no way limit the right of the RSD13BOE to reject any and all Qualifications Submissions or Fee Proposal Submissions, in whole or in part.

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