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Methuen School Committee moves forward with RFP for superintendent search, sets $50,000 floor
Summary
At a Nov. 19 special session, the Methuen School Committee agreed to pursue a request for proposals to run the superintendent search, establish a $50,000 floor (with flexibility to seek additional funds), require confidentiality and training for screening panels, and ask consultants to show how they will perform multilingual outreach.
Methuen, Mass. — The Methuen School Committee on Nov. 19 agreed to open a request for proposals to conduct the district's superintendent search, settling on the RFP procurement route and establishing a $50,000 floor while preserving the option to seek additional funding from the mayor and city council.
Colleen, a district staff member leading procurement, told the committee the search is "not chapter 30 b exempt" and outlined three procurement paths: a request for quotes to a limited number of vendors, sealed bids or a competitive RFP process. "Most communities are using the RFP," she said, describing that technical proposals would be scored with a rubric and only the selected vendor's price would then be opened.
Several committee members pressed for the RFP route because outside firms have search expertise the committee lacks. "The reality…
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