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Norwich building committee approves consent agenda and sets construction procurement timeline
Summary
The Norwich Building Committee unanimously approved the consent agenda and previous minutes, heard construction updates and set a tentative procurement schedule for construction management services with an RFP to issue in early January.
The Norwich Building Committee voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda and the minutes from its Nov. 19, 2024 meeting, clearing procedural steps as project teams proceed toward bidding and state approvals.
Committee members said the approval keeps multiple school construction projects on schedule while consultants finalize state paperwork and bidding documents. The committee moved forward with a tentative procurement calendar: the construction manager solicitation (referred to in the transcript as the 'Centimeters' RFP) is planned to be issued Jan. 3, with a nonmandatory walkthrough proposed for Jan. 9 and proposals due Jan. 30; interviews of finalists were tentatively scheduled for February.
CSG, the project consultant, reported that state payment request number 5 has been submitted and that the first Plan Completion Review (PCR) meeting was completed; the project team is awaiting Office of Grants Administration feedback and payment before submitting the next payment request. CSG also described the PCR checklist process and said the state reviewers raised largely documentary items; no major deficiencies that would stop the projects were reported.
Financial and procurement details discussed at the meeting included budget figures presented for individual projects (the transcript records a Greenville figure as $2,432,919.7 and a separate cumulative spend figure of $2,555,600.38). Committee members and consultants also discussed allowances held within CSG’s contract for incidental work and a small additional fee for a demographer to produce school-by-school enrollment projections that the state required to place projects on the priority list.
Committee members said CSG will coordinate solicitation advertising, outreach to minority contractors and RFI handling, and will work with the city purchasing office (Bob Castronova) to ensure purchasing requirements are met. The committee also discussed logistics for walkthroughs during dismissal times, and the need to limit disruption during any on‑site contractor visits.
The meeting closed after other project logistics items were discussed, including temporary utilities, anticipated permitting timelines and inspection plans; the chair moved to adjourn and the committee voted to end the meeting at about 7:51 p.m.
