Through this RFQ the BHA invites proposals by developers and owners of new multifamily rental construction or multifamily properties requiring rehabilitation within the City of Boston who are interested in developing public housing units that could in turn be converted to project-based Section 8 via HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, to secure permanent and predictable rental operating subsidy. This subsidy could be used as a means to providing additional resources for the development project, achieving deeper affordability in the overall unit mix of the development project. 

St. Botolph Housing Corporation (the “Owner”), which is an instrumentality of the Boston Housing Authority (“BHA”), invites qualified and experienced General Contractor firms (each a “Bidder” or “GC”) to submit proposals for Job No. 1559-14, the modernization of the St. Botolph Apartments subsidized housing community located at 70 St. Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02116 (the “Project”). The Owner estimates the cost of the Project at $32.5 million. The Project is subject to Federal Davis Bacon and State prevailing wage requirements and reporting. Bidders should assume the higher of Federal Davis Bacon or State prevailing wages. Bidders should assume the Project to be tax-exempt.