APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE:
The following requirements were implemented on the following dates and continue to be requirements.

May 2013
Reasons for Rejection of Applicants

The following list which would result in a Board determination that the application missing the following information will be considered ineligible for further review and the applicant is ineligible for selection either as a result of violation of provisions of law, provisions of Executive Order or rules properly established by the Board would include:

  1. Application not signed by a Principal of the firm.
  2. Applicant firm is not a designer as defined in Chapter 7.
  3. Applicant firm is not of the type (i.e. A, A/E, E) requested in the advertisement.
  4. The P.I.C. of the prime applicant does not meet the requirements of the advertisement.
  5. Failure to include resume of one or more of personnel listed on the organizational chart or otherwise required.
  6. Application does not include both MBE and WBE.
  7. MBE and/or WBE goals are met with non-requested prime or sub-consultants.
  8. Ownership requirements as defined by Chapter 7 not fulfilled.
  9. Application does not include all requested sub-consultants.
  10. All sub-consultants must be registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when such registration is available.
  11. Section #12 of the application is not answered with “Yes” or “No”.
  12. No Master File Brochure on file.

 

February 2013
DSB Application Update – Section 7 - Resume
Brief Resume of ONLY those Prime Applicant and Sub-Consultant personnel requested in the Advertisement.  Confine responses to the space provided on the Form and limit Resumes to ONE person per discipline requested in the Advertisement.  Include Resumes of Project Managers.  Resumes should be consistent with the persons listed on the Organizational Chart in Question # 6.  Additional sheets should be provided only as required for the number of Key Personnel requested in the Advertisement and they must be in the format provided.  By including a Firm as a Sub-Consultant, the Prime Applicant certifies that the listed Firm has agreed to work on this Project, should the team be selected.

January 2013
Reasons for Rejection of Applicants
The following list which would result in a Board determination that the application missing the following information will be considered ineligible for further review and the applicant is ineligible for selection either as a result of violation of provisions of law, provisions of Executive Order or rules properly established by the Board would include:
1. Application not signed by a Principal of the firm.
2. Applicant firm is not a designer as defined in Chapter 7.
3. Applicant firm is not of the type (i.e. A, A/E, E) requested in the advertisement.
4. The P.I.C. of the prime applicant does not meet the requirements of the advertisement.
5. Failure to include resume of one or more of personnel listed on the organizational chart or otherwise required.
6. Application does not include both MBE and WBE.
7. MBE and/or WBE goals are met with non-requested prime or sub-consultants.
8. Ownership requirements as defined by Chapter 7 not fulfilled.
9. Application does not include all requested sub-consultants.
10. Sub-consultant acknowledgement forms are not provided.
11. Section #12 of the application is not answered with “Yes” or “No”.
12. No Master File Brochure on file.

October 2011
Form Request Update:  An electronic copy of the completed Application Form and Master File Brochure Form in CD format, are no longer requested.

July 2011
APPLICATION UPDATE: Section #12 has been changed to read as follows:
Have monies been paid by you, or on your behalf, as a result of Professional Liability Claims (in any jurisdiction) occurring within the last 5 years and in excess of $50,000 per incident? Answer YES or NO. If YES, please include the name(s) of the Project(s) and Client(s), and an explanation (attach separate sheet if necessary). Please use Updated July 2011 DSB Application Form

February 2011
APPLICATION UPDATE: Added to Section #9 - Number of Total Projects; Number of Active Projects; and Total Construction Cost (In Thousands) of Active Projects (excluding studies). Please use Updated February 2011 DSB Application Form.

MBE/WBE UPDATE: SOMWBA is now known as SDO. The State Office of Minority and Women Owned Business Assistance (SOMWBA) and the Affirmative Market Program (AMP) merged on May 1, 2010 to create a new Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office (SDO).

March 2010
MBE/WBE Participation: Applicants are strongly encouraged to utilize multiple disciplines and firms to meet their MBE/WBE goals. Consultants to the prime can team within their disciplines in order to meet the MBE/WBE goals, but must state this relationship on the organizational chart (Section 6 of the application form) and submit all necessary forms.

July 2009
CLARIFICATION: Electronic signatures are accepted for the Sub-consultant Acknowledgement forms.

June 2009
CORRECTION: The statement below only applies to all OUT OF STATE PRIME FIRMS. They MUST be registered with the Secretary of State. Please attach (one copy only with original application, NOT all sixteen (16) copies) firm's State Registration Certificate.

All firms applying to advertisements to the Designer Selection Board must, illustrate as above, that they are registered to do business with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of MA.

May 13, 2009
Please ensure that the copy of the application that contains the sub-consultant acknowledgement and the SOMWBA certifications are clearly marked ORIGINAL .

May 2009
All sections of the Application Form must be answered. If any are left unanswered then the applicant will be REJECTED. In question #12, do not answer with N/A. Use either YES or NO with appropriate information.

If an applicant receives notice, after the application has been submitted, and prior to consideration by the DSB, that one or more of their sub-consultants has received notice of termination/resignation by the firm with whom they work, the applicant must submit a written confirmation by that firm to the DSB with the proposed replacement. The replacement must be registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

March 2009
CLARIFICATION: DCAM contracts require that the Prime and Sub-Consultant personnel must be registered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in their respective disciplines and therefore, when applicable, the DSB requires registration in the disciplines listed in order to satisfy DCAM contract requirements.

September 2008:
CORRECTION: The statement below only applies to all OUT OF STATE FIRMS. They MUST be registered with the Secretary of State. Please attach (one copy only with original application, NOT all sixteen (16) copies) firms State Registration Certificate.

All firms applying to advertisements to the Designer Selection Board must insure they are registered to do business with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of MA.

August 2008:
Master File Brochure Change: Question 1b Mass. Vendor ID# replaced by Federal ID #.

July 2008:
In the future it will only be necessary to attach "SOMWBA Certification forms" for MBE and WBE and "Sub-consultant Acknowledgement forms" to ONE (ORIGINAL) copy of the applications and NOT all sixteen (16) copies.

Application Change: Copies for DSB 2005 Application change from 15 to 16 copies.

April 2008:
Application Changes: Question 2a - Changed from Project # to DSB #, Item # and Question 12 - Professional Liability Claims Changed from 7 to 5 years.

January 2008:
In reference to April 2007, display only applications e.g. PDF format are NOT acceptable.

Please be sure to use the latest forms when applying for State funded projects. It is the responsibility of the Prime applicant to ensure all of their sub-consultants also use the current application forms. Failure to do so will be grounds for the application to be rejected.

At its meeting of May 11, 2005 the Designer Selection Board of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed the following motion:

All applications due on or after June 30, 2005, where the designer is selected by the Designer Selection Board, shall be submitted on the form entitled Commonwealth of Massachusetts DSB 2005 Application Forms as issued by the Designer Selection Board or said application shall be rejected as being non-responsive.

Prime applicant is responsible for all consultants using latest forms.

October 2007:
A person may not submit more than one application as a "prime" applicant on the same project. The applications of any such applicant shall be considered disqualified. This rule does not preclude a person applying as a "prime" applicant even though that applicant is also listed as a consultant on one or more other "prime" applications on the same project. For the purposes of this paragraph the term "person" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity.

April 2007:
Application Change: An additional electronic copy in CD format of the completed Application Form, using MS Word or other word processing software, is to be included with the printed Applications.

If an updated Master File Brochure is submitted at any time, an additional electronic copy in CD format using MS Word or other word processing software, is to be included with the submitted update.

Application Change: Question #9 - "Construction Cost" replaced "Project Cost"

February 2006:

  • Please be sure to use the latest forms when applying for State funded projects.
  • It is the responsibility of the Prime applicant to ensure all of their sub-consultants also use the current application forms. Failure to do so will be grounds for the application to be rejected .

Questions:

If you have any questions please call the DSB at (617) 727-4046. You may direct your questions to the DSB's Executive Director Gordon Sainsbury or his executive assistant Claire Hester.