NPSD Referendum Consultant Services RFP

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North Penn School District 401 East Hancock Street Lansdale, PA 19446 www.npenn.org REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) REFERENDUM CONSULTING SERVICES 1. INTENT & BACKGROUND North Penn School District (the “District”) is soliciting proposals from qualified referendum consulting firms (the “Consultant”) to assist the District with the education and communication for the community and other items as designated by the Administration for the purpose of an electoral debt referendum. The District is located in the north-central section of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and a small portion of the southern central Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is comprised of the municipal subdivisions of the Boroughs of Hatfield, Lansdale, and North Wales and the Townships of Hatfield, Montgomery, Towamencin, and Upper Gwynedd, all located in Montgomery County and a small portion of the Townships of Hilltown and New Britain located in adjacent Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The District presently owns thirteen elementary schools, three middle schools, one high school, a credit recovery school, a Support Services Center, a Transportation Center, and an Educational Service Center (administration building). Students in grades 9-12 also attend the North Montgomery County Area Vocational Technical School. The District has approximately 12,700 students. Additional information may be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.npenn.org. The North Penn School District engaged SchraderGroup Architecture to perform a master plan for the North Penn High School located at 1340 S. Valley Forge Road in Lansdale. The master plan has concluded and the final plan includes two options. Option 1 would include performing a grade realignment to move the 9th-grade population (currently housed in the middle schools) to the North Penn High School site. The 9th grade would be housed in an addition to the North Penn High School. In an effort to support the additional student body, other areas of the North Penn High School would be expanded including a new athletic facility and the development of a new commons and cafeteria areas. In addition to the additions to the North Penn High School, Option 1 would include all new building systems, increased natural lighting, and 21st-century, flexible learning spaces. The entire building will be renovated to allow for a reimagined educational facility to meet the needs of 21stcentury learning.