Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Owner’s Project Manager’s scope of work generally involves representing the Awarding Authority and shall act as the Awarding Authority’s agent and consultant throughout this project as outlined in MGL Chapter 149, Section 44A ½. As such, the OPM shall be responsible for the total management of the Project as the Awarding Authority’s representative and shall report to the Awarding Authority. The OPM’s duties shall include, but not be limited to, providing advice and consultation with respect to design, value engineering, commissioning of the building and its systems, scope of work, cost estimating, general contractor and subcontractor prequalification, pursuant to MGL Chapter 149, Section 44D ½ or 44D 3/4 when applicable, scheduling, bidding, and construction; and the selection, negotiation with and oversight of a designer and a general contractor for the project, ensuring the preparation of time schedules which shall serve as control standards for monitoring performance of the building project, and assisting in project evaluation including, but not limited to, written evaluations of the performance of the design professional, contractors and subcontractors. The Owner’s Project Manager shall be responsible for overall project oversight, including all services associated with the project management of a first-class, publicly constructed building in Massachusetts similar in size and scope to the Project and as described herein. Through observation, advice, and consultation, the OPM will endeavor to protect the Town of Shrewsbury against defects, deficiencies in the work, cost additions/overruns, and delays in the completion of the project. The Owner’s Project Manager shall not have responsibility for the design or the construction of the project. Such responsibilities shall remain with the Designer and the General Contractor (“Contractor”).