The City of Belfast, a midcoast Maine community of 6,938 persons, is seeking architectural and engineering services in order to prepare and generate opinions of probable cost, engineering and design plans, and requests for responses in support of a planned Public Safety Building. The City currently has its Ambulance and Fire Departments operating out of a two-building facility with a total approximate area of 11,600 square feet, located at 273 Main Street, and has its Police Department operating out of a single-building facility with a total approximate area of 5,600 square feet, located at 112 Church Street. The City has determined that these facilities cannot meet either the current or the future anticipated operational needs of their respective departments. The City now proposes to construct a new Public Safety Building that will serve as the unified home for its Ambulance, Fire, and Police Departments. The City is planning to locate this new Public Safety Building within the approximately 2.5-acre parcel that is the home of its current Ambulance and Fire Department facility at 273 Main Street, as this site is already owned by the City and is well situated in close proximity to Belfast’s major transportation corridors. The construction of a new Public Safety Building at this location will necessitate the removal/demolition of the existing Ambulance and Fire Department facility (and for these departments to establish temporary operations at an offsite location during the period of construction).
