Contract with HDR for Study and Design of a Correctional Center for Women

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Response to: Public Records Request No. 21-184

Dear Mr. Weimer:

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance ("DCAMM") received your public records request dated June 21, 2021.

You requested:

"copy of any contract signed with or agreed upon with HDR or any other firm for the "Study and Design of a Correctional Center for Women" as advertised on through the Designer Selection Board as DSB List # 21-01 and DSB Project # DOC2106."
We are providing the documents responsive to your request via our Interchange File Transfer Service. You will receive a separate email to view the files.

With respect to your request, please note that certain elements of this record is exempt from disclosure pursuant to G.L. c. 4, § 7(26)(n) which applies to:

Records including, but not limited to, blue prints, plans, polices, procedure and schematic drawings which relate to internal lay out and structural elements, security measures, emergency preparedness, threat or vulnerability assessments, or any other records relating to the security or safety of persons, buildings, structures, facilities, utilities, transportation or other infrastructure located within the commonwealth, the disclosure of which, in the reasonable judgment of the custodian, subject to review by the supervisors of public records under subsection (b) of section 10 of chapter 66, is likely to jeopardize public safety.

Pursuant to G.L. c. 4, §7(26)(n), we excluded certain images contained in the contract depicting floor plans, internal layout and structural elements relating to the safety and security of persons and critical infrastructure, the very records which are the focus of the exemption. See People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Department of Agricultural Resources, 477 Mass. 280 (2017) at 289 (requiring a determination whether and to what degree the record sought resembles the records listed as examples in the statute). Knowledge of floor plans, layout, and structural elements, which are shared throughout the buildings, together with the location of clients, including at risk youth, and state personnel, exposes the public and valuable Commonwealth assets to threat actors and jeopardizes physical security. It is therefore the determination of this office that disclosure of the redacted portions of the subject record is likely to jeopardize public safety and security.

If you wish to challenge any aspect of DCAMM's response, in accordance with G.L. c. 66, § 10 and 950 CMR 32.00, you may appeal to the following office: Supervisor of Public Records, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Public Records Division, One Ashburton Place, 17th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, and in accordance with G.L. c. 66, § 10A(c), you have the right to seek judicial review of an unfavorable decision by commencing a civil action in the Superior Court.

Sincerely,

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