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Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Resource Guide Collection

2023-2024 Grant Round Grantees: Planning and Design Phase: Timeline

Standard Grant Timeline

Date Event
October 2024-January 2025 Commissioners vote to approve immediately funded and waitlisted grant recipients; MBLC executes contracts with grant recipients for the Planning & Design Phase grants
October 2024 - December 2025 Planning & Design for Standard Grant recipients
December 2025 - January 2026 Independent review of MPLCP Level of Design
February 2026 Estimates based on MPLCP Level of Design for immediately-funded projects; Construction Phase grant awards calculated for immediately-funded projects (Tentative future timeline for waitlisted projects is under Waitlisted Projects tab)
March 2026 Commissioners vote to approve Construction Phase grant awards for immediately-funded projects
March - June 2026 Certified votes for local approvals and appropriations for Construction Phase local funding for immediately-funded projects
June 2026 - June 2027 Design work from completion of schematic design through construction documents for immediately-funded projects
July 2027 Bidding for immediately-funded projects
August 2027 Contracts with general contractors for immediately-funded projects (usually 16 to 24 months)

Small Population Grant Timeline

Date Event
October 2024 Commissioners vote to approve grant recipients; MBLC executes contracts with grant recipients for the Planning & Design Phase awards
October 2024 - December 2025 Pre-planning and Planning & Design for Small Population Grant recipients
December 2025 - January 2026 Independent review of MPLCP Level of Design
February 2026 Estimates based on MPLCP Level of Design; Construction Phase grant awards calculated
March 2026 Commissioners vote to approve Construction Phase grant awards
March - June 2026 Certified votes for local approvals and appropriations for Construction Phase local funding
June 2026 - June 2027 Design work from completion of schematic design through construction documents
July 2027 Bidding
August 2027 Construction contracts for projects (usually 16 to 24 months)