CAPEN HOUSE FRAME ASSEMBLAGE ACQUISITION

Bids will be solicited from interested vendors through the City of Boston’s Supplier Portal: boston.gov/departments/procurement. 

All bids for this project are subject to all applicable provisions of law and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: Capen House Frame Assemblage Acquisition.

Bids must be submitted before 4:00 P.M., Boston time, Tuesday, June 9, 2026 and opened forthwith.

The IFB documents will be available on or about Monday, May 25, 2026 at 9:00 A.M., Boston time. 

The City of Boston Archaeology Program seeks to acquire the dismantled timber frame assembled elements of the 1675 Capen House originally built in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. This assemblage is currently in storage. Services are limited to the transferral of ownership of the original 1675 Cape House frame assemblage as a single composite object.

Katherine Kottaridis, Director of Historic Preservation