Site work and new construction of a fire / police facility in Hammond, Indiana. Completed plans call for the construction of a fire / police facility; and for site work for a fire / police facility.

PROJECT SCOPE: The selected proposer will provide all financing services, development services, site work, labor and material to construct the Project. Multiple firms may partner to provide a complete response. However, in order for the City to assemble the most qualified team, such partnerships may not be exclusive in nature. The City has retained Axis Architecture as the architect for the Project, and, accordingly, proposers should not provide design services in response to this request for proposals and qualifications. The Project site has not been determined and/or acquired by the City at this time, and, accordingly, the selected proposer will need to provide site analysis to assist in land acquisition. The construction scope of the Project is not yet determined. The final Project scope will be determined through a scoping period with the selected proposer, during which the selected proposer will be required to work with the City's design team to provide analysis to create a final scope, site analysis, a guaranteed budget, and financing terms. The scoping period will likely be a very intense exercise with the goal of achieving a construction groundbreaking in Spring, 2022. Upon receiving satisfactory scoping period deliverables from the selected offeror, the City's Common Council will move forward with the Project and selected offeror via resolution at a public hearing. If the selected offeror is unable to produce satisfactory deliverables including desirable financing terms and budget, the City's Common Council will begin a new scoping period with another offeror or cancel this RFPQ process altogether. III. PROPOSAL EVALUATION: The City has formed a committee to review the proposals received. The criteria which will be utilized in evaluating proposals are as follows: o Your experience developing similar public projects o Your demonstrated ability and capacity to perform the work, including your reputation as indicated by your references for performing this type of work o Your approach to develop the project o Your proposed financing solution to meet all requirements of IC 5-23 o Your proposed fees during the scoping period IV. PROPOSALS Please respond to the following requests: o A description of the project team o Identify at least three (3) similar projects you have financed and developed. Include names and telephone numbers to be used as references relative to the listed projects. o A proposed schedule for the Project, including proposed dates to close on financing, to start and complete construction, and to convey the improvements to the City. Please note that the final Project schedule will be determined during the scoping period. However, the City would like to receive a preliminary schedule with your response for planning purposes. o A proposed approach to the Project, including construction management and financing strategy. o If your proposal includes multiple firms, provide a statement confirming your team's understanding that partnerships are non-exclusive in nature. o The scoping process may have a somewhat long duration in which time the selected proposer would need to prepare financing terms, construction/scope analysis, and a guaranteed budget sufficient for the City to make a decision on proceeding (or not) with the Project and/or with the selected proposer. Please identify fees that may be requested by your team during this process. You may offer hourly rates, an overall lump sum, or multiple lump sums segregated by task. V. General Conditions It should be understood that: o The City reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals/Statements of Qualifications at its sole discretion. o The City does not require you to submit a certified check or other evidence of financial responsibility with your proposal. o Although the scoping period fee will be a major factor in the selection process, the proposer's qualifications and demonstrated capacity to provide the necessary scoping period deliverables and ultimately develop the project will be the most heavily weighted of the stated selection criteria. o All proposers will be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals. The City may enter into discussions with proposers to clarify and assure a full understanding of proposals. o The City may refuse to disclose the contents of the Proposals/ Statement of Qualifications during discussions with eligible proposers. o This Project will be procured and financed in partnership with the selected proposer under IC 5-23, and therefore the Project will not utilize "public funds" as defined in IC 5-22-2-23. Per both statutes, the selected proposer will not be subject to further procurement processes under IC 36-1-12 or any other statute. However, the selected proposer will be required to provide a performance bond for 50% of the construction costs per both IC 5-23 and IC 36-1-12. o Proposing firms shall not contact City Common Council members or other public officials during the RFPQ process other than the RFPQ Committee's representative (the "Representative") listed below, unless authorized or directed to do so by the Representative. All correspondence and questions for this RFPQ should be directed to the Representative as follows: o The City reserves the right to enter into a Scoping Agreement with a proposer for preliminary design and development services prior to the City agreeing to move forward with the Project. After the Scoping period, the RFPQ Committee shall either make a recommendation to award the public-private agreement to a proposer, engage another proposer, or shall terminate the request for proposal process.