Site work and new construction of a residential development in Cambridge, Maryland. Conceptual plans call for the construction of a residential development; and for site work for a residential development.

The mission of the Cambridge Neighborhood Revitalization Plan ("Plan") is to build upon the efforts to local stakeholders, the City of Cambridge, and the State of Maryland to create in the Pine Street neighborhood a thriving community offering residents quality affordable housing opportunities; the chance to build household wealth through homeownership in a revitalizing community; and a healthy, uplifting neighborhood environment. The Plan began to take shape with Public Visioning sessions in February 20191, and now entails a comprehensive, coordinated program of public/private investment in both new and existing housing complemented by public investments in both infrastructure and amenities. A core element of both the process to date and in the future is the robust involvement of community stakeholders including residents and Habitat for Humanity Choptank. This Request for Qualifications is being issued for the Construction of 1st phase of 12 Affordable New Homes in the Pine Street Historic District. This phase will be financed under Governor Hogan's Homeownership Works initiative, or HOW program. A successful respondent will demonstrate experience building and selling quality affordable single-family homes in revitalizing communities. A demonstrated capacity for working successfully with local and state stakeholders on comparable initiatives will be a material consideration in the selection process. The City of Cambridge is announcing this request for qualifications for the development of publicly owned land. (See the appended maps.) The City seeks a qualified, experienced, and capable development team with experience designing, building, and constructing high quality, revitalizing development. The City's objective is to secure a development partner(s) who is excited about the redevelopment of the City of Cambridge, and ready to be instrumental in the implementation of the City's revitalization plans. The successful development team will ideally have experience participating in revitalizing, community driven, public-private partnerships. The selected developer(s) will be required to provide a project proposal that connects with the identity and history of the Pine Street Historic District and Cambridge Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (CNRP). The City is seeking developers to propose a high quality, affordable, single-family, for-sale development program that demonstrates an understanding of the Cambridge community, its needs, opportunity and the unique attributes of the area and surrounding neighborhoods. (see Exhibit B) The selected developer(s) will be invited to submit a detailed statement of qualifications for the proposed development. Proposals will be reviewed by the City administration in a process that will involve other key stakeholders and the State of Maryland. If the proposal(s) result in an approved project, the City and developer will negotiate an agreement for conveyance and development of the project. The agreement would set forth additional detail regarding the property disposition, performance milestones for the developer, project development timeline, indemnities and insurance requirements, ongoing affordability covenants (where applicable), financing plan, and any other City requirements for the development. Respondent shall present demonstrated experience and expertise in the following: The redevelopment or revitalization at site or neighborhood scales; Maximizing the use of various financing vehicles/tools; The development, construction, and operation of real estate projects; Working in partnership with neighborhood area residents in community participation; Working with public agencies or other regulatory authorities necessary for revitalization efforts; and, The sale of single-family homeownership units. All questions and comments must be submitted via email to: Yvette L. Robinson, Housing Specialist at YRobinson@ChooseCambridge.com no later than 12 noon on Monday, August 15, 2022. The City of Cambridge reserves the right to request additional information from respondents, reject any and all submittals, waive any minor irregularities in the submittal requirements, or cancel, suspend, or amend the provisions of this RFQ at any time. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.