The selected proposer will provide all financing services, development services, site work, labor and material to construct the Project. The District has already selected a design team under a separate procurement, and proposers should therefore not respond with a design professional on its team. All land that would receive installation of the improvements and infrastructure is currently owned (or controlled under a purchase agreement) by the District. The scope of the Project is not fully 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 provide financing terms, design-assist services, analysis to create a final scope, and a guaranteed budget. The scoping period is anticipated to be a very intense and fastpaced process, with the goal of achieving a guaranteed price in December, 2022 in order to accomplish a construction groundbreaking in Spring, 2023. Upon receiving satisfactory scoping period deliverables from the selected proposer, the District will move forward with the Project and selected proposer via resolution or ordinance at a public hearing to complete the construction and development of the Project. If (1) the selected proposer is unable to produce satisfactory deliverables including desirable financing terms and budget, or (2) the District determines that the Project is not necessary or wise based on the results of the scoping period, then the District will begin a new scoping period with another proposer or cancel this RFPQ process altogether. In either event, the resulting scoping period deliverables will be solely owned by the District, and the District may use the information from the scoping period deliverables for its use and benefit. The District has formed a committee to review the proposals received. The criteria which will be utilized in evaluating proposals are as follows: Your experience developing similar projects Your demonstrated ability and capacity to perform the work, including your reputation as indicated by your references for performing this type of work Your approach to develop the project Your proposed financing solution Your proposed fees during the scoping period. Please respond to the following requests: A description of the project team Identify at least three (3) similar projects you have developed. Include names and telephone numbers to be used as references relative to the listed projects. Aproposed schedule for the Project, including proposed dates to start and complete construction, and to convey the improvements to the District. Aproposed approach to the Project. 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 District 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. It should be understood that: The District reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals/Statements of Qualifications at its sole discretion. The District does not require you to submit a certified check or other evidence of financial responsibility with your proposal. The scoping period fee will be an important factor in determining the selected proposer, but the most heavily weighted criteria will be the proposer's experience with similar projects. All proposers will be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals. The District may enter into discussions with proposers to clarify and assure a full understanding of proposals. The District may refuse to disclose the contents of the Proposals/ Statement of Qualifications during discussions with eligible proposers. This Project is being procured under IC 5-23, and therefore 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 50% performance bond and a 100% payment bond per IC 5-23. Proposing firms shall not contact District board 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: John A Hawkins, AIA 630 Walnut St. Jeffersonville, IN 47130 (812) 282-9554 (office (812) 913-4606 (direct John.Hawkins@TowerPinkster.com. The District reserves the right to enter into a Scoping Agreement with a proposer for preliminary design and development services prior to the District 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.
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