Site work and new construction of a day care center in Shelbyville, Indiana. Completed plans call for the construction of a day care center; and for site work for a day care center.

City of Shelbyville, Indiana Redevelopment Commission (the "City"), invites any and all qualified parties to respond to this request for proposals and qualifications (the "RFPQ") to develop, construct, and/or transfer a building to be used as an early learning centre for children ages zero to five years (the "Project") in the City under a public-private partnership. The purpose and intent of the Project is to provide safe and efficient facilities to fulfil the City s responsibility to provide the ' community with essential services. II. PROJECT SCOPE: The selected proposer will provide all necessary services to develop the Project. The City has engaged the services of an architect to establish project parameters. The final Project scope will be determined through a scoping period with the selected proposer, during which the selected proposer will be required to perform site analysis, design-assist services, value engineering services, and construction analysis to create a final scope and a guaranteed budget. The Project will utilize READI grant funds, and the proposer will meet all requirements related to this funding source. The City has selected Halstead Architects as project designer who will provide the necessary design documents and drawings to the selected proposer during the scoping period to an extent that will allow the selected proposer to provide its required scoping period deliverables. The scoping period is anticipated to be a very intense process, with the goal of achieving a guaranteed price and final schematic design by Winter, 2022 in order to accomplish a construction ground-breaking in Spring, 2023. Upon receiving satisfactory scoping period deliverables from the selected proposer, the City will move forward with the Project and the selected proposer via resolution or ordinance at a public hearing to complete the development of the Project. If (1) the selected proposer is unable to produce satisfactory deliverables including an acceptable budget, or (2) the City determines that the Project is not necessary or wise based on the results of the scoping period, then the City may cancel this RFPQ process altogether. III. PROPOSAL EVALUATION: The City has formed a committee to review the proposals received. The criteria which will solely be utilized in evaluating proposals are as follows: Your experience developing similar BOT 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 fees during the scoping period Total costs of the project Your plan and capacity to comply with the READI Grant requirements. IV. PROPOSALS Please respond to the following requests: A description of the project team Identify at least three (3) similar BOT public projects you have developed under IC 5-23. Include names, email addresses, and telephone numbers to be used as references relative to the listed projects. A proposed schedule for the Project to start and complete construction, and to convey the improvements to the City. The final schedule will be determined in the scoping period as part of the selected proposer s ' deliverables. A proposed approach to the Project. Please include information related to your understanding of READI grant requirements and how the proposer s approach will meet the ' requirements. The scoping process will be very intense and focused, in which time the selected proposer would need to prepare, 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 an overall lump sum or multiple lump sums segregated by task or team member. V. General Conditions It should be understood that: The City reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals/Statements of Qualifications at its sole discretion. The City does not require you to submit a certified check or other evidence of financial responsibility with your proposal. The proposer s stated scoping period fee will be an important factor in determining the most appropriate ' Project team, but the Project team s qualifications and experience will be the most important factor ' in determining the selected proposer. 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. The City 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 performance bond and a payment bond for the construction costs per IC 5-23. Proposing firms shall not contact the Mayor, City Council members, Redevelopment Commission members or any 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: Email: jmeltzer@cityofshelbyvillein.com The City reserves the right to enter into a Scoping Agreement with a proposer for design assist 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.