**As of March 28, 2023 this project has been cancelled and currently there are no plans on rebidding at this time.** The Miami County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA) in partnership with the City of Peru believes
there are certain buildings within the City of Peru's designated Downtown District that are "key" buildings
requiring rehabilitation and reuse. Many of these buildings are in deplorable condition and are a detriment
to overall development in the downtown. MCEDA also believes these key buildings, once rehabilitated, can
play a major role in the revitalization efforts of the downtown and be a catalyst for other property owners to
take notice, invest, and rehab their properties as well.
Finally, the Miami County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA) and the City believe that a public
private partnership investment plan in these key buildings is necessary to engage and incentivize
rehabilitation and reuse by a private developer/s.
Subsequently the Miami County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA), acting in its capacity as the
City of Peru Redevelopment Commission, invites qualified parties to submit Statements of Proposal for the
rehabilitation and reuse of the former H&R Block Building located at 75 S. Broadway St., Peru, Indiana.
II. PROJECT SCOPE:
All rehabilitation work must conform to the State of Indiana Uniform Building Code based on the planned
reuse of the building unless a variance to certain requirements is approved by the Indiana Department of
Homeland Security. MCEDA and the City of Peru, has contracted the services of a consultant that can
assist the selected proposal/developer with questions regarding addressing and conforming to Code
requirements, and applications for variances as may be applicable. These services will be provided at no
charge to the selected proposal/developer.
III. PROPOSAL EVALUATION:
Each of the proposals received by the published deadline will be reviewed by an evaluation committee.
Members of this committee will include officials from City Government, Rediscover Downtown Peru Main
Street Program, and MCEDA.
The criteria that will be utilized in evaluating proposals are as follows:
o Proposed reuse and how does the Project compliment Peru's Downtown District and Revitalization Plan
o Your ability and capacity to perform the work
o Proposed timeline
o Estimated Construction Cost to be determined later
Of all evaluation criteria listed in this Request for Proposal, the proposed reuse and your ability and
capacity to perform the work will be given the most weight by the evaluation committee. MCEDA and or the
evaluation committee reserve the right to reject any and all Statement of Proposals at their sole discretion.
IV. PROPOSALS: Please respond to the following requests:
o Provide a narrative that fully describes your intended reuse of the building to include how your project will
compliment the ongoing efforts to revitalize Peru's Downtown District
o If possible, provide a rendering showing the exterior of the completed project.
o List your experience and involvement in similar projects. Include pictures of completed projects as
applicable.
o Any initial estimate of cost for rehabilitation of the building. Final budget to be finalized and negotiated
between the developer and City after initial selection
o Project timeline
Be it understood that:
o All offerors will be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and
revision of proposals. MCEDA may enter into discussions with offerors to clarify and assure a full
understanding of proposals.
o MCEDA may refuse to disclose the contents of Statement of Proposal during discussions with eligible
offerors.
o MCEDA reserves the right to negotiate the best and final offers of responsible offerors. V: PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP:
As previously stated, MCEDA believes a public private partnership will be required to engage and
incentivize rehabilitation of this building. Therefore, it can be assumed that some level of financial
assistance may be provided to the selected proposal/developer. This assistance may be in the form of a
forgivable loan up to one half of the estimated construction costs reimbursed upon completion of the
rehabilitation. The exact amount of assistance will be negotiated with the selected proposal/developer and
is always subject to final approval at a public meeting of the Peru City Council.
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