In accordance with IC 5-23-5, the City of West Lafayette, Indiana (the "City"), invites any and all qualified developers to submit Proposals and Statements of Qualifications to enter into a public-private agreement to finance, construct, operate, and/or transfer wastewater infrastructure improvements (the "Project") in order to fulfill essential public utility needs for the City. The City anticipates entering into a public-private agreement allowing the Developer access to the City's site to provide site work, labor and material, as well as financing (as required), to construct the Project, operate the facilities as required, and upon completion, transfer such improvements. The selected developer will provide all services, site work, labor and material to develop, construct, operate and transfer wastewater system infrastructure improvements (the Project). The Project may include but not be limited to improvements to the existing collection system and the Water Resource Recovery Facility, including expansion of the existing Wet Weather Treatment Facility, a new wet weather storage basin, and a new Administration-Laboratory Building. The preliminary Project scope will be determined through preliminary drawings and other supporting documents prepared by Wessler Engineering, Inc. (the "Engineer"). The final Project scope will be determined through the scoping period with the City, Engineer and the selected Developer, during which the selected Developer will be required to provide financing terms, site analysis, construction analysis, and operational terms as needed to create a final scope and a guaranteed maximum price for transfer of the Project to the City upon completion. The Developer's B-O-T Agreement including guaranteed maximum price shall be approved by the City. As part of the scoping process, the selected Developer may be asked to provide multiple budgets for several different scope options so the City can make an informed decision on moving forward (or not) with all or various portions of the Project. It is anticipated upon completion of the scoping period, the City will hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution or ordinance and move forward with the Project and selected Developer to complete the construction and development of the Project. If (1) the selected Developer is unable to produce satisfactory deliverables, including desirable financing terms and budget, or (2) the developer's Agreement is not approved by the City, or (3) the City determines that the Project is not necessary based on the results of the scoping period, then the City will begin a new scoping period with another Developer or cancel this RFPQ process. In either event, the resulting scoping period deliverables will be solely owned by the City, the City may use the information from the scoping period deliverables for its future use and benefit, and the City will not reimburse the Developer for work completed during the scoping period.
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