The City of Livonia is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the adaptive reuse, redevelopment, or activation of the former Alfred Noble Library site. The city seeks qualified development teams, operators, nonprofit organizations, and partnership entities to submit proposals that demonstrate a feasible, community-serving future for the site. Key requirements include clear funding pathways, operational sustainability, and the capacity to implement. A mandatory information session and site tour is scheduled for June 16, 2026. Written questions are due by July 7, 2026, and proposals must be submitted electronically via the MITN website by July 17, 2026. No physical proposal submissions will be accepted. Proposals must remain valid for 120 calendar days after the submission deadline. The city reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal and to waive irregularities.
The deadline for submitting proposals is July 17, 2026, at 2:00 p. m. , local time. The bid notice states, proposals for the former Alfred Noble library site project will be received by the city of livonia via the mitn website www. ***. *. * until 2:00 p. m. , local time, on july 17, 2026.
Submissions will be evaluated based on financial feasibility (40%), community benefit (30%), risk mitigation and long-term stewardship (20%), and urgency/phasing strategy (10%). The bid notice states, submissions will be evaluated using the following weighted criteria: financial feasibility demonstrated ability 40 clarity and credibility of funding strategy demonstrated access to capital or funding sources realistic implementation approach experience delivering comparable projects community benefit alignment with site objectives 30 alignment with community-informed priorities visible and meaningful public benefit accessibility across ages and backgrounds contribution to social connection and repeat use integration with surrounding neighborhood and daily life risk mitigation and longterm stewardship 20 identification and management of financial and operational risks adaptability to changing conditions protection of public interest and sustainability urgency phasing strategy 10 ability to activate or stabilize the site in the near term logical phasing where appropriate responsiveness to current site conditions.
The city is seeking qualified respondents who demonstrate experience delivering community service, civic, cultural, or mixed-use development projects, capacity to execute adaptive reuse or substantial renovation, and experience structuring public-private partnerships. The bid notice states, he city is seeking qualified respondents who demonstrate the experience, capacity, and credibility necessary to deliver a sustainable and communityaligned outcome for the alfred noble site. qualified teams should demonstrate: experience delivering community service, civic, cultural, or mixeduse development projects capacity to execute adaptive reuse, substantial renovation, or comparable redevelopment projects demonstrated experience structuring and managing publicprivate partnerships or collaborative civic initiatives ability to navigate regulatory code, and site constraints associated with aging or complex facilities.
A mandatory information session and site tour is scheduled for June 16, 2026. The bid notice states, a mandatory information session and site tour will be held on wednesday, june 16 at 10:00am at the conference room at the department of public works building, **** farmington rd. , livonia, mi, ****.
Questions regarding the request for proposals must be submitted in writing by July 7, 2026. The bid notice states, questions regarding the request for proposals must be submitted in writing to the attention of gus kandah, purchasing manager, via email at: ***@***. *. * questions received by july 7, 2026, will be responded to in writing in the form of an addendum which will be posted on the mitn website.
Late proposals will not be considered, and proposals must remain valid for 120 calendar days. The bid notice states, late proposals will not be considered. no bidder may withdraw their proposal within one hundred twenty 120 calendar days after the date set for opening thereof.