The City of Emporia, KS, seeks qualified law firms to provide specialized legal services for a potential large-scale digital infrastructure project. Services include transactional support, advising on public infrastructure, environmental compliance, and land use approvals. Proposals must detail firm experience, proposed team, approach, and budget. An optional presubmittal meeting is scheduled for August 25, 2026. Proposals are due September 1, 2026.
The city may evaluate proposals based on one or more of the following factors: relevant experience on projects comparable to the project, qualifications, experience, and availability of the proposed legal team, demonstrated understanding of municipal development transactions and related legal issues, proposed approach to managing the engagement and providing timely, practical legal advice, references and past performance, proposed fees, estimated budget, and costcontrol measures, overall quality, completeness, and responsiveness of the proposal.
Proposing firms should demonstrate experience representing public entities in complex economic development transactions and serving as lead transactional counsel for data centers or comparable large-scale economic development projects.
Questions regarding this rfq and proposals should be submitted no later than August 26, 2026.
Proposers must disclose any known actual or potential conflicts of interest that would impair, limit, or reasonably appear to limit the firms ability to represent the city in this matter.