Ground Transportation Government Bids & RFPs

The deadline for RFQ/RFP submission is Thursday, October 1, 2020, at 5:00 PM PDT.

The bid notice states that MTD will consider rent payment under the ground lease structured as annual base rent payments or based on a percentage of gross income received from the operation of the project. Any rent payment structured as annual base payment should include a periodic increase based on CPI or similar metric and be subject to at least one midterm rent reset. In addition to rent payments, the selected developer will pay directly for any and all expenses associated with the property or the project. The bid notice also mentions that MTD would anticipate monetary consideration from the selected developer for the lease option agreement.

The bid notice states that the RFQ portion of the submittal will be reviewed based on criteria including, in the following order of importance: recent development experience, knowledge and demonstrated experience with housing development within the central coast and other regions in California, development team's demonstrated substantial financial strength and record of successful experience, project management demonstrated ability to manage design, entitlement, and construction processes, ground lease experience, public agency experience, and community involvement. For the RFP portion, the evaluation will consider MTD's financial return and risk, financial capability and access to financing, experience with similarly sized, mixed income housing projects, evaluation of the development team, evaluation of the conceptual plan, and experience with community involvement.

The bid notice requires development entities to submit information on their legal status, date in business, growth patterns, types of services provided, number of personnel employed, experience with local government permitting agencies, and organization affiliations and licenses. Specific experience in multiunit rental housing development, inclusionary housing, transit-oriented development, working with local decision-making bodies, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), project and construction management, financial expertise, and marketing/leaseup is also required.

The bid notice mentions a non-mandatory pre-submittal meeting on Monday, August 31, 2020, at 3:00 PM PDT, which can be attended in person or via video conference.

The deadline for requests for clarifications or changes to the RFQ is Monday, September 14, 2020, at 5:00 PM PDT.

The bid notice states that failure of a candidate to follow instructions may result in rejection or disqualification of its proposal.

The bid notice states that bids are due by an unspecified date before the opening date of June 16, 2026.