119245 03 Cost Proposal Review 7-9-2024.pdf

Form B

Cost Proposal

RFP 119245 03

Bidders must complete this cost proposal with fixed costs for services to be provided.

Bidder’s Company Name: __________________________

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Description of Services Total Fixed

Cost

1. As described in the RFP, to assist NDED and an advisory committee of Nebraska economic development organizations to conduct a comprehensive study or studies to identify and evaluate large commercial and industrial sites in Nebraska that have the potential to attract major investment and employment opportunities. The study shall include consideration of super sites that encompass between five hundred and one thousand acres and mega sites that encompass more than one thousand acres. At least one proposed site shall be located west of the one hundredth meridian in Nebraska. The study/studies shall be completed submitted to NDED no later than December 15, 2024.

The Department is seeking qualified entities (“Applicants”) to participate as private entities that can provide the following services:

To complete a study that shall assess the potential geographic locations; the infrastructure assets that would be required for each site, including highway, rail, and air transportation, and utilities such as water, wastewater treatment, electrical power, and natural gas;

the population within fifty miles of each site and whether such population would be sufficient to provide an adequate workforce for such site; and the appropriate level of state investment necessary to position Nebraska as a nationally or globally competitive location for site selection targeting various sectors, including, but not limited to, advanced manufacturing, trade, bioscience, agribusiness, warehousing and supply chain logistics, technology, aerospace, automotive, clean energy, military support, and life sciences. Such identified state investment levels may include, but are not limited to, land acquisition costs and infrastructure investments. The purpose of the study is to provide strategic insights on large commercial and industrial sites that will enable the state to attract major investment and employment opportunities in order to support the growth of transformational industries within Nebraska, pursuant to LB644; and to perform all related services as required in the RFP for the initial contract/agreement period, which terminates February 15, 2025. The private entity shall not have any other contracts with the state that involve the provision of services described above.

Site and Building Development Fund Functions, pursuant to LB644.

Initial Period terminating February 15, 2025.