ESBD_File_339902_Addendum #1 - RFQ 2023-078 Downtown Development Project 101323 (F).pdf

Purchasing Services Post Office Box 2570

Waco, Texas 76702-2570 254 / 750-8405

Fax: 254 / 750-8063 www.waco-texas.com

Date:

RFQ No:

Commodity:

Contact:

October 13, 2023 2023-078 Master Developer for Downtown Waco Mixed-Use ProjectsMaster Developer for Downtown Waco Mixed-Use Projects

Kasey Gamblin, kaseyg@wacotx.gov

Closing Time: December 07, 2023, 2:00 P.M. CT Opening Time: June 21, 2023, 2:05 P.M. CT

Bid Opening Location: 1415 N. 4th St. Waco, Texas (Via Zoom Video & Dial-in)

Addendum No: 1 The above-mentioned bid invitation has been changed in the following manner. Sign and return addendum to the Purchasing Office by the closing time and date with your RFB response. Returning this page signed by your authorized agent will serve to acknowledge this change. All other requirements of the invitation remain unchanged. If you have any questions, please call or stop by the Purchasing Office at the above address.

THE FOLLOWING IS BEING ISSUED AS ADDENDUM NO. 1

PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING PAGES

• Section 9; Respondent's Questionnaire, RFQ 2023-078.

Firm: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Person Authorized to Sign Bid:______________________________________________________________________

Signor's Name and Title (print or type):_____________________________________________________________________________

Date:____________________Telephone:___________________________Fax:_________________________

RFQ 2023-078 Addendum 1 http://www.waco-texas.com mailto:pcampos@wacotx.gov

SECTION 9: RESPONDENT’S QUESTIONNAIRE

RFQ 2023-078

Respondents are required to submit a complete response to each of the below listed items with separate responses, if needed, for the design and construction team members. Responses requiring additional space should be brief and submitted as an attachment to the Respondent’s Questionnaire.

1. Legal name of the Respondent: __________________________________________

Authorized point of contact for the Respondent:

Name: ____________________ Title: ____________________ Email: ____________________ Cell: ____________________ Mailing address of office that will be providing service:

Main phone: ____________________ Direct phone: ____________________ Number of years in Business: ____________________

Type: Individual ______ Partnership _____ Corporation _______ Joint Venture ________ Number of Employees: __________________ Annual Sales Volume: _________________

2. Qualifications of Respondent: Provide a project organization chart along with resumes of key personnel for both design and construction team members that shows experience with projects of similar size, complexity, and scope.

3. Qualifications of Respondent: Describe your firm’s past performance on other contracts for or agreements with the City of Waco or other cities (e.g. cost control, cost savings, schedule control) and your firm’s demonstrated technical competence and management qualifications with redevelopment projects, particularly those that are similar to the proposed project type.

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4. Qualifications of Respondent: Does any relationship exist between your company and any of the City’s officers, employees whether by relative, business associate, capital funding agreement or any other such kinship? If yes, please explain.

5. Proven Project Success: Describe your company’s quality assurance program, what are your company’s requirements, and how are they measured? In particular, describe the way your Development Team(s) maintains quality control during the design and construction phases. For one of the projects listed in this response, provide specific examples of how these techniques were used.

6. Proven Project Success: Describe the various funding models that your firm has successfully used on past public/private partnership projects and include information on the percentages of public versus private contributions for project funding.

7. Proven Project Success: Describe at least one project that required significant interaction or coordination with the public. Outline what was done by the project team to ensure clear and consistent communication and coordination with the public. Additionally, detail exactly how the project was inclusive of the public’s input. Finally, describe the outcome of the project including if it was positively received by the public, met project goals, and was on time and budget.

8. Proven Project Success: Provide a minimum of three and a maximum of five projects the Development Team(s) has completed which are most like this project. In determining which projects are most like this project, please consider: same or related size and complexity; same or related development environment (e.g.: historic area, urban infill, etc.);

whether the project consisted of an expansion of an existing facility or new construction;

how many members of the proposed team (and their role) worked on the listed project;

how recently the project was completed; and, if the projects were completed on time and on budget. List the projects in priority order, with the most related projects listed first.

9. Proven Project Success: Provide customer reference letters from no less than three (3) public entities with which Respondent currently has contracts and/or has previously provided development or redevelopment services of equal type and scope within the past ten (10) years. DO NOT ONLY USE REFERENCES FROM CITY OF WACO OFFICIALS

10. Respondent’s Stability / Financial Capacity: State whether you will provide a copy of your company’s financial statements for the past two (2) years, if requested by the City.

11. Respondent’s Stability / Financial Capacity: Provide a financial rating of your company and any documentation (e.g., a Dunn & Bradstreet analysis), which indicates the financial stability of the company.

12. Respondent’s Stability / Financial Capacity: Is your company currently for sale or involved in any transaction to expand or to become acquired by another business entity? If yes, please explain the impact both in organizational and directional terms.

13. Respondent’s Stability / Financial Capacity: Provide any details of all past or pending litigation or claims filed against your company arising out of or in connection with your company’s performance under a contract for development or redevelopment of land or other services. Describe how such suit or claims were resolved.

14. Respondent’s Stability / Financial Capacity: Is your company currently in default on any loan agreement or financing agreement with any bank, financial institution, or other entity? If yes, specify date(s), details, circumstances, and prospects for resolution.

15. Capacity to Perform Work: Provide a list of the Development Team’s active projects, the current status of these projects, and when the projects are anticipated to be completed.

Emphasis should be placed on demonstrating that any current projects will not negatively impact the ability to complete the projects within the proposed schedule.

16. Capacity to Perform Work: Provide an anticipated project management plan and schedule in Gantt chart format for the project including major milestone dates.

17. Capacity to Perform Work: Indicate the Development Team’s knowledge of and experience with Waco’s development codes and ordinances including the historic district’s requirements.

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