Final_advertisement_-_BOT_Hamilton_County_Fiber_Ring.docx
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- Hamilton County Fiber Ring
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- 2026-GEN-00102
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- Hamilton County, Indiana
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This is a Request for Proposals/Qualifications document issued by the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners in Indiana for a Public-Private Partnership to design, build, finance, develop, operate, and transfer a physical fiber ring linking critical County facilities in Noblesville, Indiana. The project aims to create a resilient, standards-compliant fiber infrastructure to meet essential utility needs for the County. Proposals and Statements of Qualifications are due by 2:00 PM Eastern time on August 10, 2026, and must be submitted through Hamilton County's eProcurement portal. The solicitation was advertised on July 20, 2026, and July 27, 2026. Detailed Request for Proposals/Qualifications packets and related requirements can be obtained electronically from Chris Mertens at Chris.Mertens@hamiltoncounty.in.gov. No specific site visits or bidder's conferences are mentioned in the advertisement.
The County will evaluate offers based on several criteria, including the offeror's experience with similar projects, demonstrated ability and capacity to perform the work, reputation and references, proposed project approach, plans for self-performance and subcontracting, and proposed fees during the scoping period. The County reserves the right to modify or cancel the project at any time before a developer enters into a formal agreement, including during the scoping period, and retains the discretion to reject any and all qualifications. The County may enter into discussions with individual developers to clarify responsiveness to solicitation requirements. Specific pricing information, set-asides, incumbent information, and funding sources are not detailed in this advertisement document.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS/QUALIFICATIONS
Hamilton County Fiber Ring
HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA
Written offers to a Request for Proposals/Qualifications for the purpose of providing a Public-Private-Partnership will be received by the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners (the “County”), One Hamilton Square, Suite 157, Noblesville, IN 46060 until 2:00 PM Eastern time on August 10, 2026 for a Public-Private Agreement (as defined in IC 5-23-2) related to the potential constructing, operating, transferring, and developing of a physical fiber ring to link critical County facilities in Noblesville, IN pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indiana Code, including, but not limited to, Indiana Code Section 5-23. Submittals must be submitted to Hamilton County’s eProcurment portal no later than 2:00 PM Eastern time. The eProcurement portal can be found on the County’s website at:
https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/2130/Bid-Opportunities-and-Solicitation
The eProcurement portal will not allow submissions after 2:00 PM Eastern time has passed.
Packets containing the detailed Request for Proposals/Qualifications and related requirements, terms and conditions can be obtained by electronic download from:
Chris Mertens: Chris.Mertens@hamiltoncounty.in.gov
The County will consider various factors in evaluating the offers, including, without limitation: (i) offeror’s experience with developing similar projects; (ii) offeror’s demonstrated ability and capacity to perform the work, including offeror’s reputation as indicated by the references for performing this type of work; (iii) offeror’s approach to develop the Project; (iv) offeror’s proposed plan to self-perform and/or sub-contract the work included in this Project; (v) offeror’s proposed fees during the scoping period; and (vi) other factors deemed appropriate by the County in the context of the services and products to be provided by the offeror.
The County reserves the right to modify or cancel the Project at any time before a developer enters into a formal agreement with the County, including at any point during the scoping period. The County reserves the right to reject any and all Qualifications at its sole discretion. The County may enter into discussions with any individual developer to clarify and assure a full understanding and responsiveness to the solicitation requirements.
Advertisement dates July 20, 2026 July 27, 2026
Qualifications due August 10, 2026 2:00 PM Eastern time
| Publish: 07.20.26 (Reporter) | |
| 07.27.26 | |
| 07.22.26 (Times) | |
| 07.29.26 |
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