Request for Qualification (RFQ), Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) Project, Edwards AFB, CA - Secondary Market Financing

Added: Mar 02, 2017 8:20 am Amendment 0002 includes changes to the following:

(1) First Page and Section 4.3 Submission of Responses changed the RFQ response due date to April 5, 2017.
(2) Section 2.0 Existing Conditions (c) changed to clarify the Programmatic Agreement and draft PEIS/R plan and schedule.
(3) Appendix A through G changed to correspond with the RFQ response due date change above.

Request for Qualifications (AFCEC-17-R-0002) Amendment 0002 illustrates and describes the available property, requirements and the source selection methodology for this proposed Enhanced Use Lease (EUL), which supports the Government's notional requirement to optimize the value of this underutilized property in accordance with Executive Order 13327, Federal Real Property Asset Management and Air Force EUL authorities and processes. A EUL is a non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) real estate transaction executed in accordance with 10 USC 2667. This is not a FAR solicitation for products and/or services.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this solicitation or attending the Industry Day.

Interested sources should prepare and submit their responses, proposals and supporting information in accordance with AFCEC-17-R-0002. Responses are due no later than 5:00 PM Central Time on 5 April 2017.

Added: Feb 21, 2017 11:24 am Amendment 0001 includes changes to the following:

(1) Section 2.0 Existing Conditions (c) The Government initiated a preliminary Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to applicable National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations and Air Force Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) regulations and incorporating an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) regulations based on past site development plans that did not materialize. The preliminary EIS and EIR will not be finalized until the Government selects the Qualified Lessee(s) and proceeds with negotiations. The Government may release studies, reports and analysis from these preliminary documents for situational awareness only. Notwithstanding the forgoing or anything herein to the contrary, Proposed Lessees shall rely solely and exclusively on their own independent investigation and due diligence in determining whether the Property is suitable for their proposed use.

(2) Section 2.0 Existing Conditions (d) If not previously completed, the Qualified Lessee(s) shall be responsible, at its own expense, for preparing an environmental analysis to the satisfaction of, and to be signed by, the Government of the reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts associated with the Qualified Lessee's proposed use of the Property, as required by NEPA regulation published by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) at 40 C.F.R. Parts 1500 to 1508, regulations published by the Government at 32 C.F.R. Part 989 and applicable CEQA regulations published at Public Resources Code (P.R.C.) Division 13, Environmental Quality 21000-21189.57. The Qualified Lessee(s) must complete its environmental analysis and the Government must fully comply with NEPA prior to entering into and executing a Lease.

(3) Appendix A, Depiction of the Property (New illustration/map)

For this solicitation for proposals from private and/or public entities interested in entering into a long-term ground lease agreement for all or a portion of an approximately 3300 acre contiguous parcel on the perimeter of Edwards AFB, CA for the purposes of financing, permitting, developing, constructing, installing, owning, maintaining and operating improvements upon the property for commercial (non-Air
Force) use and operation. Request for Qualifications (AFCEC-17-R-0002) illustrates and describes the available property, requirements and the source selection methodology for this proposed Enhanced Use Lease (EUL), which supports the Government's notional requirement to optimize the value of this underutilized property in accordance with Executive Order 13327, Federal Real Property Asset Management and Air Force EUL authorities and processes. A EUL is a non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) real estate transaction executed in accordance with 10 USC 2667. This is not a FAR solicitation for products and/or services.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this solicitation or attending the Industry Day.

Interested sources should prepare and submit their responses, proposals and supporting information in accordance with AFCEC-17-R-0002. Responses are due no later than 5:00 PM Central Time on 15 March 2017.

Added: Feb 03, 2017 10:45 am The Government is soliciting proposals from private and/or public entities interested in entering into a long-term ground lease agreement for all or a portion of an approximately 3300 contiguous acres on the perimeter of Edwards AFB, CA for the purposes of financing, permitting, developing, constructing, installing, owning, maintaining and operating improvements upon the property for commercial (non-Air Force) use and operation. Request for Qualifications (AFCEC-17-R-0002) illustrates and describes the available property, requirements and the source selection methodology for this proposed Enhanced Use Lease (EUL), which supports the Government's notional requirement to optimize the value of this under-utilized property in accordance with Executive Order 13327, Federal Real Property Asset Management and Air Force EUL authorities and processes. A EUL is a non-Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) real estate transaction executed in accordance with 10 USC 2667. This is not a FAR solicitation for products and/or services.

The Government will sponsor an Industry Day to facilitate the exchange of information and the preparation of proposals as well as providing interested Offerors an opportunity to visit the available parcel. Industry Day details follow:

Embassy Suites, Antelope Valley Ballroom
39375 5th St. W.,
Palmdale, CA 93550
661-266-3756
Date: February 22, 2017
Time: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM PST

Participation in the planned Industry Day is encouraged but is not a prerequisite for submitting a proposal. Industry Day participants must register by 1:00 PM Pacific Time, February 16, 2017 via email to Edwards@TerranearPMC.com and Martin Briseno at martin.briseno@us.af.mil if attending Industry Day.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this solicitation or attending the Industry Day.

Interested sources should prepare and submit their responses, proposals and supporting information in accordance with AFCEC-17-R-0002. Responses are due no later than 5:00 PM Central Time on 15 March 2017.