Hall County Property Lease for Installation & Maintenance of a Cellular Tower

Hall County, Georgia is issuing a Request for Qualifications with Price Proposal (RFQ/P #46-027) for a property lease to enable the installation and maintenance of a cellular tower on County-owned property located at 5655 Howington Road, Braselton, Georgia. The procurement seeks a single proposer qualified in the regular business of installing and maintaining cellular towers to execute a comprehensive turnkey project including geotechnical testing, permitting, site preparation, tower and foundation design and engineering, materials procurement, installation, and completion of an engineering study. Proposers must be licensed, insured, and bonded in Georgia and demonstrate technical qualifications through submitted documentation. The evaluation utilizes a two-step scoring methodology allocating 400 points (40%) for technical qualifications and 600 points (60%) for the revenue proposal, with awards based on the highest-scoring proposal rather than lowest cost alone. Bidders must submit sealed proposals consisting of four hard copies of technical qualifications in a separate envelope and a revenue proposal, along with one USB drive containing both documents, all with mandatory exhibits including a Bid Response Form, Revenue Proposal Worksheet, W-9 Form, E-Verify Affidavit, Ethics Affidavit, and Scored Questions. The sealed bid submission deadline is December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST at the Hall County Government Center, Purchasing Division, 4th Floor, 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, Georgia 30504; bidder questions are due by December 8, 2025 with County responses provided by December 12, 2025.

The procurement has no designated set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises based on the available documentation. Proposers must comply with all zoning, building, setback ordinances, and applicable federal and state laws, with no exemptions from zoning processes or building restrictions provided to the awarded bidder. A bid bond equal to five percent of the bid amount is required at proposal submission, with performance and payment bonds equal to 100% of the awarded contract amount due before the Notice to Proceed. The County is exempt from Georgia Sales and Use Tax. The awarded lease will initially run for five years with options for up to three additional renewal terms of five years each, providing potential for a 20-year relationship, though the County has indicated openness to negotiating extended terms and additional renewal options based on bidder requirements for securing cellular network provider commitments. No specific budget or award value range has been disclosed; pricing will be structured around the anticipated cost to construct the tower, with the final lease agreement to be negotiated and presented to the selected proposer following award. No incumbent vendor or existing infrastructure requirements have been identified in the solicitation.