Owners Representative Services for Liberty Hill Downtown District

The City of Liberty Hill, located in Williamson County, Texas, issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ S2026-010) on March 12, 2026, seeking Owner's Representative Services for the revitalization of the Liberty Hill Downtown District. The procurement seeks a qualified individual, firm, corporation, or partnership to provide comprehensive professional services encompassing land planning, infrastructure development and phasing, economic development incentives, construction management, and public-private partnership negotiation. The contract will be structured in three phases: Phase 1 includes project management, market analysis, infrastructure planning, developer solicitation, and public engagement; Phase 2 involves design support, permitting coordination, and development agreement negotiations; and Phase 3 covers construction management of public improvements. Respondents must demonstrate that they are normally engaged in these services within Texas and must include at least one registered professional engineer or architect as Project Manager with a minimum of five years of relevant experience. The evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: relevant qualifications and experience of the project team (30 points), available resources and location (15 points), prime firm's comparable experience managing mixed-use developments (30 points), methodology and approach (20 points), previous litigation history (5 points), and acceptable references (100 points total). Critical deadlines include vendor questions due March 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM, with answers posted by March 26, 2026, and proposal responses due April 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM, with oral presentations potentially required at a date to be determined and contract award anticipated by June 2026. Responses must be submitted electronically through the City's e-Procurement Portal (Bonfire) and are limited to 15 pages, excluding resumes and required forms.

The solicitation does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions based on disadvantaged enterprise status, though all respondents must complete a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire and, upon selection, submit Form 1295 to the State of Texas. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents. The selected Owner's Representative will work from the Liberty Hill Downtown Master Plan, which serves as the strategic and technical basis for downtown revitalization efforts, requiring firms to demonstrate expertise in feasibility analysis, infrastructure planning, phasing recommendations, and partnership development strategies as outlined in that plan. Respondents must provide at least three professional references from municipal or government agencies or comparable firms that have utilized similar services within the preceding two years, with references from the City of Liberty Hill explicitly excluded; failure to provide required reference information or receipt of negative reference responses will result in automatic disqualification. The RFQ documents do not provide specific pricing information or budget ranges, as this is a qualification-based selection process, and the City reserves the right to reject any or all responses, split awards among multiple vendors, or make no award.