Public Private Development of City Owned Property – Historic Diesel Plant

The City of Key West is requesting conceptual proposals for a Public-Private Partnership involving the redevelopment, rehabilitation, financing, operation, maintenance, and adaptive reuse of the Historic Diesel Plant, with proposals due August 12, 2026. The City seeks to identify a qualified private partner and evaluate redevelopment approaches, business terms, financing concepts, operational models, preservation strategies, and public benefit commitments. The solicitation explicitly excludes final design work, signed and sealed design documents, construction drawings, permit-ready plans, or design-build proposals.

The scope is conceptual in nature, focused on partnership structure and redevelopment strategy rather than deliverable designs or construction documents. Respondents should address adaptive reuse of a historic property, which typically involves compliance with historic preservation standards and potential tax-credit or grant frameworks. The City will evaluate financing concepts and operational models as core elements of proposal assessment.

No estimated contract value, contract term, evaluation criteria weighting, or specific timeline milestones (question deadline, pre-proposal meeting, anticipated award date) are detailed in the source material. A PDF attachment titled "key west OpenBids-DemandStar.pdf" posted June 4, 2026 likely contains additional solicitation terms and requirements.