SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Financial Assessment Services Related to DesertXpress RRIF Loan Application - Package #1
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 523930
— Investment Advice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Services, Mail Stop 50, West Bldg, 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTFR53-11-R-00006
- Archive Date
- 8/3/2011
- Point of Contact
- Anthony Terrell, Phone: 202-493-6080
- E-Mail Address
-
anthony.terrell@dot.gov
(anthony.terrell@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOLICITATION# DTFR53-11-R-00006 The Federal Railroad Administration is soliciting a contractor to perform financial assessment services that will assist in determining the creditworthiness of the a loan applicant under FRA's "Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement Financing" (RRIF) loan program. The applicant, DesertXpress (a Nevada based consortium), has requested a $6 billion RRIF loan to finance construction of a High Speed Rail network to run from Victorville, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. The services to be provided by the contractor may include, but are not limited to one or more of the following: Evaluate the economic soundness of the project and creditworthiness of the applicant for credit assistance. This evaluation will include analyzing (1) the financial viability of the project, including the plan of finance (capitalization plan) and its assumptions; (2) the financial projections of the borrower and other relevant parties to the overall transaction; (3) the business plan including all projections for revenue, ridership studies, financial modeling, and assessment of future ability to meet all repayment obligations; (4) project risks, including reasonableness of the applicant's revenue and expense forecasts, validation of ridership studies, project schedule and project costs; and (5) cost/benefit analysis regarding the overall cost to the government versus the public benefits derived from the project. The NAICS Code for the desired services is 523930.
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