Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 1715, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

S -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO STUDY CORPS WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS UNDER RECREATION PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SOL DACW31-96-R-0028 DUE 020596 POC Denise Mellinger (410) 962-3471 This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business Concerns. The Recreation Partnership Initiative (RPI) is a project designed to identify opportunities to increase the private sector's role in providing public recreation opportunities and infrastructure at Corps of Engineers water resources projects. More specifically, the intent of the program is to encourage private sector development of public recreation facilities such as; marinas, hotel/motel/restaurant complexes, conference centers, recreation vehicle camping areas, golf courses, theme parks and entertainment areas with shops, etc. The program will not address private exclusive use developments such as condominiums, time-shares; or private residential development. To accomplish this objective, a Request for Proposal will be issued to solicit bids from qualified consultants to design a methodology for evaluating the potential of Corps lands for private sector development of public recreation facilities. The selected contract consultant will perform a study to be completed in four phases and within two years. The phases are as follows: Phase 1 - The contractor will develop criteria and a methodology for evaluating Corps projects for their potential for economically viable commercial recreation development. Phase 2 - The contractor will apply the methodology developed in Phase 1 to 362 Corps water resources projects to produce a ranked list of 100 projects which have the highest potential for recreation development under the RPI program. A Corps review team will then select 25 projects from that list for further consideration. Phase 3 - The contractor will conduct intensive, onsite analyses of these 25 projects to further define the private sector development potential. Phase 4 - The contractor will develop a process and implementation strategy for successfully integrating Corps water resource potentials and public service objectives with private sector interests. The Corps will then solicit private sector interest in development of sites at these projects, using the criteria developed by the contractor. Proposals will be evaluated on the factors as set forth in the solicitation package. Requests for the solicitation document should be made in writing to Mrs. Denise Mellinger, Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENAB- CT-C, P. O. Box 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715. Issuance o/a 5 F (0023)

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