Commanding Officer, Southern Division,Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 2155 Eagle Drive, P. O. Box 190010, North Charleston, SC 29419-9010

Y -- FAMILY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVE, SOUTH TEXAS REGION SOL N62467-99-R-0869 DUE 090999 POC Candice Borden, Contract Specialist, Code 0212CB, FAX: (843) 820-5853, EMAIL: bordencg@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil SOLICITATION NOTICE: Section 2801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, Public Law 104-106, 110 Stat 186 (U.S.C. 2871-2885), provides a series of powerful authorities that allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to work with private sector to build and renovate housing. The Department of the Navy (DON) intends to utilize powers and authorities provided under the legislation to ensure that safe, good quality, energy efficient, well-managed, affordable housing will be available to military families, as needed, over the long term at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Naval Station Ingleside, Texas. Accordingly, the DON intends to become a partner in a public-private partnership, or similar business entity, established by a private company or team of private investors/developers, property managers/operators, building contractors, architects and engineers, and/or others for housing for Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and Naval Station Ingleside, Texas military families. The DON intends to contribute up to $25.6 million, 539 existing units at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi including related improvements, 28 mobile home pads, and land for the construction of up to 160 new units and the demolition of 72 non-historic units. Fourteen (14) historic units will either be demolished or revitalized pending consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). If the fourteen (14) historic units are identified for demolition, replacement units will be constructed. The DON envisions the private partner (managing member) securing debt and/or contributing equity, as needed, over the long term to carry out the project and, acting on behalf of the partnership: 1) own, operate, manage and maintain the existing inventory of DON-owned family housing (539 units), 28 mobile home pads, and any additional units constructed, including site infrastructure, for a term of 50 years; 2) design, finance and construct needed renovations to 350 units of existing inventory (estimated at $20.5 million; 3) and design, finance, and construct 160 new units on DON-provided land and 200 on developer-provided land. All units will be made available to military families on a preferential basis at prescribed rents for the term of the agreement. This acquisition will be conducted by the Commanding Officer, Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Charleston, SC. In Step 1 Request for Qualifications (RFQ), interested investors/developers/teams will submit a Statement of Qualification (SOQ) describing their concept for development and approach to operation and management of the project; certain information concerning the proposed project site on developer-provided land; past performance with regard to developments of similar nature, scope and scale; and financial capabilities and capacities. Based on its evaluation of the RFQ submittals, the DON will invite not more than four (4) investors/developers/teams judged best qualified, to respond to the Step 2 Request for Proposals (RFP). THE STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS (SOQ) WILL BE DUE ON 09 SEPT 1999 AT 2:OO PM LOCAL TIME. This solicitation will be conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in Section 2801 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, Public Law 104-106,110 Stat. 186 (10 U.S.C. 2871-2885). Furthermore, the actual issuance of the RFQ/RFP is pending completion of congressional notification. The Government intends to issue this solicitation exclusively through the Internet. It is anticipated that the RFQ/RFP will be available on 22 July 1999 as Solicitation N62467-99-R-0869 on the internet at http://www.efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil/eb/. Prospective Offerors are encouraged to register themselves on the web site. The official plan holders list will be maintained and can be printed from the web site. Amendments will be posted on the web site for downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments; therefore, IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE WEB SITE PERIODICALLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS SOLICITATION. If you are unable to access the above referenced web site, or have problems downloading the Solicitation package, you may call Candice Borden at (843)820-5904. Questions about this Solicitation MUST be submitted in writing. The questions may be faxed to (843)820-5853, Attn: Candice Borden, Code 0212CB, or e-mail address boderncg@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil. Posted 07/08/99 (W-SN351785). (0189)

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