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R -- SERVICES TO PLAN DEVELOP AND THE MANAGING OF LARGE SCALE RESIDENTAL AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROJECTS SOL DASW01-99-R-0999 DUE 011999 POC Ms. Diane Harler, 703/681-1133, Contracting Officer, Mr. Leonard Hylton, 703/693-2140 WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www.abc.gov. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, dharler@ha.osd.mil. The Defense Supply Service-Washington, on behalf of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (IL&E) is requesting services from private sector companies experienced in planning, developing and managing large-scale residential and commercial real estate projects. BACKGROUND: In February 1996, P.L. 104-106, Section 2801, the Military Housing Privatization Initiative was enacted. The law provides the Services with alternative authorities for construction and improvement of military housing facilities and operations. Utilizing this authority, the Army has established the Residential Communities Initiative (RCI). Under RCI, the Army will establish long-term business relationships with private sector developers for the purpose of improving military family housing communities (MFHC). The Army will transfer land and family housing assets to the developer who will serve as the master community developer for the MFHC. Sources of financial return for the developer will be the revenue stream from military personnel housing allowances and a percentage of ground leases and/or income from related commercial operations. The Army is engaging in a pilot program for the RCI involving four installations: Ft. Hood, Texas; Ft. Meade, Maryland; Ft. Stewart, Georgia; and Ft. Lewis, Washington. The Army plans to select a "master developer" for each of these RCI projects using a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) process which will culminate in a community development and management plan tailored for each installation. SCOPE: A key to success of the RCI is timely advice from private sector experts experienced in planning, developing and managing large-scale residential and commercial real estate projects. Practical experience gained through work as project principals must be infused into the Army's RCI process in order to attract the quality private sector participants to design and implement viable projects in conjunction with the Army. The contractor will provide advisory and assistance services relating to the management of the RCI pilot project, negotiation of residential development contracts, and all aspects of business planning, development, and operations. Due to the novel nature of this project it is not possible to enumerate all of the potential services required. Part of the purpose of the pilot program is to further define the scope of the services required to support the RCI project. The types of services currently anticipated include, but would not be limited to, assistance in the following areas: data collection, modeling, business planning, a wide variety of analyses (including, but not limited to market, economic, demographic, organizational, process, policy etc.), marketing, process improvement, acquisition planning, development of source selection plans, training of source selection panels, technical and negotiating support for the developer agreements etc. TASKS: The contractor is expected to assemble a team of experts knowledgeable and experienced in housing and neighborhood development and manage this team of experts in a cohesive and coordinated fashion to achieve the following: 1) assist in the development and implementation of a marketing plan to attract widespread and quality participation in the RCI projects; 2) assist in development of source selection criteria to guide the selection of qualified private sector developers in response to the RFQs; 3) advise and assist the source selection/procurement teams in selection of developers; 4) assist in negotiating implementation plans for community development with selected private sector developers, such plans to include business, development, financing and operating components; 5) identify and suggest solutions to major issues affecting the success of RCI projects, including the development of policy and/or statutory initiatives to better effectuate goals and to institutionalize changes in Army family housing procedures; and 6) create databases (both asset and knowledge-based) to capture and institutionalize lessons learned from the RCI pilot projects to guide future Army decision-making. The solicitation will contain a conflict of interest clause prohibiting the successful offeror from participating in the supported program. The performance period will be for a base period of 12 months plus one twelve-month option period. This acquisition is unrestricted and open to both small and large business concerns. No telephonic communications will be accepted. The point of contact for this notice is Diane Harler at, (e-mail) dharler@ha.osd.mil, or (fax) 703 681-8964. Posted 12/04/98 (W-SN277316). (0338)

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