Bid Detail

23-014 - Purchase & Redevelopment of Vacant Lots in the Pine Point Neighborhood

THE OPPORTUNITY

The City of Springfield is requesting proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of vacant lots in the City’s Pine Point neighborhood. The lots are identified as ES Morton St. (08860-0069), ES Morton St (08860-0068) and ES Morton St. (08860-0060). Bidders may submit bids for one lot or multiple lots.

The Morton Street parcels are located in the Pine Point Neighborhood. Pine Point is in the center of the city, about two and a half miles from the Central Business District (Metro Center). It is the seventh largest of Springfield’s seventeen neighborhoods, containing 1,240 acres.

The Pine Point neighborhood features streets of cozy capes and ranches as well as some of the most interesting Craftsman style bungalows in the region. The neighborhood features the Pine Point Library and city parks surrounding Five Mile Pond and Loon Pond, providing places to swim, fish, boat, and picnic. The headquarters of MassMutual, a Fortune 100 company, is located in the Pine Point neighborhood.

DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS

The City is soliciting proposals from developers interested in undertaking development of single-family homes for homeownership on the available vacant lots. Developers must provide their own development plan(s) consistent with surrounding land uses.

SITE INFORMATION

Developers are bidding on the property subject to all current zoning and building restrictions. The City makes no representations regarding success of any variances, zone changes and/or specials permit applications.


I. SELECTION PROCESS AND TERMS OF THE RFP

Selection Process

A Review Committee will be established to review proposals and may be composed of representatives from the Office of Housing, Office of Planning and Economic Development, Office of Community Development, Office of Disaster Recovery, City Treasurer’s Office, and Neighborhood/City Council representative.

The Review Committee will use the following evaluation factors. See Attachment B for further description of the criteria and scoring.
1. Proposer Capacity
2. Project Feasibility
3. Readiness to Proceed
4. History of Compliance with City Protective Restrictions
5. Financial benefit to City

Minimum Requirements

A proposal must meet the following requirements to be forwarded to the Review Committee for evaluation and scoring:

• The application must be submitted on time
• The application must be complete

Questions about the RFP

The Chief Procurement Officer requests that all proposers submit written questions to the Office of Procurement at City Hall, not later than August 31, 2022. Questions may be faxed or emailed. The Office of Procurement fax number is (413) 787-6295 or email lstabilo@springfieldcityhall.com . The Office of Procurement will compile written answers which will be mailed or emailed back to all Proposers who requested a copy of the RFP by September 7, 2022.

To maintain a fair and impartial process, the City will only answer written questions. Please avoid private communication regarding this RFP with City staff or RFP Review Committee members during the period from RFP release date through the selection of Preferred Developer. Proposers who initiate private communication or attempt to violate the process outlined in this RFP may be disqualified.
Conditions for this RFP
This RFP seeks proposals for new construction of single-family homes. The property will be conveyed to the successful bidder with a reverter clause which will require completion of development within twenty-four (24) months of conveyance of the property.

Once construction is complete and approved by the City, the property will be required to be occupied as a primary residence by the owner for a period no less than five (5) years. The developer upon completion and approval may opt to sell the property to an individual subject to that restriction, who is willing to occupy the property as their primary residence for a period of no less than five (5) years.

General Conditions
The City may, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion, reject any and all, or parts of any and all proposals; re-advertise this RFP if so inclined; postpone or cancel this RFP process; and change, adjust, or modify the anticipated schedule. The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to waive any minor informalities pertaining to any proposals received. The determination of the criteria and process whereby proposals are evaluated, the decision as to who will receive preferred developer status, and whether or not an award shall ever be made as a result of this RFP shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the City.

The City of Springfield has made all efforts to ensure that the information in this RFP is accurate. However, it is the buyer’s responsibility to investigate to their satisfaction any matter as it may relate to the Property.
The City will entertain all competitive bids under market value for the property. Offering price will not be the only factor in selection, but proposers are encouraged to make the best financial benefit case possible to the City and selection committee.
Proposers are required to submit a deposit of 5% of the proposed purchase price in the form of a bank/certified check to the “City of Springfield”. Proposers not selected will have all funds returned.
The City has not completed any environmental investigations on these properties. As such, the City has not made and does not make any representation or warranty as to any matter affecting or relating to the parcels. The selected developer acknowledges that no such representation or warranty has been made and agrees to take the site in “as is” condition on the date of this agreement. The City shall not be liable or bound in any manner by any statement, representation, or information pertaining to the facilities which may have been furnished to the developer by any of the City’s employees, attorneys, agents, servants or other persons.

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