If you’ve ever wanted to own the Blue Building, now's your chance.
Developers interested in the Blue Building property have until Oct. 20 to submit purchase proposals to the city of McMinnville.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted the wording of a request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday night and it’s currently available on the city’s website. It outlines the general requirements, technical requirements, selection process, selection criteria, and the terms and conditions related to the RFP.
A three-week timeframe was given.
“We don’t want to make it too long, but we want to give people sufficient time to respond,” said Community Development Department director David Baird.
He presented a timeline to officials that also set Oct. 27 for officials to generate a “short list” of developers selected by the city from those submitted.
“I personally think this is as quick as we can do it, but not too quick,” said Baird.
Terms and conditions:
• The city reserves the right to amend, modify, or withdraw this RFP for any reason, or no reason whatsoever, and at the city’s sole and absolute discretion.
• This RFP does not commit the city to select any buyer or developer of the subject property or enter into an agreement with any buyer or developer.
• The city reserves the right to negotiate with any respondent.
• The city reserves the right to reject any proposal, or all proposals, if deemed to be in the best interest of the city. The city reserves the right to waive informalities in the RFP. The selection of a buyer and/ or developer is subject to the approval of the city by its City Council, at its sole discretion.
• The city will not be liable for any expenses incurred by a respondent in replying to this RFP or for any expense incurred by the successful respondent during the negotiation phase between the respondent and the city.
• The respondent will need to be available for meeting(s) to be held by the City Council and the Building and Grounds Committee at time(s) and dates as set by the City Council to discuss their RFP response.
An adjacent lot has been included. However, any interested party may submit a proposal for one or both properties.
