Resilient Neighborhood Affordable Single-Family Housing Program

Description: Minot National Disaster Resilience Program Residential Lots for the Resilient Neighborhood Affordable Single-Family Housing Program Request for Proposal (RFP) Advertisement for Bids The City of Minot is soliciting proposals from property owners who own vacant residential lots (35 vacant, buildable residential lots in no more than 2 separate subdivisions, with a desired maximum density of not more than 5 to 6 units per acre. A future RFP may be issued for higher density property) and would like to submit their property to be evaluated for the NDR Resilient Neighborhood Affordable Single-Family Housing program. Construction on these lots will begin in the spring of 2018 and will proceed as expeditiously as possible for the 18 months that follow with a goal of completing 35 new single-family homes by the end of September 2019. Proposal instructions are included in the request for proposal package which may be obtained at the CDM Smith Disaster Recovery Office located at

Arrowhead Mall, 1600 2nd Ave SW, Ste 27, Minot, North Dakota. Deadline for receipt of proposal responses is 4:00 p.m., on October 30, 2017. Proposals will be received in the City Clerk’s Office at the Minot City Hall, 515 2nd Avenue SW, Minot, ND 58702. If the proposal is submitted by mail the address is P.O. Box 5006, Minot, ND 58702. Sealed bid packages will be accepted prior to this deadline, packages received after the deadline will not be accepted. A voluntary pre-proposal meeting on this RFP will be held: October 11th, 2017 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in Room 301 of the Minot Auditorium. Information regarding the meeting will be available on the City of Minot website and through various media outlets including the Minot daily newspaper. The City and NDR staff will be present at this meeting to answer questions about this RFP. Proposers are not required to attend this session. Once the RFP has been issued, all questions concerning this RFP, the application package, review process, or any other aspect of the RFP must be directed in writing to: John Zakian, NDR Program Director at document.write('john.zakian'+'@'+'minotnd.org')For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. All questions regarding the RFP must be submitted within six (6) days of the bid opening and will be addressed weekly in writing so that all potential responders can review any questions that are submitted and the responses to these questions. All updates to the RFP and all questions and answers will be posted on the City of Minot website. You are responsible for checking the website to find updates to the RFP or any RFP questions and responses. The project is funded with CDBG-NDR funds. Therefore, the Bidder will be required to comply with all Federal, State and Local regulations. These requirements include compliance with Section 3 employment plan, and the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The City of Minot reserves the right to determine the lowest responsible and eligible bidder, to waive irregularities and to reject any or all bids. Publication Date/Time: 9/27/2017 12:00 AM Publication Information: Minot Daily News Closing Date/Time: 10/30/2017 4:00 PM Submittal Information: Submit to City Clerk Pre-bid Meeting: 10/11/2017 3:00-4:00 Contact Person: John Zakian, NDR Program Manager john.zakian@minotnd.org Plan & Spec Available: Further details on the RFP contact: Amanda Vogelgesang vogelgesangAJ@cdmsmith.com 701-368-4301