Providence Redevelopment Agency Seeks Bids to Restore Vacant and Abandoned Properties

PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Providence Redevelopment Agency (PRA)
Executive Director Bonnie Nickerson announced last Friday that the Agency will be
accepting proposals for qualified individuals and entities to redevelop 17
properties that have been acquired through the Special Redevelopment Plan for Vacant
Houses.

«This initiative will help us fix abandoned properties that have been a blight in
our community for up to ten years,» said Mayor Elorza. «We’re bringing hundreds of
vacant properties back to life and making our neighborhoods stronger and more
vibrant.»

Proposals must be developed in accordance with the PRA’s Special Redevelopment Plan
for Vacant Houses, Providence Zoning Ordinances and Comprehensive Plan. The PRA will
score bids based on the criteria developed by The Evaluation Committee and listed in
the Request for Proposals (RFP).
The Evaluation Committee will award up to 90 points for the technical criterial of a
proposal. Purchase prices of proposals will be awarded a maximum of ten points and
will, by comparison, be a secondary consideration.

«We’re looking forward to getting to work redeveloping blighted properties
throughout our City and helping to restore and revitalize our neighborhoods
block-by-block,» said Bonnie Nickerson, Director of Planning and Development and
Executive Director of the PRA.

The PRA will host an informational optional Pre-Bid meeting for contractors and
developers interested in submitting proposals on Thursday, March 1 from 5:00pm –
6:00pm at the Joseph A. Doorley Jr. Municipal Building at 444 Westminster Street in
the first-floor conference room.

Complete proposals are due in writing to the Providence Redevelopment Agency, 444
Westminster Street, Suite 3A, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, to the attention of
Bonnie Nickerson, Executive Director, by 3:00pm on Friday, March 16, 2018.
The immediate schedule of events as listed in the RFP is as follows:

* February 16, 2018 Request for Proposals Issued.

* March 1, 2018 Optional Pre-Bid Informational Conference Location.

* March 2, 2018 Questions due by 3:00 p.m. All questions must be submitted
in writing to cdupre@providenceri.gov.

* March 7, 2018 Questions and Answers will be posted publicly at
http://www.pra.providenceri.gov.

* March 16, 2018 Proposals Due by 3:00 p.m.