Miami County (Indiana) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to prospective entities interested in submitting a proposal to develop, design, build, and finance the County’s highway maintenance facility.

The County currently operates two garage facilities. There is not adequate space in both of the existing facilities to serve the County’s highway department. The current facilities lack proper office space, storage space and truck service/storage space. In order to achieve operational efficiencies and improve the department’s ability to maintain equipment and serve the public, the County now desires construction of a consolidated Maintenance Facility that supports the Miami County Highway Department’s current and future needs.

Through this public-private partnership procurement, the County seeks budget certainty, reduced financial risk from cost overruns; innovative approaches to financing; an aggressively expedited design and construction timeline; and an innovative approaches to design, development, and construction of the project.

The developer’s project obligations include: demolition and removal of the existing improvements on the project site, project site engineering and excavation, development and construction of a sixty thousand square foot vehicle maintenance facility, procurement of financing for the project and purchasing certain furnishings, fixtures and equipment (FF&E).

The County anticipates the project should cost US$4 to 6 million.

The deadline for submitting proposals is October, 27. The RFP is available here.