The State of Alabama has launched a request for expression of interest (RFEOI) for interested companies to develop and build three turnkey build-to-suit prisons that will be leased to the State of Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC).

The two facilities will be almost identical while the remaining facility will be larger and will centralize ADOC’s special services (e.g., medical, mental health, aged care, and inmate reception) into one facility. Facility 2 will be located in the central part of the State.

The three prisons will have the following specifications:

• Prison 1 - 2,072 beds, 759,762 sq.ft area, 187 acres total area
• Prison 2 - 3,960 beds, 1,114,722 sq.ft area, 216 acres total area
• Prison 2 - 3, 072 beds, 759, 762 sq.ft. area, 187 acres total area

The State aims to utilize the project for 50-year design life providing safe, secure, and constitutional incarceration facilities. It intends to issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in the second quarter of 2019, followed by a Request for Proposals (RFP) in the third quarter of 2019. The RFP will include an Architectural Program, Site Criteria, Design Criteria, Facility Maintenance Performance Criteria and a Financial Model that will define the performance criteria for the three facilities and the affordability limits for each facility and the total program. The goal is to deliver the program simultaneously with the number of developers that provides the best value to the State.

After selection of the preferred developers, the State will consider entering into pre-development agreements which will allow the parties to jointly optimize the design, maintenance scope, and financial structure. The program goal is to execute the Development Agreement and reach financial close on Facility 2 by the end of 2019 and to break ground in early 2020. Financial close on the remaining facilities will follow in 6-month increments.

Responses to this Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) are requested by April 10, 2019.