HAR §19-170-44. §19-170-44 Request for proposals

Should the development corporation and any joint venturer determine to select a developer for a project through a request for proposals, the process shall encompass a publicly advertised request for proposals, an evaluation of submitted proposals, selection of a qualified person based upon its submitted proposals, and finally, direct negotiation for a development agreement. The selection process shall be as follows: (1) The RFP may be developed and prepared by the executive officer in conjunction with any public sector joint venturer, and shall generally delineate the scope of the development area geographically and in terms consistent with the objectives of the development corporation as set forth herein. (2) After approval of the board and of the head or governing body of any public sector joint venturer, the development corporation and any joint venturer shall issue a request for proposal (hereinafter "RFP") covering a proposed development area. (3) Notice for the RFP shall be published not less than three times in the two major Honolulu newspapers. No more than one of these publications shall be made on any one day or on two consecutive days. Notice for the RFP shall also be published in the wall street journal once a week for a two-week period. Additional publication may be accomplished in the board's discretion. (4) The executive officer shall hold a pre-presentation briefing for interested parties as soon as practicable following the last publication of the notice of the RFP to discuss the development objectives of the specific project in the development area, the selection process, and the selection criteria. (5) The RFP shall require that any party interested in being a developer-lessee of the proposed development area shall submit a 170-26 3067 §19-170-44 detailed proposal inclusive of, but not limited to, a description of the developer, its experience and its basic development team, architecturally prepared schematic drawings, proposed footprints of the buildings, preliminary traffic studies and solutions prepared by certified engineers and designers, feasibility studies, anticipated benefit to the State of Hawaii, and timetable for construction as set forth in more detail in