Chatham County, Georgia (USA) has launched a tender process to seek a private partner to develop a new County Courthouse Complex in downtown Savannah.

The County issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit proposals from interested parties. Using a two-step RFQ/RFP Process, the County is soliciting qualifications from teams capable of working with the County to deliver the new and renovated Courthouse Complex.

The project will include the development of a new Trial Courts Building, renovation of the existing County Courthouse, and may also include parking and retail components in an effort to enhance the overall development opportunity.

The partner would be responsible to Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) the project.

In 2015, the County issued a RFQ, which sought proposals to Design, Build, Finance. Maintain a new Trial Courts Building project. The County received a robust number of responses to the 2015 RFQ and has since decided to expand the project scope, clarify the County’s objectives, provide a new timeline, and restart the RFQ process. The County has also retained the PFM Group as its transaction advisor to assist in the procurement effort and in the evaluation of financing alternatives that best meet the County’s objectives. For those parties who submitted responses to the 2015 RFQ, we ask the responses be updated and resubmitted in their entirety to meet the requirements of this RFQ.

For further information about the project visit our business opportunity section.

Chatham County, with almost 287,000 residents, is the fifth largest county in the State of Georgia and serves as the primary economic hub of the region.