City of Crown Point recently issued the following announcement.
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR REAL ESTATE PROPOSALS
City of Crown Point, Indiana
Notice is hereby given that the City of Crown Point, Indiana shall receive sealed proposals
at the Office of the Clerk/Treasurer, 101 N. East St., Crown Point, Indiana, until 11:00 A.M. (local
time) on May 4, 2022. All timely received sealed proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud
at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Crown Point Board of Public Works and Safety at 11:00
A.M. (local time) on May 4, 2022. Any proposal(s) received later than 11:00 A.M. (local time)
on May 4, 2022 shall be returned unopened.
The purpose of this Request for Real Estate Proposals is to enable the City of Crown Point or
affiliated entity to select an appropriate property that will satisfy the City of Crown Point’s need
to acquire a parcel of real estate for a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Successful
proposals may include a parcel of real estate that meets the following conditions:
A. The real estate is located either within City of Crown Point limits or Lake County, but not with
another community. The real estate must also be located on the southeast side of the City (see
attached map).
B. The real estate is approximately 40 acres or larger (can be a combination of multiple parcels,
but the parcels must be adjacent).
C. The real estate is adjacent to or contains a segment of the Niles Ditch.
D. The real estate contains a minimal amount of acreage within the floodway (no more than half
of the real estate may be located within the floodway).
E. The real estate contains a minimal amount of wetland acreage (less than 0.1 acre). Real estate
parcels with a higher acreage of wetlands may be considered.
Each proposer must ensure that all employees and applicants for employment are not
discriminated against because of race, creed, color, sex or national origin. Each proposer shall be
in compliance with the City of Crown Point’s Responsible Bidding Ordinance 2008-01-06, if
applicable. Each proposer shall participate in the E-verify program according to IC 22-5-1.7 et
seq., if applicable. Each proposer must submit certification with its proposal that it has not
participated in collusion or other anticompetitive practices in connection with its proposal by
executing and returning with its bid a Non-Collusion Affidavit. As required by IC 5-22-16.5, each
proposer must submit with its proposal a certification that it is not engaged in investment activities
in Iran. Providing false certification may result in the consequences listed in IC 5-22-16.5-14. A
successful proposer will be required to execute a subsequent formal agreement with the City of
Crown Point, Indiana committing the proposer to fulfilling the commitments made by it within its
proposal.
A full map of the area in which real estate proposals will be accepted can be found in the
Request for Property Proposals. Proposal packets may be picked up at the Clerk-Treasurer’s
Office M-F from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, or by emailing tciciora@crownpoint.in.gov
Original source can be found here.
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