Concessionaire and Core Contractors Meeting

RTD is pursuing a Public-Private Partnership to implement the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility as one collective project. This project has been accepted by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as part of its Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program (Penta-P).

The P-3 will allow RTD to partner with a private company or consortium to Design-
Build-Operate-Maintain-Finance the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects under a single contract.

For more information on the East Corridor, Gold Line and commuter rail maintenance facility projects, please click here.

As further described in the RFQ section , RTD is soliciting Qualification Statements from teams interested in providing the DBFOM services for the P3 Project. Teams will comprise of a Concessionaire and a number of Core Contractors. The Concessionaire and the Core Contractors will provide the experience, management skills and financial resources to assure RTD a successful and timely implementation of the project.

RTD held a EAGLE P3 Project Industry Forum on July 30, 2008. It was standing room only. Firms interested in serving as a Concessionaire or Core Contractors attended. To view or download materials from the forum click here.

Registration for this meeting was limited to those firms interested in serving as either the Concessionaire or as a Core Contractor for the P3 Project and that are able to demonstrate the following during the RFQ process:

• Legal capability to do business in Denver, CO
• Financial capacity to arrange financing for half of the project cost
• Ability to obtain an highly interested letter from a bank or financial
institution
• Experience in closing P3 financings
• Ability to manage a large infrastructure project.

Core Contractors should be able to demonstrate that for any role they intend to perform on the P3 Project they have:

• Completed a number of similar projects with similar size and scope
• Financial capacity to obtain the necessary bonding to guarantee their
performance.

During the Concessionaire and Core Contractors' meeting RTD:

• Described the P3 Project including the corridors, maintenance
facility, rolling stock and operations and maintenance

• Described how the procurement of the project will be achieved, the
procurement schedule and special requirements including D/SBE
requirements

• Discussed the financing requirements
• Answered questions