Request for Offers for JF Cook School

The Department of General Services issued a Request for Offers (RFO) for JF Cook and Langston Elementary Schools. I checked their website prior to composing a letter to the Director and found the RFO. The complete RFO is on their website posted under solicitations.


RFO for the Reuse of DCPS Excess Space
The Government of the District of Columbia (“District”), through the Department of General Services (“DGS”), seeks to activate and reuse the following vacant District of Columbia Public School (“DCPS”) assets:

· JF Cook - 30 P Street, NW

· Langston - 45 P Street, NW

· Rudolph - 5200 2nd Street, NW

· Young – 820 26th Street, NW

DGS hereby invites interested parties who are “eligible applicants” (defined below) to respond to this Request for Offers (“RFO”). Respondents are advised to thoroughly read this RFO. Nonresponsive offers will not be considered.

Pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 38-1802.09 (2007 Supp.)(the “Act”), the right of first offer must be offered to the following described entities (referred to in this RFO as an “Eligible Applicant”). An Eligible Applicant is an approved public charter school or a public charter school whose petition to establish a public charter school has been conditionally approved, under D.C. Code § 38-1802.03 (d)(2)(2007 Supp), as of the date Offers are due in response to this RFO.
Request for Offers Timeline
Issuance of RFO

3/30/12

Pre-Submission Meeting

4/9/12 - 10AM – Reeves Center 2nd Floor Community Room
Site Visit

4/9/12 - 1PM -4PM – Young School

4/10/12 – 10AM – 2PM Cook/ Langston

4/10/12 – 1PM-5PM – Rudolph School
Offers Due

5/1/12 – 12 Noon – Reeves Center 8th Floor