SR-79 Corridor Redevelopment Plan

The Town of Florence is seeking proposals from experienced Consulting firms to prepare a Town of Florence Redevelopment Plan. The selected firm will partner with the Town to plan and create a Redevelopment plan that will be a tool that helps guide the Town's future growth and development.

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) Document is attached in the ATTACHMENTS tab. All instructions and requirements are in listed in the RFQ document.

Statements of Qualifications will only be accepted online through the Town’s OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/florenceaz. The Town will not consider an SOQ submitted by any other method other than through OpenGov. Submittals are due before 10:00 am (Arizona Time) on Thursday, August 6, 2026.

Background

The projected regional growth trend places Florence directly in the path of development over-flowing from the East Valley of Maricopa County. The impending build-out of Chandler, Gilbert and other East Valley cities and the affordability of housing in Pinal County and Florence are just a couple of the factors contributing to the Town’s growth.  

Some basic data about the Town of Florence and its Historic Downtown Core Area is provided below:

• Incorporated Area:              Approximately 62.7 square miles and growing
• Municipal Planning Area:   Approximately 196 square miles              
• Population:                             Approximately 26,074 with 16,500 in group quarters
• Infrastructure in the Historic Downtown Core Area:                  

• • Water:                         Town of Florence
  • Sewer:                         Town of Florence
  • Streets:                       Town of Florence and ADOT
  • Electric:                       APS
  • Sanitation:                 Town of Florence
  • Gas                               Southwest Gas
  • Cable/phone             Cox Communications, Airebeam Communications and Qwest
  • Police and Fire          Town of Florence 

CONTRIBUTING STUDIES AND PLANS

• • • Florence Transportation Plan
    • North-South Corridor Study
    • Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Active Transportation Plan
    • Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan
    • Safe Routes to School
    • Redevelopment Plan Update 2022
    • North End Framework Vision Plan
    • Florence Historic District
    • The Town Council Strategic Plan 2025-2030
    • Territorial Square Zoning District
    • Town Core Infill Incentive Plan
    • Florence 2022 General Plan

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26-067PSC
• Department: Administration
• Department Head: Lisa Garcia (Town Clerk)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-07-22T17:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Federal Funding Requirements (As Applicable) —
  1. Affordable Care Act: The Offeror understands and agrees that it shall be solely responsible for compliance with the patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152 (collectively the Affordable Care Act “ACA”). The Offeror shall bear sole responsibility for providing health care benefits for its employees who provide services to the Town as required by State or Federal law.
  2. Buy American Provision: The Offeror will purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products in accordance with 7CFR§210.21(d) and 7CFR§220.16(d). The Offeror shall purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic agricultural commodities or products substantially processed in the United States. “Substantially” means the final processed product contains over 51% domestically grown agricultural commodities. This provision applies to all food purchases paid from the nonprofit school food services account. There are limited exceptions to this provision which allow for the purchase of products not meeting the “domestic” standard as described above (“non-domestic”) in circumstances when use of domestic products is truly not practicable. However, before utilizing an exception, alternatives to purchasing non-domestic food products should be considered.
  3. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities: Pursuant to Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment 31 USC 1352, the Offeror must disclose lobbying activities in connection with school nutrition programs. If there are material changes after the initial filing, updated reports must be submitted on a quarterly basis. 7CFR§3018.100 (Only applies to contracts over $100,000)
  4. Certification Regarding Lobbying: Pursuant to 31 USC 1352, the Offeror must submit a certification regarding lobbying which conforms in substance with the language provided in CFR Part 200.450. No appropriated funds may be expended by the recipient of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative Agreement to pay any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any of the following covered Federal actions.
  5. Certificate of Independent Price Determination: The Offeror admits that all prices in this Offer have been arrived at independently, without consultation, communication or agreement, for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices with any other Offeror or with any competitor certification regarding non-collusion.
  6. Civil Rights Compliance: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
     1. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
     2. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found on line at www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
  7. Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Environmental Protection Agency Regulation: The Offeror will comply with all applicable standards, orders or requirements issued under Section 306 of the Clean Air Act, Section 508 of the Clean Water Act, Executive Order 11738 and Environmental Protection Agency regulations which prohibit the use, under nonexempt federal contracts, grants or loans to facilities included on the EPA List of Violating Facilities.
  8. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standard Act: The Offeror shall comply with Sections 103 and 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327–330) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5). (Only applies to contracts over $100,000)
  9. Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion: By signing the Offer & Acceptance form, the Offeror shall certify that they have not been debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs under executive order 12549 and 12689. The Offeror shall comply with regulations implementing Office of Management and Budget Guidance in Non-procurement Debarment and Suspension codified at 2 CFR Part 180 and 2 CFR Part 417. These regulations restrict transactions with certain parties that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from, or ineligible for, participation in Federal assistance programs or activities. (Only applies to contracts over $25,000)
  10. Energy Policy and Conservation Act: The Offeror shall meet the mandatory standards and policies relating to energy efficiency which are contained in the State Energy Conservation Plan issued in compliance with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. (Pub. L. 94–163, 89 Stat.871.)
  11. Equal Employment Opportunity: The Offeror shall comply with Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, entitled “Equal Employment Opportunity,” as amended by Executive Order 11375 of October 13, 1967, and as supplemented in Department of Labor regulations (41 CFR chapters 60).
  12. Record Keeping: The books and records of the Offeror pertaining to operations under this Agreement shall be available to the District at any reasonable time. These records are subject to inspection or audit by representatives of the Town, State Agency, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US General Accounting Office at any reasonable time and place. The Town shall maintain such records, for a period of not less than five (5) years after the final day of the contract, or longer if required for audit resolution (A.R.S §35-214). 7CFR§210.23 and 2 CFR Part 200.318(i).
  13. Invoicing: The Offeror fully discloses all discounts, rebates, allowances and incentives received by the Offeror from its suppliers. If the Offeror receives a discount, rebate, allowance, or incentive from any supplier, the Offeror must disclose and return to the Town the full amount of the discount, rebate, or applicable credit that is received based on the purchases made on behalf of the Town. The Offeror must identify the amount of each discount, rebate and other applicable credit on bills and invoices presented to the school food authority for payment and individually identify the amount as a discount, rebate, or in the case of other applicable credits, the nature of the credit. 7CFR§210.21(f)(1)(iv).
      No expenditure may be made from the nonprofit school food service account for any cost resulting from a cost-reimbursable contract that fails to include the requirements of 7CFR§210.21, nor may any expenditure be made from the nonprofit school food service account that permits or results in the Offeror receiving payments in excess of the Offeror’s actual, net allowable costs. 7CFR§210.21 (f)(2)
      The return of purchase incentives, discounts, rebates, and credits will be to the Sponsor’s non-profit Child Nutrition account.
  14. Termination Clause: The Town may terminate for cause and for convenience the contract. Appendix II to 2 CFR Part 200. (Only applies to contracts over $10,000)
  15. E-Verify Requirement: The Offeror warrants compliance with all Federal immigration laws and regulations relating to employees and warrants its compliance with A.R.S. §23-214, Subsection A. (That subsection reads: After December 31, 2007, every employer, after hiring an employee, shall verify the employment eligibility of the employee through the E-Verify program.)
  16. Description of process for enabling vendors to receive or pick up orders upon contract award: Once the Town has made the decision to order from an awarded vendor of an awarded contract, price will be confirmed/verified and purchase orders issued and sent to vendor via automated process, based upon the needs of the Town. No volume is implied or guaranteed.
  17. Positive efforts shall be made to involve minority and small businesses.
  18. For building projects:
      1. Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act - All contracts and sub grants in excess of $2000 for construction or repair awarded by recipients and sub recipients shall include a provision for compliance with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act.
      2. Davis-Bacon Act - The OFFEROR shall comply with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a to 276a-7) as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5).
  19. Domestic Preference for Procurement: As appropriate and to the extent consistent with law, the Town, to the greatest extent practicable under a Federal award, prefers the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States (including but not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products). The requirements of this section must be included in all subawards including all contracts and purchase orders for work or products under this award. “Produced in the United States” means, for iron and steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States. “Manufactured products” means items and construction materials composed in whole or in part of non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, plastics and polymer-based products such as polyvinyl chloride pipe, aggregates such as concrete, glass, including optical fiber, and lumber.
  20. Ban on Foreign Telecommunications: Federal grant funds may not be used to purchase equipment, services, or systems that use “covered telecommunications” equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system. “Covered telecommunications” means purchases from Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities), and video surveillance and telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities).
  21. Solid Waste Disposal Act: The bidder shall comply with Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Act and its implementing regulations. The requirements of Section 6002 include (1) procuring only items designated in guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR part 247 that contain the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, where the purchase price of the item exceeds $10,000 or the value of the quantity acquired during the preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000; (2) procuring solid waste management services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource recovery, and (3) establishing an affirmative procurement program for procurement of recovered materials identified in the EPA guidelines.
• Project Description —

  The Town of Florence is seeking a highly qualified Consultant Team to prepare a Town Redevelopment Plan. The Redevelopment Plan is a critical tool that helps guide the Town’s future growth and development.

  The Town of Florence has an existing Redevelopment Plan that was adopted by the Town Council in 2022.  The intent is to create a current Redevelopment Plan that covers the area bisected by SR-79 (Pinal Parkway). The Town would like to create a Redevelopment Plan that is concise, user-friendly document with appropriately set goals, objectives and policies that can realistically guide the redevelopment, revitalization and stabilization of the Town’s Historic Downtown & Core Area (HDCA) eastern boundary.

Submission Requirements

• Statement of Qualifications
• Statement of Qualifications (required) —

  Upload your Statement of Qualifications here.

• Deviation/Compliance Certification
• Deviation/Compliance Certification (required) —

  If the undersigned Bidder intends to deviate from the terms and requirements of any Contract Documents made a part of this solicitation, all such deviations shall be listed on this certification form, with complete detailed conditions and information included or attached. The Town may consider any deviations in its review, scoring and award decisions, and the Town reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal, offer, or bid based upon any deviations indicated herein or in any attachments hereto.

  In the absence of any deviation entry on this form, the Bidder agrees, certifies, and warrants the Town of their full compliance with all Contract Documents, and all other information contained in this solicitation.

  Please list any deviations below:

• Exception Requested (required) —

  If you requested an exception under the DEVIATION/COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION, please clearly explain the requested exception/deviation. Reference the specific language that you are taking exceptions/deviations to. Unacceptable exceptions shall remove your proposal from consideration for award. Town of Florence shall be the sole judge on the acceptance of exceptions/deviations and their decision shall be final.)

  Enter N/A if this does not apply

• Request for Confidentiality of Proprietary Information —

  Explanatory Note: The purpose of this question is to request that the Town treat as confidential specific information in the Offer that the Offeror or Bidder believes is a trade secret or other proprietary information. All information that is the subject of the request for confidentiality must be designated on the question below reflecting the page number and paragraph of the Offer in which it appears. An explanatory statement for the request must be clearly set forth in this question. The Town Manager shall review the statement and provide the determination in writing whether the information shall be protected. If the Town Manager determines that the information shall be protected from disclosure, the Procurement Officer shall inform the Bidder or Offeror in writing of such determination. Requests to protect pricing information or the entire Offer from disclosure will be denied.

• Request for Confidentiality of Proprietary Information (required) —

  The Offeror, by the undersigned representative, requests that the specific information, described below and identified on the page or pages of the Offer in which it appears, be treated as confidential information and protected from disclosure to the public.

  1. Description of specific information that is the subject of the request.

  2. The reason or reasons why the information should be treated as confidential.

  Enter N/A if this does not apply.

• List of Subcontractors
• List of Subcontractors (required) —

  The Contractor must list below the Trade, Company name, license and classification numbers of all qualified subcontractors and/or suppliers they will employ for the various portions of the work indicated. Failure on the part of the Contractor to complete this list properly may constitute sufficient grounds to reject the bid. If no subcontractors will be listed please indicate with a N/A.

  Example: Trade, Company Name, ROC License #, ROC License Classification

• Requested Forms —

  Complete the following downloadable forms and upload them in their respective questions. Upload all other required documents in their respective questions.

• W-9 (required) —

  Upload your current and complete W-9 here.

• Certificate of Insurance (required) —

  Upload a current COI here, showing insurability.  If awarded, The Town should be provided a copy of the COI with Town listed as Additionally Insured on the Endorsement, prior to commencement of work.

• Data Verification Questions —

  These questions will be utilized to confirm information you provide.

• System Award Management Verification (required) —

  Please enter your company's Legal Name and/or dba Name:

• Arizona Corporation Commission (required) —

  Please enter your company's Legal Name and/or dba Name:

• Town of Florence Business License
• Business License Requirement (required) —

  Do you confirm that you understand that a Business License with the Town of Florence is required?

• Current Business License (required) —

  Do you currently have a business license with the Town of Florence?

• Required Questions
• Non-Collusion Affidavit (required) —

  You the Vendor do confirm that your persons, corporation, or company who makes the accompanying Proposal, having first been duly sworn, deposes and says:

  That such Proposal is genuine and not sham or collusive, nor made in the interest of, or behalf of, any persons not herein named, and that the Offeror has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Offeror to put in a sham proposal, or any other person, firm or corporation to refrain from offering, and that the Offeror has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure for itself an advantage over any other Offeror.

• Participation in Boycott of Israel (required) —

  All materials submitted as part of a response to a solicitation are subject to Arizona public records law and will be disclosed if there is an appropriate public records request at the time of or after the award of the contract. Recently legislation has been enacted to prohibit the Town of Florence from contracting with companies currently engaged in a boycott of Israel. To ensure compliance with A.R.S. §35-393.01, this form must be completed and returned with the response to the solicitation and any supporting information to assist the Town in making its determination of compliance.

  As defined by A.R.S. §35-393.01:

  1. "Boycott" means engaging in a refusal to deal, terminating business activities, or performing other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with Israel or with persons or entities doing business in Israel or in territories controlled by Israel, if those actions are taken either:

  (a) In compliance with or adherence to calls for a boycott of Israel other than those boycotts to which 50 United States Code section 4607(c) applies.

  (b) In a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality, national origin or religion and that is not based on a valid business reason.

  2."Company" means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company or other entity or business association, and includes a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate.

  3."Direct holdings" means all publicly traded securities of a company that are held directly by the state treasurer or a retirement system in an actively managed account or fund in which the retirement system owns all shares or interests.

  4 ."Indirect holdings" means all securities of a company that are held in an account or fund, including a mutual fund, that is managed by one or more persons who are not employed by the state treasurer or a retirement system, if the state treasurer or retirement system owns shares or interests either:

  (a) together with other investors that are not subject to this section.

  (b) that are held in an index fund.

  5 .”Public entity" means the Town of Florence(“Town”), a political subdivision of this STATE or an agency, board, commission or department of this Town or a political subdivision of this Town

  6.” Public fund" means the state treasurer or a retirement system.

  7." Restricted companies" means companies that boycott Israel.

  8. "Retirement system" means a retirement plan or system that is established by or pursuant to title 38.

  By submitting this certification, proposer agrees to indemnify and hold the Town of Florence, its agents, and employees, harmless from any claims or causes of action relating to the Town’s action based upon reliance on the above representations, including the payment of all costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Town in defending such an action.

  All offerors/vendors must select one of the following and thereby certify that:

• Participation in Forced Labor of Ethnic Uyghurs (required) —

  Pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-394, the Contractor certifies that it is not currently engaged in the use of forced labor, using any goods produced by forced labor or contractors or subcontractors that utilize the forced labor of Ethnic Uyghurs in the People’s Republic of China.

• Is this project going to be federally funded? (required)
• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Do you need an Electronic Pricing Table for this solicitation?

• Separate Cost Proposal Upload (required) —

  Would you like to add an area for the vendor to upload a cost proposal?

• Do you need subcontractors? (required) —

  If you click yes, Subcontractors verbiage will be added to Special Requirements and the subcontractors list will be added to attachments.

• Partial Bids (required) —

  Yes = Acceptable

  No = Unacceptable