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Request for Proposals & Combined Legal Notice: 

2025 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: (SINGLE SITE RFP-2025-699-HHH-RG)

& (SCATTERED SITE RFP-2025-700-HHH-RG)

The City of Albuquerque’s Department of Health, Housing & Homelessness (HHH) is inviting non-profit developers or governmental entities, “Offeror(s)”, to submit proposals for the development of Affordable Ownership Housing in Albuquerque.

1. LOCATION:

Based on the available Real Property resources, the development of such an Affordable Housing project must be located within the Albuquerque city limits and conform to areas and criteria stipulated in the City’s 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual Action Plan submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The City of Albuquerque desires to provide the City-owned Real Property towards the new construction of single-family, ownership housing for persons at or below 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI).  The parcels of Real Property are located in the southwest quadrant of Albuquerque and are listed in the Scopes of Services, below. 

1. DEVELOPMENT:

RFP-2025-699-HHH-RG: HHH will award up to $780,000.00 of Capital Outlay funding from the State of New Mexico (I2699) and two (2) contiguous, vacant parcels of City-owned land totaling approximately 1.79 acres.  The actual value of the land will be assessed by a qualified appraiser prior to contract execution.  The single-site parcels are located at the northeast corner of 90th Street SW and San Ygnacio SW.  

RFP-2025-700-HHH-RG: HHH will award up to $455,000.00 of Capital Outlay funding from the State of New Mexico (G2647) and six (6) vacant parcels of City-owned land totaling approximately 0.60 acres.  The actual value of the land will be assessed by a qualified appraiser prior to contract execution.  The scattered site parcels are located at the in that Barelas Neighborhood, four contiguous parcels at the northwest corner of 2nd Street SW and Santa Fe SW, and two separate parcels on 3rd Street SW and 4th Street SW (south of Cromwell Ave SW).     

Proposed affordable housing development projects need to demonstrate the capacity to obtain additional project financing from available sources such as HUD grants, bank loans, etc.  The development should incorporate a high level of Design Creativity and Sensitivity to the social and physical context of the surrounding community.

III. ELIGIBLE RESPONSE ENTITIES

Offeror(s) (Non-profit organizations or governmental entities), along with their development team, such as for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships which have demonstrated capability in providing the services for which they are applying are able to meet the Threshold Criteria specified in this RFP.  Such criteria include, but are not limited to: Offeror(s) must have the necessary organizational capacity, experience, financial capacity, be in good standing with the City of Albuquerque, duly registered and in good standing with the State of New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, must either be a governmental entity or have not-for-profit status under 501(c)(3) or equivalent non-profit status provided under the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, and must be able to meet the requirements of a Qualifying Grantee in accordance with the State of New Mexico’s Affordable Housing Act. 

1. SCOPE OF SERVICES:

At minimum, the selected 2025 AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS shall:

Develop homeownership units for households at or below 80% AMI on vacant lots that are currently owned by the City of Albuquerque HHH.

Under RFP-2025-699-HHH-RG: HHH will award up to $780,000.00 of Capital Outlay funding from the State of New Mexico (I2699) and two (2) contiguous, vacant parcels of City-owned land totaling approximately 1.79 acres, located at:

S'LY 280 FT OF TR 434 TOWN OF ATRISCO GRANT UNIT #3 CONT 1.3100 AC; and, THE S'LY PORTION OF TR 433 UNIT # 3 TOWN OF ATRISCO GRANT CONT .4879 AC, collectively 1.79 +/- ACRES or 78,316.524 SQ FT (“Property”)

Under RFP-2025-700-HHH-RG: HHH will award up to $455,000.00 of Capital Outlay funding from the State of New Mexico (G2647) and six (6) vacant parcels of City-owned land totaling approximately 0.60 acres, located at:   

• 1221 3^rd Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 8,875 square feet)
• 1204 4^th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 7,100 square feet)
• Lot 19 Atlantic & Santa Fe Subdivision SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 2,790 square feet)
• Lot 20 Atlantic & Santa Fe Subdivision SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 2,232 square feet)
• Lot 21 Atlantic & Santa Fe Subdivision SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 2,232 square feet)
• Lot 22 Atlantic & Santa Fe Subdivision SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (containing 3,028 square feet)

The selected Offeror(s) will comply with all applicable statutory and/or regulatory requirements, including but not limited to:

• Administrative Requirements for Contracts Awarded Under the City of Albuquerque
• City of Albuquerque FCS Social Services Contracts Procurement Rules and Regulations
• Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) and the drainage requirements for developing an Affordable Housing parcel, exclusive of any other adjacent parcel; and
• Local building code ordinances and regulatory requirements; and
• Any other applicable Federal or State statutory and/or regulatory requirements.

The selected Offeror(s) will be responsible for identifying potential homebuyers for the constructed units, and for determining if potential homeowners meet the income qualifications in accordance with 24 CFR §5.609 (Part 5).

The City will record a City Mortgage and Restrictive Real Estate Covenants on the parcels to be utilized for affordable housing.  These legal instruments will be removed by the City upon construction completion of housing units and sale to income qualified households.

The City will provide a template subordinate mortgage and note to the selected Offeror(s). The selected Offeror(s) will prepare a subordinate mortgage and note in the City of Albuquerque’s name with the value of the parcel that the homeownership unit is located on. These shall be executed at the closing of the sale to the income qualified household. The note shall be due upon resale, refinance, transfer or failure of the borrower to occupy the unit. The City loan will be forgiven after the income-eligible homeownership has occupied the home for 30 years (the “Affordability Period”). The Affordability Period commences upon the date of sale.

1. SELECTION PROCESS:

Developer selection will involve the following process:

• Offeror’s ability to meet Threshold Criteria;
• Review of Project Proposals by Ad Hoc committee and evaluation of proposed projects using Scored Criteria to arrive at a recommendation of award(s);
• Review and approval of Ad Hoc recommendation by HHH Director;
• Funding allocation for Development Agreement subject to City Council approval;
• Final approval of Council-approved Development Agreement subject to CAO approval.

1. SELECTION CRITERIA:

The City’s Ad Hoc committee will review and score all projects received by the deadline that meet threshold criteria. The project with the highest overall score will receive a recommendation of funding award. Depending on the Real Property requested, multiple projects may be selected. Any resources not allocated under this RFP may be rolled over into future RFPs.

The review and scoring of the project proposals is based on the following RFP Appendices submitted for the Offeror(s):

• Project’s ability to meet the affordable housing needs of low-income residents in Albuquerque in accordance with the City’s 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan, 2025 Action Plan, and the 2025 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Request for Proposals, based on the information provided in the RFP Appendix A –Development Project Application; and

• Financial Feasibility of the Project, as assessed by the information provided in Appendix B - Single-Family Underwriting Template; and
• Highest Overall Project Score, as assessed by City Ad Hoc committee in Appendix C -  Project Ranking Matrix; and
• Supporting Documentation provided by the Offeror(s) in Appendix D.

VII.   PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:

An optional pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2025, virtually via Zoom through the following link or by dialing: +1 669 900 6833; Meeting ID:  83884123867; https://cabq.zoom.us/j/83884123867.  Oral explanations or instructions given before the award of the contract or at any time will not be binding.  All RFP questions must be directed to HHH and must be submitted through the City’s Bonfire eProcurement system. The City will not respond to subsequent RFP questions that are submitted by any other means than electronically through its eProcurement system linked below.

The RFP containing all information and instructions to Developers, copies of planning documents relevant to this Request for Proposals, and the forms required to be filled out and submitted as part of the proposal will be available on or before May 27, 2025, on the City’s eProcurement System at: https://cabq.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. 

Submission of Proposals:  The Offeror’s Proposal must be submitted electronically through the eProcurement system pursuant to the following requirements: Complete Proposal including all forms, attachments, exhibits, Technical Proposal, Cost Proposal, etc. using the eProcurement System at: https://cabq.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities. 

Proposals must be received by the City’s eProcurement system no later than 4:00 pm Mountain Time, time on Friday, August 8, 2025. 

HHH RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL PROPOSALS AND TO END THE SELECTION PROCESS AT ITS DISCRETION