Solicitation of offers by request for proposals—Generally.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 8-62
in effectSec. 8-62. - Solicitation of offers by request for proposals—Generally.
(a) Request for proposals. If the Council, or the Chief Administrative Officer when authorized by resolution of the Council or upon receipt of an unsolicited offer to purchase City-owned real estate, determines that it is in the best interests of the City to sell surplus real estate with regard to factors other than price, but which may include price, the Chief Administrative Officer shall request proposals for the real estate. All requests for proposals shall:
(1) Be expressly conditioned on Council approval of the sale of the real estate to the successful proposer in accordance with Section 8-65;
(2) Set forth in detail the specific evaluation factors upon which the proposals received pursuant to that request will be evaluated;
(3) Require that each proposal be received by the Chief Administrative Officer no later than a specifically stated date and hour;
(4) Clearly state the requirements of Section 8-59;
(5) Clearly state the requirements of Section 8-67; and
(6) Be submitted in draft form prior to solicitation to the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee of the Council or any successor committee thereof and incorporate any additional evaluation factors that such committee may deem appropriate.
(b) Solicitation. All requests for proposals shall be solicited by:
(1) Publication on the City's website; and
(2) Such other means as to provide reasonable notice of the request for proposals to the maximum number of persons that can be reasonably anticipated to submit proposals in response to the particular request for proposals.
(c) Submission fee. The Chief Administrative Officer may require that all proposals submitted in response to any request for proposals include a nonrefundable submission fee in such amount determined by the Chief Administrative Officer not to exceed one percent of the assessed value of the real estate that is the subject of the request for proposals. Any such submission fee requirement shall be stated clearly in the request for proposals.
(Code 2004, § 26-83; Code 2015, § 8-62; Code 2020, § 8-62; Ord. No. 2005-282-270, § 2, 12-12-2005; Ord. No. 2017-069, § 1, 11-13-2017; Ord. No. 2022-130, § 1, 5-23-2022)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICICO_CH8CINEREES_ARTIIISAREES_S8-62SOOFREPRENFetched: 11/8/2026