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which allows RTD to spread the public’s resources further.” Setting up the financing for the Eagle P3 project was one of its biggest innovations. The project received an allocation of tax-exempt private activity bonds from DOT, which will save RTD millions in financing costs over the life of the bonds. DTP is responsible for retiring the bonds through service payments made by RTD. “The way we set up the engineering and operational performance requirements and the financing structure made all the difference in us receiving solid proposals from two impressive teams,” said Brian Middleton, director of RTD’s Eagle Project. RTD is developing a “P3 Lessons Learned” report to document the successes that helped bring the project to reality and what the agency would do differently. The report will be available late this year, but here’s a sneak peek for agencies pursuing a transit P3: n Hire a project director with extensive P3 experience. n Get a solid financial consultant. n Hire an experienced legal team. n Create an internal Management Steering Committee and sub-committees to develop various parts of the Request for Proposals (RFP).
n Release a Request for Qualifications

first and short-list qualified teams.
n Prepare a draft RFP and conduct a

detailed industry review.
n Set a schedule that includes time to

work through issues.
n Hold team members to deadlines. n Have all team members involved in

the procurement process sign confidentiality agreements. n Wrap up railroad agreements as soon as possible. n Give bidding teams the opportunity to propose Alternative Technical Concepts for staff review and approval prior to submission of final proposals. n Allow key stakeholders to participate in the evaluation process. n Hold outreach events for the bidding teams to network with small and disadvantaged businesses. n Be open and transparent throughout the process.

More from APTF: Career Success
DaviD LeDwitz receiveD an APTF Scholarship Award at the 1993 APTA Annual Meeting and EXPO in New Orleans, nominated by the Riverside County Transportation Commission in Riverside, CA. He joined the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in San Jose, CA, in 1997. In 2000, to express his appreciation to APTF, he presented foundation representatives with a personal donation of $250 during the 2000 APTA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. He called his scholarship “a direct link to my career. I would not be here today without it,” and said receiving the financial support through APTF was “one of the most significant steps in my career, and very important to young transportation professionals.” Ledwitz is a service and operations planning management analyst for VTA, providing technical support for the analysis and administration of the Americans with Disabilities Act Paratransit Program—a situation he understands as a person with a minor disability. “APTA is a very important organization for many, many reasons,” Ledwitz said, “including career development opportunity—and that is embodied in the APTF scholarships they make available for young professionals.”

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