TRUMBO AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING
Category: Architectural and Engineering
NAICS Code: 5413 - Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
Entity: Monroe County, Florida - Monroe County Schools District
End Date: April 23, 2025
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Description:
RFP 2025007 - Trumbo Affordable Workforce Housing
Project ID: RFP 2025007
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO PROSPECTIVE PROPOSERS that on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10: 00 am, the School Board of Monroe County (the “School District” or “School Board”) will open sealed proposals for the following:
RFP 2025007
RFP 2025007 - Trumbo Affordable Workforce Housing
Questions regarding the proposal should be directed by e-mail to Taylor Gandolfo – Buyer, at Taylor.Gandolfo@KeysSchools.com.
PURPOSE
The Monroe County School District (‘MCSD’) is interested in soliciting sealed proposals from qualified developers with sufficient experience and capacity to design, build, finance and manage affordable workforce housing at 241 Trumbo Road, an approximately 5.9-acre waterfront property in Key West, Florida (the ‘Trumbo Property’). A boundary survey of the Trumbo Property has been included with this RFP as Attachment A. The Project will consist of up to one hundred fifty (150) affordable housing units, rented primarily to MCSD Employees and other ‘essential services personnel’ whose gross household incomes are less than 140% of the Area Median Income for Monroe County, Florida (‘AMI’).
MCSD is one of the largest employers in the Florida Keys, retaining a workforce of over 1500 employees to serve approximately 9000 local students from Key Largo to Key West. Although MCSD teachers enjoy one of the highest starting salaries in the State ($61,500), the lack of affordable housing in the Keys continues to be an insurmountable obstacle for many qualified applicants seeking employment with MCSD. With rental rates in Key West often exceeding $3000 per month, many new educators are simply unable to accept employment with MCSD due to the cost of housing. This solicitation seeks an experienced firm to enter into a public-private partnership with MCSD aimed at developing quality affordable housing for the workforce of MCSD and other public agencies in the lower-Keys.
