NOTICE FOR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICESPRIVATE
(RESUME #1B-PROF-08/09)
Pursuant to the provisions of HRS 103D, the County of Kauai hereby
provides public notice to invite persons engaged in the professional services
listed below to submit current statements of qualifications and expressions of
interest for the fiscal year 2008 - 2009:
A. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TREASURY
DIVISION
1. Underwriting Services For
Municipal Bond Financing. Responsible for developing plan of financing,
credit rating process, and leading pricing and marketing efforts; organizes the
efforts of all parties in structuring the financing and drafting the Offering
Statement and related documents; analyzes financing alternatives for Issuer;
prepares presentations for rating agencies and credit enhancers; reviews and
helps shape principal legal documents; directs investor pre-sale bond marketing
efforts; sets interest rates and offering terms of the bonds, accepts orders
from investors and underwriters, and commits capital to underwrite unsold
bonds.
Estimated
Cost. No costs
are expended until bonds are sold.
Professionals are paid out of the proceeds of the issue.
Questions should be
directed to Wallace G. Rezentes, Jr.,
Director of Finance, (808) 241-4200.
Consultants who are interested and capable of providing the
professional services listed shall submit one
(1) original and four(4) copies of a letter of interest and resume to:
Director
of Finance
(RESUME #1B-PROF-08/09)
Division
of Purchasing
4444 Rice Street,
Rm 303
Lihue, HI 96766
Resumes shall include:
1. Reference to this Notice
by noting "#1B-PROF-08/09" on the cover page of each resume, AND the
name of the department and service that the resume is to be directed to.
2. A
brief history of the firm specifying it s experience acting as underwriter on municipal
bond financings; include the principal place of business average number of
employees over the past five years and the location of all of the firms
offices.
3. List
the names, locations and roles of staff that will work on the County s municipal
bond issue. Detail the public finance experience, education, training and any
other information that will assist in the County s evaluation of their
expertise
4. A
list of municipal bond financings completed over the past three years or
currently underway.
5.
Summarize your firm s
ability to provide underwriting services for tax-exempt municipal bonds,
including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds.
6.
Describe your firm s
experience with tax-exempt obligations in the State of Hawaii.
7.
The names and phone
numbers of up to five (5) clients who may be contacted, including at least two
(2) for whom municipal bond underwriting services were rendered during the
preceding year.
8.
Securities Data Company,
Inc. ranking as Negotiated Senior Manager and Competitive Senior Manager for
each of the past five years in long term general obligation, water revenue, and
multi-family housing bonds.
9.
Discuss the firm s
institutional and retail marketing distribution and remarketing capabilities
both nationally and in Hawaii. Identify how many full-time employees are
dedicated to the sales and trading of municipal securities and the firm s
average trading volume in Hawaii
municipal bonds. Describe how your firm
would assist the County in improving their image with the municipal investor
community in order to assure the widest distribution of their bonds at the
lowest interest rate possible.
10.
Disclose any lawsuits or
administrative actions taken against you by the Federal Government, a state, or
a municipality during the past three years related to public finance. Disclose the nature and status of the
action. If none, so indicate.
11.
Any other pertinent
information that should or may be considered in the evaluation of the firm s
qualifications.
12.
Disclosure of any conflict
of interest in providing services for the County of Kauai
Resumes may be amended at any time by filing a new statement. Any change in resumes that will be cause for
disqualifying the firm from consideration for award shall be immediately
reported to the Director of Finance.
Deadline for submissions is 4:00 PM (Hawaii Standard Time), Friday, June 27, 2008. Late submissions will be returned. Risk of late delivery shall lie with the
sender.
Wallace
G. Rezentes, Jr.
Director
of Finance
County of Kauai
08-09 (1B)
Advt SB June 9, 2008and http://www.spo.hawaii.gov
