NOTICE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICESPRIVATE
(RESUME #1A-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. FINANCE
- TREASURY:
1. Underwriting Services For Land Secured
Municipal Bond Financing. Responsible for developing plan of financing,
credit rating process (if applicable), 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 (if applicable); 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.
No costs are
expended until bonds are sold.
Professionals are paid out of proceeds of the issue.
Contact Person: 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
#1A-PROF-08/09)
Division of
Purchasing
4444 Rice Street,
Rm 303
Lihue, HI 96766
Resumes shall
include:
1. Reference
to this Notice by noting "#1A-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 land secured 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 land secured 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 land secured 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 land secured 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 land secured
underwriting services were rendered during the preceding year.
8.
Securities Data Company, Inc. ranking as Negotiated
Senior Manager and Co-Manager for each of the past five years in long term land
secured 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.
Provide two relevant case studies of land secured
transactions completed by your firm within the last three years. Highlight how your Firm marketed the Bonds
and how the financings compared to other land-secured transactions marketed at
the same time.
11.
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.
12.
Any other pertinent information that should or may be
considered in the evaluation of the firm s qualifications.
13.
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 (1A)
Advt SB June 9, 2008 and
http://www.spo.hawaii.gov
