Okaloosa County BOCC — October 21, 2014 — RFP AP BANK LOAN — reading text

CONTRACT & LEASE INTERNAL COORDINATION SHEET Contract/Lease Number: Tracking Number:_// 7 G- [5 ; Grant Funded: YES NO 4 aie Name: Aus : de of C tales acu, CD Purpose C EP F bE ? b Ole - Date/Term: i. im GREATER THAN $50,000 Amount: # sy CFC ¢20 2. L] Greater THAN $25,000 Department: AC 3. im $25,000 OR LESS Dept. Monitor Namé: We. Wwe, | Document has been reviewed and includes any attachments or exhibits. Purchasing Review Procurement requirements aré met: Ce Rope wy a Date: JU “~f5 AY Purchasing ‘Director orb&signee Joanne Kublik Risk Management Review Approved as written: s ubofde Date: Jo-15-['t Risk Manager or designee we) Kay Godwin or Krystal King County Attorney Review ian a ee Date:__ 10 fis(is County Attorney Greedy T. Stewart or Lynn Hoshihara , ! Following Okaloosa County approval: Contracts & Grants Document has been received: Date: Contracts & Grants Manager REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL & RESPONDENT’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RFP TITLE: RFP NUMBER: DIRECT LOAN FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY AP 06-15 SYSTEM OF AIRPORTS REP OPENING DATE & TIME: Month XX, 2014 4:00 P.M. CT NOTE: PROPOSALS RECEIVED AFTER THE OPENING DATE & TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Okaloosa County, Florida solicits your company to submit a proposal on the above referenced goods or services. All terms, specifications and conditions set forth in this RFP are incorporated into your response. A proposal will not be accepted unless all conditions have been met. All proposals must have an authorized signature in the space provided below. All proposals must be sealed and received by the Okaloosa date and time referenced above. Okaloosa County is not responsible for lost or late delivery of proposals by the U.S. Postal Service or other delivery services used by the respondent. Neither faxed nor electronically submitted proposals will be accepted. Proposals may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the proposal opening unless otherwise specified. RESPONDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM BELOW MUST BE COMPLETED, SIGNED, AND RETURNED AS PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL. PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THIS FORM, SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE RESPONDENT. COMPANY NAME MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP FEDERAL EMPLOYER’S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (FEIN): TELEPHONE NUMBER: EXT: FAX: EMAIL: I CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS MADE WITHOUT PRIOR UNDERSTANDING, AGREEMENT, OR CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER RESPONDENT SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL FOR THE SAME MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES, AND IS IN ALL RESPECTS FAIR AND WITHOUT COLLUSION OR FRAUD. I AGREE TO ABIDE TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PROPOSAL AND CERTIFY THAT I AM AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE RESPONDENT. AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: TYPED OR PRINTED NAME TITLE- DATE. NOTICE TO PROPOSERS The Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, FL, is soliciting proposals for a Non-Bank Qualified Loan. All proposals may be submitted in a sealed envelope marked on the outside; "REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DIRECT LOAN FOR THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SYSTEM OF AIRPORTS.” All hardcopy originals must have genuine signatures in blue ink. If submitting by hard copy, please submit a digital copy on CD. Guidelines detailing form and content requirements for the requests for proposals are available by contacting Okaloosa County Purchasing Department, 602-C North Pearl St., Crestview, FL 32536, 850-689-5960, or downloading them from our website at http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/dept_purchasing.html (Departments, Purchasing, Vendor Registration & Opportunities). Proposals must be delivered to the Okaloosa County Purchasing Department at the address below no later than 4:00 p.m. Central Time, XXXXXX, 2014 in order to be considered. All submittals received after the stated time and date will be returned unopened and will not be considered. NOTE: Crestview, FL is not a next day guaranteed delivery location by most delivery services. Proposers using mail or delivery services assume all risks of late or non-delivery. There is no obligation on the part of the County to award the proposal to the lowest proposer, and the County reserves the right to award the proposal to the proposer submitting a responsive proposer with a resulting negotiated agreement which is most advantageous and in the best interest of Okaloosa County, and to waive any irregularity or technicality in proposals received. Okaloosa County shall be the sole judge of the proposal and the resulting negotiating agreement that is in its best interest, and its decision with respect to the same shall be final. Okaloosa County reserves the right also to make no award or pursue other avenues of financing. Proposals should be addressed as follows: "REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DIRECT LOAN FOR THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SYSTEM OF AIRPORTS.” Okaloosa County Purchasing Department 602-C North Pearl Street Crestview, FL 32536 Zan Fedorak Date Purchasing Manager Deputy Clerk Date Clerk of Circuit Court OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Charles K. Windes, Jr. Chairman REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM BANKS TO PROVIDE A DIRECT LOAN Okaloosa County is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to banks interested in providing the County a revolving variable rate direct loan of up to $5 million. The proceeds of the loan will be used to provide interim financing for Airport System projects. Information is provided below on the County and its Airport System, its outstanding debt, the security for this direct loan, information which interested banks are requested to submit to the County, and the process for submitting a proposal to the County. THE COUNTY The County encompasses approximately 1,936 square miles, with approximately 24 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered on the west by Santa Rosa County, on the north by the State of Alabama and on the east by Walton County. The County was created by an act of the legislature of Florida in 1915. The County seat is located at the City of Crestview in the northern portion of the County. Incorporated cities in the County include: Cinco Bayou, Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Laurel Hill, Mary Esther, Niceville, Shalimar and Valpariso. NORTHWEST FLORIDA REGIONAL AIRPORT The Northwest Florida Regional Airport (The Airport) is located approximately six miles northwest of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in Okaloosa County, Florida, on approximately 130 acres of land on Eglin Air Force Base. Eglin Air Force Base is the largest Air Force base in the world, covering 724 square miles of land and approximately 123,000 square miles of water ranges in the Gulf of Mexico. The Airport is located on the western side of the military airfield. The County has leased the property on which the Airport sits from the Department of the Air Force for many years. The current lease (the "Lease") was executed on July 30, 2007 and ends on July 16, 2038. The Airport is one of 22 joint-use airports in the country. The Airport's civil aviation operations share the military runways at Eglin Air Force Base and use Eglin’s air traffic control facilities to coordinate aircraft operations. Pursuant to a 30-year Joint-Use Agreement commencing February 27, 2001 and expiring on February 26, 2031, the Air Force permits scheduled commercial aircraft to use the flying facilities at Eglin Air Force Base for not more than 84 operations (including landings and takeoffs) per day, under the control of the Air Force control tower, and subject to priority for military takeoffs and landings. In addition to the Airport, the County also owns and operates two general aviation facilities, Bob Sikes Airport and Destin/Ft. Walton Beach Airport, which along with the Airport, comprise the Airport System. SOURCE OF REPAYMENT FOR THE DIRECT LOAN The loan will be issued pursuant to a Master Indenture of Trust (the "Master Indenture"), dated as of August 1, 2003, and will be secured by a subordinate lien upon and pledge of the Net Revenues derived by the County from the operation of its Airport System. The loan will be issued on a subordinate basis to the County’s approximately $17.1 million of Senior Lien Airport Revenue Bonds and on a parity basis with the County’s approximately $3.1 million of State Infrastructure Bank Loans. A copy of the Master Indenture is provided as a separate attachment. The Authority will not agree to any material additions, changes or modifications to the Master Indenture that may be requested by banks in connection with this transaction. THE DIRECT LOAN AND THE INTEREST THEREON DO NOT CONSTITUTE A DEBT, LIABILITY OR OBLIGATION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE COUNTY, OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF (OTHER THAN A SPECIAL OBLIGATION OF THE COUNTY) AND NEITHER THE FAITH AND CREDIT NOR THE TAXING POWER OF THE STATE OR THE COUNTY OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE DIRECT LOAN OR THE INTEREST THEREON. THE COUNTY’S CURRENT RATING ON ITS SENIOR LIEN AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS The County’s current underlying rating on its outstanding Senior Lien Airport Revenue Bonds is BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s, ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REPAYMENT In addition to the Airport System’s Net Revenues, the County expects to receive project reimbursement funding from the Transportation Security Administration, Florida Department of Transportation, and Federal Aviation Administration. These funds would be available, from time to time, to repay principal on the loan. INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM BANKS Banks submitting responses to this RFP are hereby requested to provide a letter to the County which provides the types of information shown in the table below. The County reserves the right to request any supplemental information it deems necessary to evaluate a bank’s experience or qualifications and/or clarify or substantiate any area contained in the bank’s proposal. INFORMATION REQUESTED IN PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE A DIRECT LOAN TO THE COUNTY Category Information Requested 1, Amount of Loan Specify that the bank is willing to offer a variable rate loan of up to $5 million. 2. Source of Repayment Confirm that the bank understands that the loan will be secured by a subordinate pledge of the County’s Net Revenues, as described in the Request for Proposals. 3. Final Maturity The County would prefer the loan to have as long a maturity as possible, with a maximum final maturity of October 1, 2024. Banks must specify how long a final maturity they will offer. 4. Proposed Structure of the Loan | The loan would be able to be drawn down and repaid at the County’s option from time to time, provided the maximum amount of the loan would not exceed $5 million and all of the principal would be repaid by the final maturity date provided in the bank’s response to No. 3 5. Tax Status The Bank understands and acknowledges that the direct loan could be subject to the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”). The purchaser will receive an approving opinion of Nabors, Giblin, & Nickerson, P.A., the County’s bond counsel. 6. Variable Rate Proposed Formula by which the variable rate on the loan will be set (preferably based on LIBOR), and provide the example rate that would be produced using that formula as of the date of the submission of your proposal. 7. Bank origination or upfront fees | You must specify any upfront fees that the bank would charge in connection with this transaction. 8. Bank expenses You must specify any expenses related to this transaction, including legal fees (if any), for which the bank would expect to be reimbursed. 9. Outside bank legal counsel (if | Please specify whether or not the bank would propose to use an any) outside counsel on this transaction. If so, identify the firm that the bank would propose to use. 10. Other fees or expenses Please identify any other fees you would expect the County to pay on this transaction, or any other expenses for which the bank would expect to be reimbursed. Please provide a cap on your fees with the