OKLAHOMA CITY — Friday, Oklahoma County issued its official RFP (request for proposal) to acquire land for the new jail voters approved in a bond vote in June 2022.
Free Press published details about the vote at the time:
According to a news release from Chantel Boso, purchasing director:
- 40 to 80 acres are needed as a construction site.
- Sealed big proposals to donate or sell are due by March 6, 2023.
- Government entities have until June 2, 2023 to respond.
Here is the notice as it appears in one legacy newspaper of record:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Oklahoma County will receive sealed proposals in the Oklahoma County Clerk’s Office – 320 Robert S. Kerr, Suite 203 Oklahoma City, OK for the following: Real Property for New Oklahoma County Jail Campus
Due Date: March 6, 2023 before 9:00A.M.
Due Date for Government Agencies: June 2, 2023 by 5:00 pm
Bid packages are available at the Central Purchasing Office, 320 Robert S. Kerr, Suite 117, Oklahoma City, OK, purchasing@oklahomacounty.org or they may be obtained at www.bidnetdirect.com//oklahomacounty.
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