The Government of the District of Columbia (“District”), through the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (“DME”), in conjunction with the Department of General Services (“DGS”), invites interested parties (“Respondents”) who are “Eligible Entities” to respond to this Request for Offers (“RFO”) with offers (“Offers”) for reuse of the Ferebee-Hope School Site located at 3999 8th St SE, Washington DC 20032. The District identified the Ferebee-Hope School Site as appropriate for reuse as an educational facility as well as for redevelopment for community benefit. Through this solicitation the District seeks Respondents to redevelop a large vacant school building and parcel of land to provide a location for one or more charter Local Education Agencies (“LEA”) as well as community space and recreation center that maximizes benefit to the surrounding community. It is the District’s goal that this be accomplished through partnerships between Eligible Entities and other organizations. Eligible Entities are defined in the solicitation.

Updated 9/9/2019 to reflect additional site walkthrough