Project Information

Bid Title

Hall County Property Lease for Installation & Maintenance of a Cellular Tower

Issuing Agency

Hall County

Location

Georgia

Published Date

Nov 14, 2025

Closing Date

Dec 18, 2025

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

46-027

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Project Description

Bid Number:	46-027
Bid Title:	Hall County Property Lease for Installation & Maintenance of a Cellular Tower
Category:	Bids & Proposals
Status:	Open

Description: Request for Qualifications with Price Proposal RFQ/P #46-027 For the provision of Hall County Property Lease for Installation & Maintenance of a Cellular Tower Hall County, Georgia (herein “County”), a municipal entity of the State of Georgia located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30504, is seeking qualified Vendors to lease Hall County-owned property at 5655 Howington Road, Braselton, GA for the purpose of installing and maintaining a new cellular tower (herein “Services”). Schedule of Events: Bid Post Date : Friday, November 14, 2025 Bidder’s Questions Due Date: Monday, December 8, 2025 Response to Bidder Questions Due: Friday, December 12, 2025 Bid Due Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025, by 2:00pm EST Bidding Process: Hall County is now accepting sealed bids from qualified Vendors (herein “Proposer” or “Vendor”) for the Services in the County’s Purchasing Division on the fourth (4 th ) floor of the Hall County Government Center, located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 until 2:00pm EST on Thursday, December 18, 2025. All bid packets must be sealed and be time and date stamped by the Hall County receptionist located on the 4 th floor to be considered. General Qualifications: Proposers and any subcontractors must be in the regular business of installing and maintaining cellular towers. Proposers and any subcontractors must be licensed, insured, and bonded in the State of Georgia. Pre-Bid Meeting Address: Not required for this solicitation . Term: It is the County’s intention to award a lease to one (1) firm for an initial five (5) year term, followed by up to three (3) additional renewal terms of five (5) years each. Questions: All communications must be directed solely to Andy Youngblood, Issuing Officer at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. for questions or clarifications of the RFQ/P requirements. Addenda: If needed and in the best interest of the County, the Purchasing Division may make an extension of the proposal period by a formal written addendum and publicly posted on the County’s website. All addenda must be signed by the Proposer and returned with the bid packet. Taxes : The County is exempt from State of Georgia Local Sales and Use Tax. The Proposer understands and acknowledges that it is responsible for any sales and use taxes it may incur. The Proposer will not charge or invoice the County any sales and use tax as a separate line item. The Proposer may request a copy of the County’s Georgia Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificate. Bonds: A bid bond equal to five percent (5%) of the bid amount is required to be submitted with the bid response. All Proposers must also include in their bid submissions a letter of bondability. The County will only accept surety companies licensed to do business in the State of Georgia. The awarded Proposer must produce performance and payment bonds that are both equal to 100% of the face value of the awarded amount. Performance and payment bonds must be received by the County before a Notice to Proceed is issued. Publication Date/Time: 11/14/2025 12:10 PM Publication Information: The Gainesville Times, Hall County Website, Georgia Procurement Registry Closing Date/Time: 12/18/2025 2:00 PM Submittal Information: See below Bid Opening Information: 12/18/2025 at 2:00pm Contact Person: Andrew Youngblood [email protected] Download Available: See below Business Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm Qualifications: Must be in the regular business of installing and maintaining cellular towers. Related Documents: RFQP 46-027 HC Lease for Cell Tower bid packet

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Hall County Government

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PURCHASING DIVISION

POST OFFICE DRAWER 1435

GAINESVILLE, GA 30503

t: 770.535.8270 | f: 770.531.6711

FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR

Taylor Samples, CPA

ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR

Elizabeth White

PURCHASING MANAGER

Andy Youngblood

Request for Qualifications with Price Proposal

RFQ/P #46-027

For the provision of

Hall County Property Lease for Installation &

Maintenance of a Cellular Tower

Hall County, Georgia (herein “County”), a municipal entity of the State of

Georgia located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30504, is

seeking qualified Vendors to lease Hall County-owned property at 5655

Howington Road, Braselton, GA for the purpose of installing and

maintaining a new cellular tower (herein “Services”).

Schedule of Events:

Bid Post Date: Friday, November 14, 2025

Bidder’s Questions Due Date: Monday, December 8, 2025

Response to Bidder Questions Due: Friday, December 12, 2025

Bid Due Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025, by 2:00pm EST

Bidding Process: Hall County is now accepting sealed bids from

qualified Vendors (herein “Proposer” or “Vendor”) for the Services in the

County’s Purchasing Division on the fourth (4th) floor of the Hall County

Government Center, located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville,

GA 30504 until 2:00pm EST on Thursday, December 18, 2025. All bid

packets must be sealed and be time and date stamped by the Hall County

receptionist located on the 4th floor to be considered.

General Qualifications: Proposers and any subcontractors must be in

the regular business of installing and maintaining cellular towers.

Proposers and any subcontractors must be licensed, insured, and bonded

in the State of Georgia.

Pre-Bid Meeting Address: Not required for this solicitation.

Term: It is the County’s intention to award a lease to one (1) firm for an

initial five (5) year term, followed by up to three (3) additional renewal

terms of five (5) years each.

Questions: All communications must be directed solely to Andy

Youngblood, Issuing Officer at andrew.youngblood@hallcounty.org for

questions or clarifications of the RFQ/P requirements.

Addenda: If needed and in the best interest of the County, the Purchasing

Division may make an extension of the proposal period by a formal written

addendum and publicly posted on the County’s website. All addenda must

be signed by the Proposer and returned with the bid packet.

Proposal Documents: Proposers may obtain all submittal documents at no cost via the County’s

Website at https://www.hallcounty.org/Bids.aspx, then click the link for Hall County Property

Lease for Installation & Maintenance of a Cellular Tower and download all required documents

under “Related Documents”. Any addenda will also be posted in this same area. Proposers are

responsible for checking the County’s website for addenda.

Proposal Response: The County considers a proposal response as an irrevocable offer, valid

for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from submission. The County reserves the right to

reject all proposals, in full or part, and to negotiate fees, conditions, or other terms with the

Proposer(s) submitting the overall best scored proposal. The County reserves the right to cancel

this RFQ/P in its entirety if in the best interest of the County. The County may waive nonmaterial

irregularities, informalities, and errors and may seek clarification of such.

Revenue Proposals: The awarded Proposer’s costs and revenues shall be fixed and firm for the

initial contract term.

Public Reading: Proposal openings are open to the public and to Proposers. Proposers are not

required to attend but may do so. The Issuing Officer named herein, or another Purchasing team

member, will open and publicly read all Proposer’s company names, their locations, and proposed

costs and revenues on the date, time, and at the address above. Costs and revenues will not be

read at this time.

Request for Clarification: The County reserves the right to request clarification or additional

information provided by any Proposer. The County may also request in-person or virtual

presentations, interviews, and may choose to enter into negotiations with Proposers as needed.

Proposal Retention: Proposers may not withdraw their proposal after the proposal opening.

Proposals must be valid for one hundred twenty (120) calendar days. All forms, documents, and

exhibits attached hereto must be completed and returned with the Proposal. The County reserves

the right to retain all proposals submitted and use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of contract

award or not. The County shall have the right to waive any informality or irregularity of immaterial

deviation, omissions, and clerical errors in any bid received.

Legally Binding Agreement: The County and the awarded Proposer shall enter into a formal

lease agreement.

BID EVALUATION

Evaluation and Selection: The County will evaluate all submittals in accordance with the Official

Code of Hall County, Georgia 3.10, and as further detailed herein. The County will evaluate

proposals using a two-step process: The first is the “Technical Qualifications Proposal” that

outlines the proposing firm’s qualifications, experience, and its approach to deliver the services.

The second is the “Revenue Proposal”, whereby the evaluation committee will evaluate the

proposed costs and revenues for the Services to determine the best value for the County.

Award Process: The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, in whole or part, or to

select any Proposer, without liability on part of the County to the Proposer, to complete the

described work. The County intends to award the contract to one (1) Vendor that it deems to be

the most responsible and responsive Vendor to perform all the work described herein. Lead times

and length of time to complete the work may also be a factor in award. The County will not make

an award of contract solely based on lowest cost/highest revenue bid, but also on approach,

references, qualifications, and other subjective criteria as the County may deem necessary and

determine at its sole discretion.

Technical Qualifications Evaluation: Proposer must answer all scored questions found on

Exhibit F – Scored Questions, which are weighted and will be scored by the County’s evaluation

committee. The County’s evaluation committee will score and assign point values to the answers.

The total maximum points are set at 1,000. The County has assigned a 40/60 split for scoring

points; four hundred (400) points (40%) available for Technical Qualifications, and six hundred

(600) points (60%) available for the revenue proposal. The Proposer with the highest total point

score closest to 1,000 will be the apparent contract award winner, subject to approval by the Hall

County Board of Commissioners.

Unanswered questions will earn a 0-point score. The Proposer’s response should limit answers

directly to the questions asked. Each answer will be scored on a scale of twenty-five (25)

percentage points as shown:

Excellent = 100%

Good = 75%

Adequate = 50%

Marginal = 25%

Poor = 0%

In addition to the space provided on Exhibit F – Scored Questions, Proposers may expand their

answers to the questions onto separate pages if needed with the question repeated at the top of

each page. Proposers may input “see attached” in the space provided next to each question.

Responses to the questions should be clear and concise. Where appropriate, Proposers should

show statistical information in a tabular chart format and textual information in bullet point format.

Summarize key points at the beginning of each answer. All quantitative material should include

complete assumptions and be supported by detailed schedules evidencing all calculations and

results.

Provide one-sided documents only. Do not include superfluous marketing brochures or

unnecessary promotional materials. These will not be evaluated. Address each specific question

with direct, detailed answers.

PROPOSER RESPONSE

Technical Qualifications: Proposers must provide a total of four (4) hard paper copies of their

technical qualifications: one (1) marked “Original” and three (3) marked “Copy”. Submit all four

(4) hard paper copies in a sealed envelope(s), separate from the Revenue Proposal.

Revenue Proposal

Proposers are to also submit one (1) hard paper copy of their Exhibit B – Revenue Proposal

Worksheet.

Electronic signatures on bid documents are acceptable; however, hard copies of the bid response

are required, as stated above.

Combined Digital Response

Proposers must provide their responses on one (1) USB drive with two (2) folders therein: one (1)

entitled “Technical Qualifications Response” and one (1) entitled “Revenue Proposal”. Do not

include the revenue proposal in the technical qualifications folder.

Cost & Revenue Evaluation: This solicitation is heavily focused on a Proposer’s qualifications,

experience, and capabilities. Therefore, award may not be made solely based on the lowest

cost/highest revenue bid. Cost/Revenue will be given more importance when all other evaluation

criteria are relatively equal.

Cost and revenue are not the only considerations for award. If, in the County’s sole discretion,

qualifications between two (2) or more Proposers are equal, then the County may make an award

to the lowest cost/highest revenue Proposer among them. The County will evaluate cost and

revenue as presented on Exhibit B – Revenue Proposal Worksheet. Any and all fees should be

detailed in the response.

Validation: Hall County requires that Proposers provide a cover letter with a signature by an

officer of the firm with the submittal to ensure its originality.

Mandatory Documents: Proposers must complete and return all forms, documents, and exhibits

attached herein with their bid proposals. Failure to do so may deem the proposal non-responsive

and the County may not evaluate it for award.

Non-Collusion Requirement (Cone-of-Silence): Proposers must not have contact of any nature

with other Proposers, County staff members (except for the Issuing Officer), elected officials, nor

County Commissioners during the RFQ/P evaluation process. The County may deem such as

collusion, thus rendering the submission in violation of the Official Code of Hall County, and

therefore the County may deem the proposal as non-responsible and not evaluate the proposal

for an award.

By submitting a proposal, the Proposer represents and warrants that no official or employee of

Hall County Government has, in any manner, an interest, directly or indirectly, in the proposal or

in the contract which may be made under it, or in any expected profits to arise there from.

County Consultants: From time to time, the County may select an outside consultant at its own

discretion who will act under the direction of County’s Project Manager. The consultant will have

full authority to act on behalf of the County; however, the consultant may not solicit goods and

services on behalf of the County without prior written approval from the County. Vendors MUST

follow all specification sections prepared by the County’s consultant, and Vendors MUST allow

the consultant to inspect the work.

Taxes: The County is exempt from State of Georgia Local Sales and Use Tax. The Proposer

understands and acknowledges that it is responsible for any sales and use taxes it may incur.

The Proposer will not charge or invoice the County any sales and use tax as a separate line item.

The Proposer may request a copy of the County’s Georgia Sales and Use Tax Exemption

Certificate.

Bonds: A bid bond equal to five percent (5%) of the bid amount is required to be submitted with

the bid response. All Proposers must also include in their bid submissions a letter of bondability.

The County will only accept surety companies licensed to do business in the State of Georgia.

The awarded Proposer must produce performance and payment bonds that are both equal to

100% of the face value of the awarded amount. Performance and payment bonds must be

received by the County before a Notice to Proceed is issued.

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