The Public-Private Partnership (P3) Collaboration Unit was created in 2022 through Colorado legislation via Senate Bill 22-130 to plan, design, manage, develop, operate, implement and govern the use of P3 projects for the State of Colorado within the Department of Personnel & Administration.
The P3 Collaboration Unit administers and manages all responsibility for P3 projects to include the creation of program requirements; analysis and approval or denial of the project proposals; documentation of funding and funding alternatives; due diligence requirements; reporting requirements; policies; standard operating procedures; project thresholds; and technical assistance for any approved public projects.
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Tom Kurek
P3 Director
Susanne Reh
P3 Program Manager I
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Doug Platt
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Proposals
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Current Solicitations
RFQ: Lakewood Complex Redevelopment Project

The P3 Unit is pleased to publish a Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The purpose of this RFQ is to identify and select a developer for the Lakewood Complex Redevelopment Project, which is aimed at transforming underutilized State-owned land into a vibrant affordable/attainable housing community. The State-owned land subject to this RFQ is located at 1881 Pierce Street, 1900 Reed Street, and an adjacent Reed Street parcels in the City of Lakewood, Colorado. Collectively, the three existing parcels of State-owned constitute a site area of 22.94 acres of which approximately 14.4 acres are offered for development in this RFQ.
The RFQ can be accessed below as well as through Colorado Vendor Self Service (ColoradoVSS). Click "View Published Solicitations". For "Keyword Search", type "0026" or "Lakewood Complex".
Site Visit: Lakewood Complex Site Visit 3/25/2025 @ 9:30AM RSVP
Solicitation Close Date: May 9, 2025
Initiatives
The initiatives that are designated for the Unit to prioritize for funding through the public-private partnership are:
- Increased behavioral health capacity
- Affordable housing development
- Increased access to child care services
- Broadband deployment
Objectives
The objectives of the P3 project are:
- Bring innovative thinking and approaches to public projects;
- Reduce total life-cycle costs of public projects;
- Allow for cost, risk, and benefit sharing between public and private partners;
- Greater partnership between public and private sectors;
- Greater cost certainty;
- Improved project life-cycle costs and/or quality of such;
- Enhanced utilization of State un-utilized or under-utilized properties;
- Environmental benefits;
- Improve quality of life for Coloradans;
- Increase access to housing;
- Increase access to behavioral and mental health services;
- Utilization of enhanced technology systems, to include broadband; and
- Other public purposes and benefits that will arise from the proposed project.
Goals
The P3 Collaboration Unit will establish an in-depth stakeholder engagement process as well as reporting requirements for the Economic Development Subcommittee proposal review process.
For projects that are selected and approved by the Department, the Unit shall determine the utilization of project delivery methods that will include but are not limited to:
- The development, building, financing, operation, and maintenance of cost effective public projects that provide economic and social value in the community
- The provision of a well-defined and transparent process to facilitate collaboration between state public entities and private partners while enabling access to private capital
- The submittal of innovative thinking and approaches to public projects
- Allow for cost, risk, and benefit sharing between public and private partners.
Resources
EDC Meeting Corner
The EDC subcommittee meets quarterly. The dates of these meetings are subject to change at the discretion of the EDC. All meetings are held on Zoom. For help with Zoom, please visit Zoom Support.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
No up coming meetings.
Previous Meetings
2025
- March 13, 2025
2024
- Dec. 12, 2024
- Sept. 12, 2024
- June 13, 2024
- March 12, 2024
- Feb. 13, 2024
- Jan. 9, 2024
2023
- November 14, 2023
- October 10, 2023
- August 8, 2023
- July 11, 2023
- June 13, 2023
- May 16, 2023
- March 14, 2023
- Feb. 13, 2023
- Jan. 17, 2023