WASHINGTON, DC—The District has reportedly decided to shelve an RFP for $122 million in infrastructure work at St. Elizabeth's East and instead will re-bid a newly constituted solicitation in the fall.

The Department of General Services has been brought in to manage the project, while the District Department of Transportation will remain a technical partner. Instead of a 30% design-build that was called for in the RFP that was pulled by the District, the RFP to be issued this fall will be 100% designed by the District. The project to replace aging infrastructure in the area will be priced by the District with the assistance of a pre-construction firm, and then reissued, according to the Washington Business Journal. This is the second time the infrastructure bid has been pulled in the last three years.

Catherine Buell, St. Elizabeth's East executive director, says the request for proposals, under the DC Department of Transportation's direction, was not progressing and restricted the District's ability to negotiate with the master developer and potential tenants. She hopes to have work underway by late 2016 with the project taking 24 to 27 months to finish.

The District chose a master developer, led by Redbrick LMD and Gragg Cardona Partners, in December 2014 to redevelop approximately 1.6 million square feet of land at the St. Elizabeth's campus. The Redbrick-Cardona plans calls for 716,000 square feet of commercial space, 425,866 square feet of innovation uses, 122,000 square feet of retail, 1.1 million square feet of residential and a 150- to 180-key hotel.

See story in the Washington Business Journal.