Real Estate Brokerage Services

The City of Sandusky, Ohio seeks a qualified USA onshore brokerage or real estate firm to manage the listing and marketing of nine city-owned parcels in the Cold Creek Subdivision for residential development. Work must be performed offsite from the vendor's office premises. The chosen firm will enter into a formal listing agreement with the city outlining the listing term, grounded listing prices, compensation details, and potential buyer exclusions. The city may also engage the selected firm for additional listing services for other city-owned sites. Qualification packages must be submitted via email in PDF or Microsoft Word format to [email protected] by 12:00 PM on October 21, 2026. Submissions must include firm and personnel experience with resumes (maximum 8 pages), a representative listing of closed properties (maximum 5 pages), a project understanding narrative (maximum 2 pages), a marketing approach narrative (maximum 2 pages), and references (maximum 1 page). Questions may be emailed to the same contact address. A selection committee will evaluate proposals based on a 100-point scale: team strength and experience (30 points), past performance with similar properties (25 points), innovative marketing strategy (20 points), demonstrated project understanding (15 points), and key staff location (10 points). The city may conduct interviews before negotiating final sale details and compensation with the highest-ranked firm.