What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe City of Austin seeks qualified firms through a Request for Qualification Statements to provide municipal underwriting, bond, and investment banking services. These services will assist the City in marketing future refunding, new money, and other financing transactions. Offerors must submit questions by email only prior to 5:00 PM CST on Friday, November 20, 2026. Offers are due prior to 2:00 PM CST on Tuesday, December 01, 2026, with offer opening at 3:00 PM CST the same day, and electronic offers are submitted online through Austin Finance Online. The City evaluates minimally responsive offers against the evaluation factors in the solicitation, while other submittals are evaluated on a pass or fail basis. The City may require interviews or presentations from the highest-rated offerors before negotiating a work plan and pricing with the highest evaluated offeror.
Scope of work
- Evaluate and assist in refining financial plans and objectives regarding the sale of bonds
- Assist with official statements to comply with all disclosure rules and requirements
- Assist City staff, municipal advisors, and bond counsel with bond indentures and agreements
- Assist in presentations for rating agencies and bond insurers
- Achieve wide competition for bond purchase across retail, institutional, and other investors
- Manage co-managing underwriters, account records, bond sale negotiations, pricing, and orders
- Prepare pre-sale pricing information including spread components and estimated price scales
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Business Organization, Background & Prior experience, Personnel | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the municipal underwriting sector
- Minimum of 10 years' documented experience serving as a senior manager or co-manager across multiple municipal bond programs
- Executed municipal bond transactions exceeding $250 million in par amount
- Active registration and good standing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Documents to include with your response
- Attachment A – Firm Category Selection
- Offer and Certifications – RFQS 7400 BRS4000
- Technical Offer
- Most recent annual Audit Report and most recent interim financial report
- Resumes for key professional personnel
- Three government client references
- Form 1295 Certificate of Interested Parties (prior to award if Council authorization required)
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via Austin Finance Online (eResponse)
- Instructions
- Submit electronically via eResponse in Austin Finance Online; vendor registration required. Proposal text in Times New Roman 12-point font, maximum 11 pages excluding audit report and required forms.