ABILENE, Texas — The City of Abilene is accepting proposals for the operation and management of Maxwell Municipal Golf Course.
The City lists the following information for those interested in submitting a proposal:
All proposals must substantially comply with specifications. Contact purchasing@abilenetx.gov for proposal information. For specification information, contact Melissa Gorman at melissa.gorman@abilenetx.gov.Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the name of the proposer, their address, the name of the project, and the proposal number (#CB-2606) on the outside.Any proposals received after scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals will be marked “Received Late” and returned to sender.
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Sealed written proposals must be submitted by 4 p.m. at City Hall by Nov. 13.
A pre-proposal meeting will be held at the Maxwell Pro Shop on Nov. 5 at 10:30 a.m.
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The golf course was listed for sale in Sept. with a bid of $1.3 million. When no one tried to buy the course, city officials decided to remove the bid and seek proposals for management and operation instead.
“The lease of Maxwell Golf Course did expire on September 30, and in anticipation of that, we did go out in the months of July and August on a bit of a parallel pathway,” Abilene City Manager Emily Crawford said during a city council meeting Oct. 9. “One was to receive requests for proposals for management and operation of the course, and the other was for sealed bids for the sale of the course. We were unsure what the market would be interested in or what opportunities we had for Maxwell in the future so we wanted to make sure that we were allowing both of those options.”
Although the course has been closed since Oct. 1, the city will continue to maintain the property to avoid long-term impacts.
