Chelsey Couch, Executive Director
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky
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The Office of Financial Management of the Finance and Administration Cabinet of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky (the Cabinet), on behalf of the Authority, is requesting proposals from FY26-27 prequalified firms to provide bond counsel services to the Authority for the issuance of bonds during the period beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. OFM and the Authority will have the option to extend the contracts of the bond counsel firm, under the same terms and conditions, for an additional twelve (12) month period.
The firm engaged to provide bond counsel services to the Authority will be working with OFM, KPTIA, KPTIA Counsel, Public Financial Management (PFM) as KPTIA’s external financial advisor, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). A senior managing underwriting firm will also be selected in a similar process as bond counsel. Collectively, OFM, KYTC, KPTIA, PFM, and the selected senior managing underwriter firm may be referred to in the RFP as the “Finance Team”.
Only firms that have been prequalified by the Office of Financial Management for Fiscal Year 2026 and Fiscal Year 2027 may submit a response to this Request for Proposal.
All questions concerning this RFP must be submitted by email (debt.ofm@ky.gov) by 2:00 PM ET on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Only electronic submissions to debt.ofm@ky.gov will be accepted and must be received no later than 2:00 PM ET on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Proposals received after the deadline will NOT be accepted.
Submission must not exceed 40 pages and recommended to be under 10 MB.
Confirmation of RFP receipt of submission is recommended by the submitter with a separate email.
Failure to comply with the requirements of the RFP may result in the firm’s response not being evaluated by the Selection Committee.
