Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: March 1, 2023

Business Meeting: March 7, 2023

Summary:

This resolution releases a Request for Qualifications for architectural consulting services related to the night-by-night shelter.  Under a Rural Technical Assistance grant, the county will likely be entitled to concept-level architectural services at no cost to the county.  However, the county must do a formal procurement process for these services.  It is prudent to include the entire potential scope of the shelter renovation project, so that no future bidding process will be needed for the project as a whole if the county decides to retain the same architecture firm.  

 

Publications: The Chronicle, March 9; The Seattle Daily Journal, March 10; The Portland Daily Journal, March 10;

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Justia Madrigal, PH&SS

Resolution

WHEREAS, via a separate Request for Proposals issued Feb. 14, 2023, via Resolution 23-061, the County is currently seeking a provider to help design an interim and final shelter program; and

WHEREAS, architectural services are a helpful tool for the shelter program's design, especially the final design which may involve substantial renovation of the building and site; and

WHEREAS, retaining an architect to provide technical assistance during the collaborative design process will maximize the benefit of those services; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce will fund an architectural consultant through programmatic and schematic design as part of a Rural Technical Assistance grant obtained by the County; and

WHEREAS, it is prudent to include the entire potential scope of the project, through final shelter design and construction, in the competitive process so that the County has the future option to retain the same architecture firm for the whole project if it decides to go forward with it.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Request for Qualifications, concerning for architectural consulting services related to a Night-by-Night Shelter, is in the public interest and shall issue.  The Clerk of the Board shall take all necessary and advisable steps to disseminate and publish the information.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 7th day of March, 2023.