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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
(RFQ)
CITY OF AUBURN VISIONING
CITY OF AUBURN
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
CITY OF AUBURN VISIONING
The City of Auburn (“City”) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from firms
experienced in assisting a community through a comprehensive community-wide
visioning exercise.
Pursuant to the Washington State Growth Management Act, the City of Auburn is
required to complete its Comprehensive Plan update by June 30, 2015. As a precursor
to the update, the City would like to engage the community in a variety of visioning
exercises that acheive the following:
Inclusive: Auburn is rich in diversity and the visioning process needs to be
designed in a manner that reaches as many segments of the population as
possible (e.g. culture, age, socio-economic, spatial).
Cohesive: The geography of Auburn and its history of annexation has resulted in
neighborhoods that are geographically separated; while the visioning exercise
should recognize the identity of individual neighborhoods it must emphasize that
we are a single community.
Accessible: The visioning exercise should not rely upon traditional formats of
government interaction with the community and should instead favor an
approach that emphasizes innovative ways to communicate and that brings the
visioning process to the people.
City Driven: The City of Auburn believes that it is important for the process to be
a direct dialogue between staff/electeds and the community therefore the
structure of this effort should assume that staff/electeds will take the lead in
interacting with the community and that the consultant will act as an advisor in
setting up the structure of the program, meeting formats, outreach initiatives,
data analyzer, etc.
The SOQ will present the review team with qualifications and must identify:
Areas of expertise and experience that the firm has in developing and
implementing a community visioning process that achieves the above above
priorities;
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An overview of the methods of communication and meeting formats that you
have found to be effective for each of the above categories and why they were
effective;
Primary team members’ qualifications and roles in the project as well as relevant
past experience;
Availability of team members;
A description of experience in working with public sector and elected officials,
and any references to other jurisdictions; and
Willingness to work with other consultants identified by the City.
Ten (10) copies of the SOQ must be submitted by September 3, 2013 to the City of
Auburn. The SOQ must be received by 5:00 P.M. on and shall be submitted, in a
sealed envelope, to:
Mailing Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Chamberlain
Planning Manager
City of Auburn Planning and Development Department
25 West Main Street
Auburn, Washington 98001
Physical Address:
Ms. Elizabeth Chamberlain
Planning Manager
City of Auburn Planning and Development Department
One East Main Street
Auburn, Washington 98001
Qualification statements received later than September 3, 2013 5:00 P.M. will not be
considered. No facsimile or emailed SOQ’s will be accepted. Postmarks also will not
be accepted. Questions regarding this RFQ should be directed to Elizabeth
Chamberlain, (253) 931-3092 (echamberlain@auburnwa.gov) at the City of Auburn.
This RFQ is a first step toward selecting a developer for the project. Based on
responses to this RFQ, certain selected development teams may be interviewed. The
City of Auburn reserves the right to reject any and all submittals or team members and
to waive irregularities and informalities in the evaluation process. This RFQ does not
obligate the City to pay any costs incurred by respondents in the preparation and
submission of qualifications or subsequent proposals. This solicitation does not obligate
the City of Auburn to accept or contract for any expressed or implied services.
RFQ Issue Date: August 13, 2013