Active SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · CITY OF LAKEPORT
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The City of Lakeport, CA seeks qualified firms to provide consulting services for the 7th Cycle Housing Element Update, covering the 2027-2035 planning period, ensuring compliance with California housing laws and HCD requirements.
The City of Lakeport, California (“City”), requests for proposals (“Proposals”) from qualified firms (“Respondents”) to provide 7th Cycle Housing Element Update Consulting services (“Services”) for the City’s 7th Cycle Housing Element Update (“Project”). The project consists of the preparation of the City of Lakeport’s 7th Cycle Housing Element Update for the 2027–2035 planning period in compliance with California Government Code Section 65580 et seq. and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) requirements.
The City is located on the western shore of Clear Lake, a natural lake with over 100 miles of shoreline, located in Lake County (County), California. Lakeport is located 120 miles north of San Francisco and 125 miles northwest of Sacramento, the state capital. This helps to support a higher level of commercial and retail businesses, yet over the years the County and City have seen a decline in visitors that has impacted the economic health of the area. Incorporated in 1888, Lakeport is a general law, partial service city with a population of approximately 5,0000 residents; however, it serves as the county seat for the County of Lake and, as such, serves a trade area of roughly 60,000 people during normal business hours. As the county seat, the City benefits from a higher percentage of employment in the public sector which tends to result in a stable workforce in the areas of legal services, healthcare occupations, administration support, financial occupations, community services, media, and forestry occupations. It provides basic municipal utility, police, administrative, planning, parks, public works services and water and wastewater utilities. It does not administer functions related to fire protection, library, or recreation. The City is governed by a five-member city council. Lakeport employs approximately 50 regular, full-time positions.
Clear understanding of the project requirements and work to be performed.
Quality of staff and staffing plan, inclusive of subconsultants (Relevant experience and technical competence of the prime consultant and their proposed subconsultants, the personnel assigned to this project, and the degree of participation in the project by the key personnel).
Recent experience with similar kinds of projects and references.
Demonstrated technical ability, knowledge to perform scope of work and overall quality of the Proposal.
Degree of promptness and commitment with which the consultant can commence and complete the work with demonstration of an aggressive and shorter project schedule completion date.
Project proposal price.
Please upload your complete proposal adhering to all requirements noted in this RFP (including cost file/pages). This includes the Cover Letter, Executive Summary, Respondents' Qualifications, and any other information noted as needed or required in the "Contents of the Response" Section of this RFP.
Please upload your complete proposal adhering to all requirements noted in this RFP with the exception of cost information. This includes the Cover Letter, Executive Summary, Qualifications and Approach, and any other information noted as needed or required in the "Contents of the Response" Section of this RFP.
NOTE: SUBMIT YOUR COST FILE IN THE APPROPRIATE UPLOAD SECTION. FILE UPLOADED HERE SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY PRICING INFORMATION. BY SUBMITTING A FILE HERE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THIS REQUIREMENT.
Please submit your cost file and all cost documents, including any breakdown information, here.
How many years of experience does your company have in providing the materials and/or services similar to those requested by the City in this RFP?
Party submitting a proposal on behalf of Company Name stated in submitted proposal and on corresponding electronic submittal in the City's OpenGov portal hereby confirms that they have reviewed all parts of this RFP. The same party further confirms that their submitted information contains all necessary information as required by this RFP and that they have the authority to submit a proposal/commitment on behalf of the Company being represented and has provided proper documentation showing/stating such.
What type of services are being procured with this RFP?
Please answer as if your answer will be used to fill in the blank of a sentence.
Example:
The City of Lakeport, California is requesting proposals from qualified firms to provide ____________ services.
Sample Answer:
"landscaping"
Please provide a brief description of the project using at least one full sentence. It does not have to be all inclusive, just a simple description is being requested at this time.
Are there any additional funding requirements for this RFP? This includes Federal or State grants or other restrictions from an external (not City) funding source.
Enter the email address of the protest officer for this RFP.
What is the position/title of the protest officer?
Do you wish to use the electronic pricing table for this RFP?
Do you wish to receive the cost information as a separate file or with the rest of the proposal? And for fee/cost structure in the agreement, will it be based on cost-plus fixed fee, or on cost per unit of work, or on specified rates of compensation, or will it be lump sum?
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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