Active SLED Opportunity · OREGON · WASHINGTON COUNTY
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Washington County District Attorney's Office seeks accredited canine training organizations to provide certified therapy or courthouse dogs and handler training for trauma-informed victim support in legal settings. Proposals due August 14, 2026, with detailed evaluation criteria and possible interviews/demonstrations required.
The District Attorney's Office seeks to identify qualified and accredited canine training organizations capable of providing a fully trained and certified facility, therapy, or courthouse dog for use in a legal office and courtroom environment. The selected provider will be responsible not only for delivering a dog that meets established professional certification standards, but also for delivering comprehensive training for both the designated primary dog handler and at least one backup handler.
The certified dog-and-handler team will be deployed in trauma informed settings to support crime victims during interviews, court proceedings, meetings, and community outreach activities. Accordingly, the training organization must demonstrate expertise in preparing canine teams for sensitive legal environments, ensuring that handlers receive the skills and knowledge necessary to safely, ethically, and effectively integrate the dog into victim services operations and judicial processes.
The proposal response was within the specified page limit.
Training organization accreditation, years of experience, certifications held.
Description of dog and handler team, training phases, deliverables, cost breakdown (dog, training, travel, support).
Includes selection, training, placement, and certification schedule; also ongoing training and recertification cadence
Details on onboarding, follow-up, re-training, incident response, and dog retirement.
Case studies or letters from agencies deploying courtroom/facility/therapy dogs.
Templates or samples of monthly progress reports, vet reports, and training logs
The proposal scores will be used to see who makes it to interview and/or demonstrations. There will be a new scoring rubric specifically for the process. Should the County determine that interviews and/or demonstrations are necessary proposal evaluation scores will be used to determine who moves to this phase. The interview and/or demonstration process will determine the successful proposer.
The proposal scores will be used to see who makes it to interview. There will be a new scoring rubric specifically for the interview process. Should the County determine that interviews are necessary proposal evaluation scores will be used to determine who goes to interview. The interview process will determine the successful proposer.
By electronically submitting this response the Supplier attests and certifies that:
1. Person completing this response represents that I am either authorized to bind the Supplier, or that I am submitting the Response on behalf of and at the direction of the Supplier's representative authorized to contractually bind the Supplier.
2. I represent that the Supplier or its applicable representative(s) has reviewed the information contained in this Solicitation Package and that the information submitted is accurate.
3. Respondent agrees that the action of electronically submitting its response constitutes:
a. an electronic signature on the responses, generally,
b. an agreement to conduct business electronically,
c. an electronic signature on any form or section specifically calling for a
signature, and
d. an affirmative agreement to any statement contained in the solicitation
that requires a definite confirmation or acknowledgement.
Proposer read through and confirm that you met all of the Solicitation requirements?
Will the proposer extend pricing and terms to other public agencies?(there is no penalty for not agreeing to extend pricing)
Have you or a member of your staff been an employee of Washington County in the last six months?
Enter your registry number without dashes or spaces. If you are not currently registered enter N/A. If you are the successful bidder you will be required to register with the Secretary of State in order to contract with the County, per OAR 125-246-0330.
The proposer hereby certifies that they have complied with the tax laws of Oregon and all political subdivision of the State of Oregon, including ORS 305.620 and ORS chapters 316, 317 and 318. Washington County may terminate the contract if contractor fails to comply with any tax laws during the term of the contract.
Provide the name, email, and phone number for the contact in case of questions, or interview or demonstration arrangements.
The proposal shall be prepared succinctly, providing a straight forward, concise description of the proposer’s ability to meet the requirements of the RFP. There should be no unnecessary attachments or exhibits.
Proposal should contain no more than twenty five (25) 8.5" x 11", pages of written material (excluding biographies and brochures which may be included in an appendix) describing the ability of the proposer to perform the work described. The minimum font shall be twelve (12) point single spaced and the minimum margins shall be one (1) inch on all sides.
Upload your proposal here. After uploading documents responders are encouraged to open and review uploaded documents to verify that they can be opened and are the correct documents before submitting. If the County cannot open any of the documents submitted the entire proposal will be disqualified.
Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.
County insurance requirement can be found under the section titled Attachments. The County may consider reducing insurance for these services. Please upload your Certificate of Insurance (Accord form) to indicate the level of insurance you currently possess.
Upload all pages or documents containing information exempt from disclosure per the Proprietary Information, Ownership and Use of Documents article of the Terms and Conditions Section.
Upload any alterations requested to Washington County's contract standard terms and conditions per the Form of Contract article of the Terms and Conditions Section.
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Will there be a Pre-Proposal Conference?
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Will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of the Response?
Proposal should contain no more than 'Page Limit 8.5" x 11", pages of written material (excluding biographies and brochures which may be included in an appendix) describing the ability of the proposer to perform the work described.
Is this a multiple award type solicitation?
Unless authorized by the Board a contract cannot exceed five years, but there are various ways that contracts can be set up. Please choose your preference. Options 2 - 3 will require amendments to extend the contract at the designated times.
Will Federal Funds be used to pay part or all of the agreements made under this solicitation
What is the expected resulting Contract Type with a selection of "Firm-Fixed-Lump-Sum" Firm-Fixed-Unit-Price", "Cost-reimbursement + Fee/Profit/Incentive" "Mixed/Flexible" would then provide us a clear picture of what the price-proposal or cost-proposal structure needs to be, and this the approriate instructions to the proposer can be provided.
Based on the intended scope of work for the awarded agreement, will the proposer be case as a subrecipient under 2 cfr 200.331
Do you have prior approval from the federal awarding agency to enter into a fixed awward? Did you inform them of the requirement for them to upload documentation of the pre-approval either from official guidance or from direct communication (email).
Is this a solicitation for proposals/applications for a beneficiary program?
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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