SLED Opportunity · WASHINGTON · CITY OF SEATTLE
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City of Seattle seeks qualifications for Judkins Playground and Restroom Renovation. Qualifications due by April 8, 2026. Questions due by April 1, 2026 via e-procurement portal.
The City of Seattle is seeking qualifications for Judkins Playground and Restroom Renovation. Qualifications are due no later than 3:00 pm on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. All questions are to be submitted through the e-procurement portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/seattle no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.
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Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.
Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.
0 points - no experience working on a similar scope project with a municipal agency
3 points - lead consultant has completed between one and 5 projects that have a similar scope with a municipal agency
5 points - lead consultant and subconsultants have successfully completed more than 5 projects with a similar scope with a municipal agency
0 - No experience designing universally inclusive play and improving accessibility.
3 - Between 1 and 5 projects that have successfully achieved universally inclusive play principals and accessibility requirements.
5 - More than 5 projects that have successfully achieved universally inclusive play principals and accessibility requirements.
0 points - proposal does not reflect the desired scope
3 points - proposal reflects the desired scope
5 points - proposal reflects the desired scope and includes ideas on how to maximize design while minimizing maintenance and operation costs.
0 - consultant team has never worked together, no mention of team organization or management.
3 - consultant team, including subconsultants have worked together on 1-3 projects. There is a clear team organization and structure for the project. Demonstrated capacity to meet project schedule and budget.
5 - consultant team, including subconsultants have worked together on more than three projects. There is a clear team organization, structure, and management for the project. Demonstrated capacity to meet project schedule and budget.
Provide a certificate or documentation from the Secretary of State in which you incorporated that shows your company legal name. Many companies use a “Doing Business As” name or nickname in daily business; the City requires the legal name for your company. When preparing all forms below, use the proper company legal name. Your company’s legal name can be verified through the State Corporation Commission in the state in which you were established, which is often located within the Secretary of State’s Office for each state. For the State of Washington, see http://www.secstate.wa.gov/corps/
Your Statement of Qualifications should be no more than 15 pages. It should demonstrate how you meet the objectives for the solicitation outlined in section 4. Below are additional formatting requirements:
SOQs should contain below contents:
This response is mandatory. The determination you have achieved all minimum qualifications is made from this section alone, and therefore, the Evaluation Committee is not obligated to check references or search other materials in your proposal to make this decision.
For each Minimum Qualification listed below, please describe how you meet the minimum qualification.
Minimum Qualification #1
Consultant Team must have successfully performed one contract with services of similar size and scope to those expected by the City for this contract.
Minimum Qualification #2
Consultant Team must have or be able to obtain (prior to contract execution) a valid Washington State and City of Seattle business license and register with the Washington Secretary of State Corporations. See section 7.1 License and Business Tax Requirements.
Minimum Qualification #3
Consultant Team must be able to meet the City of Seattle consultant insurance requirements, per section 7.26, Insurance Requirements and section 10.7.
Minimum Qualification #4
Consultant Team Lead must be a licensed Landscape Architect. Team must include a licensed Architect and Engineers with expertise relevant to the Project scope of services.
Minimum Qualification #5
Consultant Team Lead must have a minimum of three years continuous experience during which the services have been the primary business service.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below document, complete, and upload.
Provide information to the extent this information is available. If your response is incomplete or requires further description, the City may request additional information within a specified deadline, or may determine the missing information is immaterial.
Make requested changes to the Contract language using track changes and upload here.
Are there qualifications the Consultants must have to even be considered? Minimum qualifications should ONLY be those that the Consultant must meet to have their proposal considered, meaning you will toss the proposal out in full if the Consultant cannot meet the minimum qualifications.
Minimum qualifications can sometimes be important, such as a professional license. If you require a Minimum Qualification, ensure it is fair, appropriate and reasonable. Consultants can protest these if they seem exclusionary and unnecessary. In addition, some federal requirements may restrict or prohibit the use of such qualifications. Review the terms of the grant to ensure compliance with all such requirements. Minimum Qualifications are only for factual yes/no items which can be easily proven as a matter of fact and on the face of the RFQ response. These are NOT subjective such as “Company needs to be experienced” or “needs to have good references.” These are instead hard and fast criteria we check off “yes or no,” and we will toss them out without further consideration if they say no.
Note to department – All non-federally funded contracts above $395,000 require an Inclusion Plan. If potential work, including all phases, is above $395,000, retain the Inclusion Plan as a required submittal. The Mayor’s 2010 policy requires you to score the WMBE response, for no less than 10% of total points.
Departments are encouraged to list the core Scope of Work items that the department has determined to be available for subcontracting.
Contracts with FEDERAL FUNDING may require different or additional social equity requirements, such as federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements, which are required for US DOT funded projects, such as FTA projects.
Exceptions: Exceptions to the Inclusion Plan requirement are rare. Departments must notify their WMBE IDT representative and PC for a review and written approval of an exception. An exception does not relieve the Consultant of its responsibilities to seek WMBE inclusion if changes to the contract provides opportunities for WMBE inclusion.
For assistance, contact Miguel Beltran at Miguel.Beltran@Seattle.gov or 206-684-4525.
State law requires the City to select the firm deemed to be the most highly qualified to provide A&E services. The City cannot ask for pricing before selecting the most highly qualified vendor.
Per RCW 18.08.320, Architecture includes: the rendering of any service or related work requiring architectural education, training, and experience, in connection with the art and science of building design for construction of any structure or grouping of structures and the use of space within and surrounding the structures or the design for construction of alterations or additions to the structures, including but not specifically limited to predesign services, schematic design, design development, preparation of construction contract documents, and administration of the construction contract.
Per RCW 18.43.020, Engineering is any professional service or creative work requiring engineering education, training, and experience and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such professional services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, and supervision of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects.
Per RCW 18.96, Landscape Architecture is the rendering of professional services in connection with consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, construction document preparation, construction administration, or teaching supervision in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that, the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, or natural drainage and erosion control. This practice includes the location, design, and arrangement of such tangible objects as pools, walls, steps, trellises, canopies, and such features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes in this chapter. Landscape architecture involves the design and arrangement of land forms and the development of outdoor space including, but not limited to, the design of public parks, trails, playgrounds, cemeteries, home and school grounds, and the development of industrial and recreational sites.
Q (Sub-consultant City of Seattle Business License ):
A: Do sub-consultants need a City of Seattle Business License? The selected Consultant will be required to have each Subconsultant register on the City’s Online Business Directory prior to completing the first online report for the inclusion plan. https://web6.seattle.gov/FAS/OBD/Logon/Logon.aspx.
Q (Evaluation Criteria):
A: Are the evaluation criteria standard requirements for Park RFQs? Evaluation criteria are tailored to each project. The inclusion plan is required to be scored at 10% for all consultant contracts above $343,000 (or those with potential to go above).
Q (Purpose of RFQ):
A: Why is the original team not performing the full project as outlined in the original RFQ? It looks like a lot of work went into the current direction at the SD level. Our original project RFQ was only scoped through 30% design via the City of Seattle Consultant Roster. Our project extends beyond 30% design. To comply with the City Contracting policies and the amount of the original contract, we are now doing a full open solicitation.
Q (Inclusion Plan):
A: The RFQ doesn’t outline how the Inclusion Plan will be rated (0-5 Points). Can you offer any clarification? The Inclusion Plan document provides criteria for generally how the city will score the plan. Scoring Criteria Points are awarded for good faith responses that evidence: • Responsible, sincere good faith efforts to develop aspirational goals that are meaningful. • WMBE firms integrated into your team and within core work • WMBE firms integrated within value-added work opportunities Expectations • Evidence of effective mentoring, training, or capacity building. • Strategies that assure WMBE utilization in all likely phases. • Evidence of strong past performance using effective models.
Q (CPSI Certification (11.4)): Does the prime landscape architecture firm need to have a CPSI certified individual on the team, or can the playground equipment vendor consulting with the design team provide the CPSI certification coverage?
A: The prime landscape architecture firm needs to have a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) certified individual on the team.
Q (Statement of Qualifications (#12 Response Materials, item #3)): Does City of Seattle Parks and Recreation have any specific requirements for the Statement of Qualifications required, like page count, fonts, sections, etc., or can design teams submit their best crafted response to show capabilities to fulfill/exceed scope of services?
A: Thank you for this question! Please see below that was just added as an addendum to the RFQ. Your Statement of Qualifications should be no more than 15 pages. It should demonstrate how you meet the objectives for the solicitation outlined in section 4. Below are additional formatting requirements: - Please only submit one digital copy in PDF format for the qualification response. - The page limit does not include the proposal cover sheet, table of contents, letter of interest, tabs, back cover, inclusion plan, and consultant questionnaire. Tabs, cover and back cover shall have no substantive written information included, otherwise they will be counted in the page limit. - Attachments and exhibits will not count towards the page limit. - Digital submittals uploaded shall be printable on 8½” x 11” paper including exhibits and graphical information - Submittals not meeting the format and content requirements established herein may be considered nonresponsive and, at the discretion of the Owner, may not be evaluated. SOQs should contain below contents: Important information emphasized in the scoring criteria listed in 10. Evaluation Section. - Descriptions of up to six (6) successful projects of a similar nature completed by the firm and its team members. Of these, at least three (3) should be project examples from the prime consultant's direct experience. - A summary of the experience of the assigned project team, for example, short CV/resume. Provide information on sub-consultants if needed. - A project team organization chart including sub-consultants.
Q (Pre-submittal conference):
A: Is there a Pre-submittal conference for this opportunity? No
Q (Current Designer):
A: I assume Site Workshop is actively completing the 30% design? Or is this in house? The consultant currently under contract and completing 30% design is Site Workshop.
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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