Tuolumne County Seal and Logo Community Design Competition

Tuolumne County is inviting artists, designers, and community members to participate in a community design competition to create both a new official County seal and logo. The selected designs will become the County's permanent visual identity, representing Tuolumne County's history, values, natural beauty, and future.

The County is seeking designs that are meaningful, timeless, and easily recognizable that reflect the unique character of Tuolumne County and its residents. The competition is intended to encourage community participation and provide an opportunity for residents to help shape the County's official identity for generations to come.

Background

The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors recently celebrated two significant milestones, the County's 175th Anniversary and the Nation's 250th Anniversary, with commemorative logos that highlight the County's history and community pride. The Board now wants to create an opportunity to develop a new permanent County seal and logo that better reflect Tuolumne County today while honoring its rich history and heritage.

The County's existing seal has served the community for many years but contains numerous detailed elements that can be difficult to reproduce across modern print and digital applications. Additionally, the Board believes the current seal no longer fully represents the diversity of Tuolumne County's landscapes, people, cultures, industries, and values. The goal is not simply to modernize the County's visual identity, but to create a meaningful and enduring symbol that more accurately reflects the County as it exists today, while still honoring the history and traditions that have shaped it.

The County's existing logo is a simple graphic that primarily reflects one aspect of the County's history—its Gold Rush heritage. While gold mining remains an important part of Tuolumne County's story, the existing logo does not fully capture the County's broader identity or the many characteristics that define the community today, nor does it complement the County's official seal.

Through this community design competition, the Board of Supervisors is inviting residents and designers to submit original concepts for consideration as Tuolumne County's new official seal and logo. The selected designs will serve as the County's permanent visual identity and represent Tuolumne County for generations to come.

Project Details

• Reference ID: GEN-2025-0142
• Department: County Administration Office
• Department Head: Roger Root (County Administrative Officer)

Evaluation Criteria

• Completeness of Proposal (25 pts)
• Qualifications (20 pts)
• Service Delivery/Methodology (25 pts)
• Reasonable Cost of Service (30 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Contact Information (required) —

  State your name, mailing address, email address and phone number

• Bid Forms (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE bid response here, which shall include any and all required forms and evidence that company meets all requirements outlined in the solicitation.

• Design (required) —

  Please Upload your Seal and Logo designs here, as well as the narrative explaining the design elements

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Guarantee (Bid Bond) (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Enter your valid CA Contractors State License Board (CSLB) number (required) —

  Please enter your License Number here. This will be verified against the state database

• Enter your California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Registration number (required) —

  Please enter your Public Works Contractor DIR Number. This will be verified against the state database.

• SAM.gov (required) —

  Please enter your legal entity name for SAM.gov verification.

• Bidder Shall Submit Via Hard Copy Format (required) —

  I understand that the submittal instructions require me to submit my complete and fully executed bid to the County of Tuolumne in a properly labeled and sealed envelope as follows:

  • TBD.
  • TBD.
• What is the Basis for Award? (required)
• Pricing (required) —

  Select the option that best suites the pricing needs for this solicitation.

  • An Electronic pricing table allows vendors to enter pricing directly into the system, and the system can automatically tabulate pricing results and provide pricing analysis.
  • A Separate Pricing Sheet will not be automatically tabulated. It will be received by each respondent as a document upload that will need to be evaluated manually.
  • The Vendor will be required to submit a hard copy proposal that will be sealed and mailed.
• Is This a Construction Project (required)
• Is this Project Federally Funded? (required)
• Will bidders be submitting all Electronic Bids (required)
• Enter the address that Bids are required to be delivered to (required)
• Enter the envelope labeling instructions here (required)