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KITTITAS COUNTY <br /> DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br /> PUBLIC WORKS—BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> 2024 STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br /> STUDY SESSION DATE: April 8, 2024 <br /> TOPIC: Community Development Services Planning Support Services SOQ <br /> Results <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: Support Staff Decision to Award Professional Services <br /> Agreements <br /> LEAD STAFF: <br /> Mark R. Cook <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Award professional service agreements to Kimley-Horn and BHC consultants. <br /> BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br /> • Planning support services were solicited via a statement of qualifications (SOQ) <br /> process and properly advertised. <br /> • An internal selection committee scored the responders and were split on selected <br /> the first and second selections. <br /> • Staff recommend awarding service contracts to the first and second selections <br /> from the review committee. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Following the termination of DCB Watershed as CDS' task order consultant, CDS <br /> solicited for planning support services through an SOQ process. Four firms responded to <br /> our solicitation. An internal review committee reviewed the four submittals, ranking <br /> them for selection. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> Two of the review committee members selected Kimley-Horn as number one and two <br /> selected BHC as number one. Given the youth of the current planning staff and the large <br /> workload looming with the ten-year required update to the comprehensive plan, staff <br /> recommend awarding both firms professional service contracts. <br /> FISCAL IMPACTS: <br /> Professional services are budgeted in the department's 2024 annual budget. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> EXHIBIT 1: SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE SELECTION RESULTS <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> Public Works"Work Session Staff Report",2023 <br />