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10/30/24, 9:11 AM newspaper -text (28).html Public Notice Kittitas County, Ellensburg WA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Kittitas County CWU Technology Transfer Center Study All submittals received after 4:00 pm local time on November 22, 2024, will be discarded PURPOSE: 0 Kittitas County, Washington (hereinafter the "County"), desires to support development of the Kittitas County CWU Technology Transfer Center Study. The County is soliciting this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from qualified professionals for the development of this Study. SCOPE OF PROJECT: This Project Study will research the architecture and construction costs to repurpose an existing vacant industrial building (Old Physical Plant) to create hospitality, meeting and office space. As part of the study, the feasibility of a public/private partnership to share costs of construction and improvements will be explored. This feasibility planning study will assist in the groundwork for a technological transfer, training and development hub to support economic and workforce development in the Central Washington Region. Key components of the Study will include: 1. Costs of architecture and construction efforts necessary to repurpose an existing industrial building to Class B commercial space for innovation and technology commercialization. 2. Costs of architecture and construction efforts necessary to repurpose an existing industrial building to business incubation and meeting spaces. 3. Development of the feasibility of private investment partnership for sustainability of construction, tenant improvement and building maintenance. 4. Development of governance and management structure to foster a successful public/private partnership. Kittitas County seeks an experienced consultant/firm to meet the following Feasibility Study Report Requirements include: Section A: A product market analysis linked to economic development Section B: A market strategy containing action elements linked to timelines. Section C: Identification of targeted industries. Section D: Identification of the group responsible for implementing the marketing strategy. Describe the group's capacity to complete the responsibility. Section E: The site's appropriateness by addressing, at minimum, appropriate zoning, affect to the state or local transportation system, environmental restrictions, cultural artifact investigation, and the site's overall adequacy to support the anticipated development upon project completion. Section F: A location analysis of other adequately served vacant industrial land. Section G: Total funding for the public facilities improvements is secured or will be secured within a given timeframe. Section H: An analysis of how the project will assist local economic diversification efforts. Section I: Indicate the specific issues that will be addressed. Section J: List one or more economic outcomes that you expect from the proposed CERB project. Section K: Describe the specific, quantifiable measures of the outcome(s) that will indicate success. Describe in measurable terms what you expect to be able to show as progress toward the outcome for each year before the final outcome file:///C:/Users/candie.leader/Downloads/newspaper-text (28).html 1/4