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<br /> <br /> <br />COMMUNITY PLANNING  BUILDING INSPECTION  PLAN REVIEW  ADMINISTRATION  PERMIT SERVICES  CODE ENFORCEMENT <br />KITTITAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br />411 N. Ruby St., Suite 2, Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />CDS@CO.KITTITAS.WA.US <br />Office (509) 962-7506 <br /> <br /> <br />“Building Partnerships – Building Communities” <br />REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR STATE- <br />LICENSED DESIGNERS TO PROVIDE COUNTY-SPONSORED MASTER <br />BUILDING PLANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> <br />All submittals received after 5:00 PM Local Time, on Friday May 19th, 2023, will be <br />discarded. <br /> <br />PURPOSE: <br /> <br />Kittitas County Community Development Services (CDS) is seeking qualified Washington State- <br />licensed designers (Architects or Engineers) to provide master building plans for the County’s new <br />program which provides building plan designs to customers looking to build affordable housing to help <br />with the growing affordable housing shortage in Kittitas County. <br /> <br />SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: <br /> <br />Selected designers will provide three (3) building plans to CDS with the following roof snow loads of 45 <br />PSF, 75 PSF and 150 PSF (see attached design criteria requirements). Plans will need to be compliant <br />with the 2021 I-codes as amended by Washington State and the 2021 Washington State Residential <br />Energy Code. Kittitas County customers with parcels that meet the design requirements can receive the <br />plans without design fees for their housing project. To maintain the intent of affordable housing, the <br />structure designs should include centrally localized plumbing, continuous insulation for the exterior <br />walls and primary space heating shall be via heat pump. Designs should include 1-2 bedrooms with one <br />bathroom. Maximum square footage for the conditioned floor area should not exceed 1,500 square feet. <br />Building plans with full lateral/ gravity engineering with supporting documents and calculations are <br />required and submissions will include: foundation, floor, framing, roof and shear plans, architectural and <br />structural details, door/ window schedule, heating equipment sizing form, WSEC-R 2021 energy credit <br />worksheet. <br /> <br />PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTAL: <br /> <br />If you wish to be considered for work under this SOQ, submit a sealed envelope to Kittitas County <br />Department of Community Development Services, at 411 N. Ruby St. Suite 2, Ellensburg WA 98926 by <br />5:00 pm local time on May 19, 2023. Submittals shall include a one-page cover letter with the firm name <br />and contact information. Submittals shall also include five copies of your Statement of Qualifications <br />describing the firm’s or team’s ability to professionally provide the requested services. Submittals will <br />not exceed twenty (20) pages in length and must be a minimum font size of 11. The twenty (20) pages <br />may be double-sided with a single double-sided page counted as two pages. Address submittals: <br />Kittitas County Community Development Services Department <br />Attn: Dan Carlson, Director <br />411 North Ruby, Suite 2 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />