Request for Qualified Professionals (RFP)

Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities is currently seeking Providers of Information and Education for the funding period of July 1, 2015- June 30, 2016. Qualified services include informing and/or educating the general public about developmental disabilities and related services.

Request for Qualified Professionals (RFP)

Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities is seeking Qualified Service Providers. Kittitas County is required to solicit and establish a list of qualified providers who may provided employment and day services for eligible people with developmental disabilities. This notice is to solicit interested qualified providers to provide those services

All responses are due April 30, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.. They may be hand delivered, emailed, faxed or mailed with all the information requested to:

Kittitas County Developmental Disabilities Program

507 N Nanum St. #102

Ellensburg, WA 98926

Phone: (509) 962-7567

Fax: (509) 962-7581

Email: amy.kocher@co.kittitas.wa.us

Please contact the health department for a complete description of RFP's.


Kittitas County shall evaluate statements of qualifications and performance data submitted by firms regarding the proposed project. Following the evaluation, the county may invite one or more firms to meet with county officials to discuss the project and the relative benefits of various methods of providing the desired services. The county then selects from among those firms the one "most highly qualified" to provide the required services. County procedures and guidelines are to include a plan to ensure that women, minority, and veteran-owned firms have the maximum opportunity to compete for the contract. The level of firm participation should be consistent with their availability within the relevant professional community.

After choosing the most qualified firm, the county then negotiates with that firm for a contract at a price the county determines is fair and reasonable, considering the estimated value of the services to be rendered, as well as the scope and complexity of the project. If a satisfactory contract cannot be negotiated, the county formally terminates the negotiations with that firm and attempts to negotiate a contract with the next most qualified firm. The process continues until an agreement is reached or the search is terminated.

In emergency situations, the process outlined above for procuring services maybe dispensed with upon a finding by the county that an emergency requires the immediate execution of the work involved.

All submittals shall become the property of Kittitas County.

Kittitas County reserves the right to reject all submittals and re-advertise if necessary.

For more information, contact .