Kittitas County is seeking proposals for a consultant to assist Kittitas County in updating the current

Kittitas County Fairgrounds Master Plan.

Request for proposal packets may be examined at the Kittitas Valley Event Center, 512 N. Poplar,

Ellensburg, WA 98926. RFP packets may be obtained via request to

matthew.anderson@co.kittitas.wa.us

Technical questions regarding this RFP may be directed to Matt Anderson at 509-962-7075.

Sealed responses will be received by the office staff at the Kittitas Valley Event center up to the hour of

5:00 p.m., Wednesday March 26th, 2014. Responses delivered later will not be accepted. Kittitas County

is not responsible for delays in delivery.

All responses to this request that are mailed through the United States Postal Service shall be addressed

to the Facilities Director, Kittitas County, 512 N. Poplar, Ellensburg WA 98926. Hand-delivered

responses, or responses not sent through USPS shall be delivered to the Kittitas Valley Event Center at

512 N. Poplar, Ellensburg, WA 98926

Kittitas County reserves the right to cancel this request or reject any and all responses submitted with

no penalty or to waive immaterial defects and minor irregularities in proposals. The County shall not

be responsible for any costs incurred by a respondent in preparing, submitting, or presenting its

response to this request for proposal.

Kittitas County is an equal opportunity employer. The County encourages minority and women-owned

firms to submit qualifications consistent with the County’s policy to insure that minority and womenowned

firms are afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to compete for and obtain public

contracts for services.

The County respects the confidentiality of information submitted by respondents. However the

submissions may be subject to public disclosure requirements. The submissions will become the

property of Kittitas County and thus public information. As such, to the extent required by law, any

information contained in the submissions may be reviewed by anyone upon request at the conclusion of

the evaluation process. The County assumes no contractual obligation to enforce any exemption to the

public disclosure requirements.

For more information, contact Event Center


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.