RFQ Work Group Contractor Short List – TF Member Roster phone meeting to confirm the short list on June 13th, 2018

The RFQ work group held a deep and thorough conversation analyzing and exploring the facets of proposals and teams to select a short list (from among seven bidders: Enviroissues, George Schneider & Associates, Hart Crowser, The Langdon Group, Ross Strategic, Strategic Earth Consulting, White Bluffs Consulting). As agreed at its May meeting, the Task Force will hold a phone meeting on June 13th to confirm or adjust the short list of candidates to invite for in-person presentations and Q&A at the regular Task Force meeting on June 27th, ,2018.

A week from today, on June 13th, from 10 am-12 noon, Bud Leber will be prepared to walk the Task Force through the process the work group used and the considerations involved. The Task Force roster members will be receiving a separate email with the short list once references have been checked. Roster members will also recieve a summary of the work group’s thinking and meeting call in information. We will be asking the voting members of the Task Force to confirm the work group’s recommendation.

Call in information is available on request to Kara Whitman (kmwhitman@wsu.edu)

Blank Ranking Sheet and Instructions that the work group used:
– Proposal Ranking Instructions
– 
RFQ Rating Template

All Seven Proposals (in no particular order) 

GSA
 GeorgeSchneiderAssoc_cover letter
 GSA_SRRTTF_Proposal May 2018
 GSA_SRRTTF RFP May_2018_Costs


Langdon Group (a J-U-B Company)
  Langdon Group_TLG-Proposal_SRRTTF-SupportServices


Hart Crowser and DH
– 
 Hart Crowser and DH_SOQ SRRTTF_FINAL


EnviroIssues
  EnviroIssues_EI_Response_SRRTTF_FacilitationSupport_01June2018


WhiteBluffs Consulting
–  WhiteBluffs Consulting_Spokane proposal_Final


Strategic Earth Consulting
 SRRTTF_RFQP_StrategicEarth_June2018


Ross Strategic
– SRRTTF_Ross Strategic Proposal_060118

Request for Qualifications and Proposal for Support Services for the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force (SRRTTF)

Dear Potential Supplier:

Please find attached the information packet and Request for Qualifications and Proposal for Support Services for the Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force (SRRTTF or Task Force).  The SRRTTF or Task Force was formed for the purpose of developing a Comprehensive Plan for achieving the applicable water quality standards for PCB in the Spokane River.  In December 2016, the Comprehensive Plan was completed and the Task Force is now transitioning from planning to implementation of activities identified in its Comprehensive Plan.  As the Task Force makes this transition, it is in need of support services in the form of project implementation support, facilitation of full Task Force meetings and administrative support.

The attached packet below outlines the services needed, the information to be provided for your submittal and the process for the selection of the provider of these services.  Submittals for bidding on this project are to be sent electronically to the Task Force’s current facilitator.  From there the submittal will be forwarded to the Task Force for its consideration.

The contact information for the Task Force’s facilitator is as follows:

Chris Page
William D. Ruckelshaus Center
901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98164
(206) 770-6060
c.page@wsu.edu

The requested information is to be provided electronically to Chris at the e-mail addresses provided above by 5:00 PM PDST on June 1, 2018 (deadline has been extended).  In addition, if you intend to potentially bid on this work, please notify Chris as soon as possible so that if there are any additional materials or information developed relative to this Request before May 11th, you can be advised.  The Task Force plans to conduct interviews and select a support services provider at either its May 23rd or June 27th meeting depending on the responses received.  The Task Force reserves the right to appoint a service provider without interview. Contracts for the Task Force are administered through its Administrative and Contracting Entity (ACE), a non-profit corporation.  For any questions related to commercial terms or scope, please contact ACE’s President Bud Leber at bud.leber@kaisertwd.com.  He will work to obtain answers to any questions raised and provide the same information to other interested potential service providers.

Sincerely,
The Spokane River Regional Toxics Task Force