THE CITY OF SEATTLE

SEATTLE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS_10711

for

On-Call Executive Leadership Recruitment

The City of Seattle, Seattle City Light Department (“SCL”), seeks to engage a consultant to provide consulting services is below as the following:

The City of Seattle City Light (SCL) is requesting Statements of Qualifications & Project Approach (SOQPAs) from qualified consultants to perform a comprehensive search to recruit for leadership level positions at City Light’s request. Work to be performed under this contract will be intermittent (On-Call basis) in nature, with work assigned to the Consultant as required by City Light. Tasks include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Developing a position profile, recruitment plan, and timeline.
• Conducting outreach and recruitment activities.
• Evaluation and summary of overall assessment of vetted candidates (Candidate Profile).
• Presentation of written summary of overall assessment (Candidate Profile).
• Reference checks on chosen candidates (TBD)

The term of the contract shall extend from the date of execution by the Superintendent of Seattle City Light, or designee, through December 31, 2015. City Light has not identified a budget for this project, but estimates the total contract amount to be $250,000.00. SCL may award this contract to 1 or more firms.

SCL, may at its option amend the original contract for scope, time, and funding, subject to the continuing appropriation authority by the Seattle City Council.

OBTAINING RFQ DOCUMENTS:

Documents are available online at http://www.ebidexchange.com/seattle. Consultants must complete a free registration prior to viewing, printing and saving to their own equipment at no cost, or ordering full or partial document sets and/or CDs through the Web site. For help using this site, or to order documents if you are unable to access the Web site, please call eBid Systems at 206-855-8430 or toll-free at 1-888-291-8430. Free internet access to obtain these documents is available at Seattle Neighborhood Service Centers and most public libraries.

Electronic Submittals must be delivered by 3:00pm PST on August 5, 2013 to the address below:

Seattle City Light
Procurement & Contracting Division
700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, WA 98104-5031

Attention: Serena Louie, SMT 3004
serena.louie@seattle.gov

The City’s proposed schedule is outlined in the RFQ.

The contract that is awarded as a result of this RFP will be awarded in a manner that will comply with all applicable laws of the United States, State of Washington, the City Charter, and Ordinances of the City of Seattle.

“WOMEN AND MINORITY AFFIRMATIVE EFFORTS REQUIREMENTS: All proposals are required to meet the Affirmative Efforts requirements as specified in the RFQ/RFP. An Outreach Plan will be required for the top rated consultant(s).”