CITY OF SEATTLE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS

Request for Proposal (RFP) for

Intelligence Analyst

 CLICK HERE to download the full RFP – Posted 2/25/2014

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to hire a consultant(s) to provide up to four analysts to meet the homeland security and public safety priority information sharing and analytical needs of the Seattle UASI Region.  Individual consultants/sole proprietorships are encouraged to apply, and at the discretion of the Seattle Police Department, these positions may be filled by a single proposer or by any combination of proposers. The number of analysts retained via any particular consultant will depend on the qualifications of the analysts each proposer is able to provide, as well as subsequent negotiations regarding costs and contract performance.

The Seattle Urban Area Security Initiative UASI Region (Seattle UASI) is one of 62 UASI regions established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in high-threat, high-density urban areas and is comprised of the Cities of Seattle and Bellevue, and the Counties of King, Pierce and Snohomish.  The UASI directly supports the National Priority on expanding regional collaboration in the National Preparedness Guidelines and is intended to assist participating jurisdictions in dealing with man-made and natural disasters by developing constitutionally sound integrated regional systems.

Seattle UASI regional leaders have chosen to collaborate on a project to develop a regional analytical cadre to support regional homeland security and public safety needs. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) has been chosen as the project lead and administrative agent for the grant funds.

The regional analytical cadre will be integrated into the existing fusion system in order to ensure effective information sharing and efficient use of scarce resources. The Washington State Fusion System consists of public safety stakeholders throughout Washington State, including the Washington State Fusion Center (WSFC), the Regional Intelligence Groups (RIG’s) located throughout the State, law enforcement and public safety agencies, and the myriad of public and private homeland security disciplines.

Women and Minority-Owned Business Participation: The City of Seattle encourages women and minority-owned business enterprises (WMBE) to apply and per SMC 20.42, the SPD has developed a plan that affords women and minority businesses the maximum practicable opportunity to directly and meaningfully participate on all Department contracts and uses all legal means to see that WMBE do not face unfair barriers in their competition for City contracts and in their successful performance of those contracts. However, no preference will be included in the evaluation of proposals, no minimum level of WMBE shall be required as a condition for receiving an award, and proposals will not be rejected or considered non-responsive on that basis.

Consultants are directed to The City of Seattle web site http://consultants.seattle.gov/  (the current page you’re on) for additional details and the RFP packet.

The deadline for submittals of written RFPs is at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2014.