[Consultantservices] [Consultant Services] RFQ posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:54 AM

[Grace Williams]

AICP has adopted the following policy:

The AICP Commission requests that entities soliciting planning
consultants follow a two-part RFQ/RFP selection procedure. Click here to
read a description of such a two-part process in PAS Report 443,
Selecting and Retaining a Planning Consultant: RFPs, RFQs, Contracts,
and Project Management, by Eric Damian Kelly, FAICP. To view more
excerpts from the report, click here.

Please send RFPs & RFQs to websitefeedback at planning.org.

Request for Qualifications - Consultant Services

Zoning and Development Standards Review and Update
The Town of Bluffton, South Carolina 
Submittal Deadline: January 4, 2008

Request for Qualifications
The Town of Bluffton, South Carolina, invites statements of
qualifications (RFQ) for ordinance review and revision from firms with
experience in the fields of municipal planning and zoning, including
experience in writing and updating zoning, development standards,
form-based code and unified development ordinances.  The Town will
ultimately release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the review and
update of the municipal Zoning Ordinance, Development Standards
Ordinance, Old Town District Code and a subsequent merge into a unified
development ordinance.

Interested firms shall respond in written form to the RFQ and submit
documentation substantiating their qualifications to perform the
services required.  RFQ's shall include the following:

*	Contact information.  Name, address, and phone number of the
consulting firm. 
*	Form of organization.  Whether firm is a partnership,
corporation, or sole proprietorship, where it is organized, and the
names of principals, officers, and directors of the firm. 
*	Key personnel.  Names of key personnel, their respective titles,
experience, and periods of service with the firm. 
*	Statement of qualifications.  A narrative or other statement by
the firm of its qualifications for the proposed project. 
*	Availability.  A brief statement of the availability of key
personnel of the firm to undertake the proposed project. 
*	Project list.  List of projects completed by the firm. 
*	References.  Names and telephone numbers of persons whom the
agency can call for references regarding the firm's past performance,
preferably on similar projects. 

Please furnish five copies of qualifications by January 4, 2008, to:

David Jirousek, AICP
Bluffton Municipal Building 
20 Bridge Street 
PO Box 386 
Bluffton, SC 29910 

Subsequent to this exercise, the Town of Bluffton will generally
advertise a RFP, and send special notification to selected firms chosen
from the list compiled from RFQ responses.  You may direct any questions
to David Jirousek, Senior Planner, by calling 843-706-4510 (extension
14) or e-mail djirousek at townofbluffton.com
<mailto:djirousek at townofbluffton.com> .

 

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