Notice: State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Advisors

Until: September 28, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Seattle Public Schools (the District) is requesting proposals from pre-qualified firms interested in providing professional State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) reviews of Capital Construction and Planning projects. Required services will include:

• Review SEPA documents;
• Meet with district staff and consultants;
• Review comments from the public;       
• Make threshold determinations including mitigating measures;
• Designate preparation of any required environmental impact statement (EIS); and
• Perform any other functions assigned to the “lead agency.”

The District intends to immediately engage pre-qualified firms interested in submitting proposals with appropriate experience to advise SEPA processes. Consistent with RCW 39.80.040 Seattle Public Schools desires to ensure that minority and women-owned firms and veteran-owned firms are afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to compete for and obtain public contracts for services. The level of participation by minority and women-owned firms and veteran-owned firms shall be consistent with their general availability within the professional communities involved.

Firms who are pre-qualified for the District’s Miscellaneous Consultants and Professional Services Roster and have not updated their Statement of Qualifications for 2023 can do so using this link: www.tinyurl.com/AnnualSOQs  

Firms that are not pre-qualified can apply to the District’s Miscellaneous Consultants and Professional Services Roster via our external site: https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/finance/procurement/rosters/.

Proposal documents and updates can be accessed using this link: https://forms.office.com/r/H3GZAXnbMx