Port Townsend Healthier Together Community Health and Wellness Center - RFQ

City of Port Townsend  - Request for Qualifications

Project Name: Port Townsend Healthier Together Community Health and Wellness Center

Qualifications due: December 16, 2022, no later than 4:00 P.M. Pacific Time

Qualifications submitted to Carrie Hite, chite@cityofpt.us, or at 250 Madison Street, Port Townsend, Washington  98368.  The full RFQ can be found on the city’s website here: ( insert url here)

The City of Port Townsend is soliciting interest and a public notice is hereby given that the City of Port Townsend issued the above-mentioned Request for Qualifications (RFQ). This RFQ is to solicit qualifications for consulting services to provide concept planning, 25% schematic design services, and community engagement to design a Community Health and Wellness Center with an aquatics component, select a site, and produce a financial and operational plan. Part of the financing plan could include polling for a voter-approved initiative of the community. The complete RFQ, including submittal requirements, can be found on the City of Port Townsend’s website at www.cityofpt.us. 

This is a collaborative project with the City of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend School District, Olympic Peninsula YMCA, and JeffCo Aquatics Coalition. This project will include assessing 2-3 potential areas to site this facility. The successful consultant/team will work with Port Townsend residents; partners; City Council; the Parks, Recreation, Trees, and Trails Advisory Board; the City Manager; and staff to finalize the project concept and schematic design, site location, costing, and financial and operational plans and timeline to construct such a facility. 

Questions regarding this project or solicitation must be submitted to Carrie Hite, chite@cityofpt.us. City staff will not answer questions directly but will collect questions and post responses on the City’s website. Answers to questions submitted by November 30, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. will be posted on December 6, 2022, by 4:00 p.m. Questions submitted after the November 30th deadline will not be answered.