City of Bainbridge Island Stormwater System Plan. The City is soliciting qualifications from consultant firms with experience in stormwater planning and asset management to support the preparation of the City’s Stormwater System Plan. The plan will provide a comprehensive approach for managing stormwater and related surface water on Bainbridge Island. The Stormwater System Plan will inform stormwater quality improvement initiatives, capital improvement program; facilities monitoring and maintenance; financial elements, and regulation of new developments. The Stormwater System Plan will address climate change impacts and considerations for future development and will be linked with ongoing efforts such as the development of the City’s Groundwater Management Plan. The City is looking for input to the approach and scope of the Stormwater System Plan as well as support for development of the plan. Project Description: The work to be performed by the consultant consists of four distinct, but related efforts: Complete stormwater asset inventory and GIS mapping. Stormwater System Plan approach / scope development support including but not limited to: Summarize status of recommended actions contained in the City of Bainbridge Island Surface Water Management Plan 2001. Complete a gap analysis to identify changes required for compliance with Ecology’s Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (SWMMWW, 2012, amended in 2014) as well as looking ahead to the 2019 version which is anticipated to be adopted before July 2022 and the City of Bainbridge Island Municipal Code Title 15 Chapter 15.20 Surface and Stormwater Management. Stormwater System Plan preparation support including but not limited to: Summarize the interface with NPDES Phase II Permit requirements, Ecology’s SWMMWW, City of Bainbridge Island Climate Action Plan, the City’s forthcoming Groundwater Management Plan, and other applicable City plans, codes and policies. Recommend improvements to current stormwater monitoring program / asset management program. Recommend actions to improve stormwater water quality. Recommend actions to address climate change impacts including sea level rise and increased storm intensities. Develop a Stormwater Management Action Plan (SMAP) consistent with the City’s NPDES permit requirements. Provide a prioritized project list from the City’s current Capital Facilities Plan. Recommend additional projects, as needed including ballpark budget estimates, resource requirements, rationale and general timing, differentiate ‘have to’ vs ‘nice to have’ projects, and general cost benefit considerations. Prepare an Implementation Plan and Plan Effectiveness Monitoring Plan. Community engagement support and coordination with City Advisory Committees, which will be led by the City. Requirements for Qualifications: Identify each person involved with the project including any technical partners and describe their roles, experience and qualifications; Resume of key team members; Description of how the team will be organized; Identify the project lead; Describe relevant project experience with similar projects; Provide client references. Evaluation Criteria: Success in developing similar projects; Quality of representative projects; Qualifications of project team and key project managers; Demonstrated creativity. General Provisions and Conditions: The City reserves the right to reject, waive, cancel, or extend; Schedule: start in early February 2022 and complete by February 2023. Proposals Due December 3, 2021. Consultant Interviews Week of December 13, 2021. Consultant Selected Week of December 20, 2021. Contract Executed Week of January 24, 2022. Budget: The budget project this project is anticipated to be in the range of $200,000. Submission Requirements: Electronic copy of response to the RFP. City will own submitted materials. Compliance with City insurance requirements and City Business License. Deadline: 4:00 PM, Friday December 3, 2021, Pacific Standard Time.

Interested consultants must submit an electronic copy of the response to the RFP. The City will become owner of all submitted materials and will not pay any costs related to any responses to the RFP. All consultants must demonstrate compliance with the City’s insurance requirements at the time of contract approval and obtain a City Business License.

Requirements for Qualifications: Identify each person involved with the project including any technical partners and describe their roles, including: information regarding each member’s experience and qualifications; resumes of key team members; description of how the team will be organized and led; identify the project lead and their relationship to other members of the team; describe the consultant’s relevant project experience with similar projects; provide client references for relevant projects.