Pierce County is soliciting proposals from firms interested in providing strategic planning to lead the completion of a Ferry Financial Sustainability Plan (FSP). The performance period will be 9 to 12 months.

Pierce County is developing a Ferry Financial Sustainability Plan (FSP) to establish a roadmap to achieve long-term financial sustainability for Pierce County Ferry (PC Ferry), with a planning horizon of 2060. In the past years, the County has prepared the following studies that can be used as reference documents:2013 Ferry Service Evaluation2015 Waterborne Transportation Study2023 Pierce County Ferry System Financial Assessment2026-2039 Fourteen-Year Ferry ProgramDraft 2027-2040 Fourteen-Year Ferry Program.These documents and the general ferry information are available on the County website.Pierce County Ferry System Projects | Pierce County, WA - Official Website and http://www.piercecountywa.gov/TIPIn addition, the following documents are available upon request:2022 Pierce County Ferry Comparative Analysis,2026 Planning and Public Works Fiscal Review, and theM/V CHRISTINE ANDERSON Lifecycle Cost Analysis (2026)M/V STEILACOOM II Lifecycle Cost Analysis (draft 2026)To support the development of the FSP, the County has begun several related tasks.Long-Term 2060 Expenditure Forecast: The costs from the various categories between 2028 and 2060Vessel major rehabilitation and replacement schedule and cost - underway, to be completed by September 30, 2026. Annual Operations and Maintenance (O&M) cost projection by the milestones: to be prepared by County staff by September 30, 2026. Major terminal capital projects schedule and cost - new task under a different contract to be completed by December 31, 2026. Administration, fuel and support costs: underway, to be completed by December 31, 2026. Infrastructure and service costs to Anderson Island compared to other islands and County average, on a per capita basis: to be prepared by County staff by December 31, 2026. Funding Projections: Revenue beyond the Fourteen-Year Ferry Program will be projected by County staff and grouped in three categories:More predictable revenue sources: estimate the revenue of State and federal formulaic funds, including FTA funding, FBP funding: to be prepared by County staff by December 31, 2026. Funds that are within the County’s control to some extent, such as the County Road Fund: to be prepared by County staff by December 31, 2026. Potential revenue: competitive grants, to be prepared by County staff by December 31, 2026.