RFQ Due Date: December 11, 2025, 11:59pm

The City of Seattle's Parks and Recreation Department (SPR) stewards an extensive system of over 485 parks with assets organized into asset classes, including 26 community centers, 10 swimming pools, 156 play areas, 129 outdoor restrooms, 4 golf courses, and more than 100 miles of trails. SPR is also continuously adding new assets in existing parks and acquiring new property for additional parks.

The Planning Unit within the Planning & Capital Development Branch (PCD) of SPR is tasked with identifying acquisition, access, and capital needs to support and expand this system. PCD does this work through comprehensive capital planning to manage existing asset classes with regular renovations or replacement to provide high-quality, sustainable, and safe use for all while identifying opportunities to fill service gaps. One way in which this work is completed is through regular updates of SPR's Parks & Open Space Plan (Plan).

The City's comprehensive plan — updated every 10 years is required by the State's Growth Management Act to ensure that land use regulations accommodate growth in a manner that does not exhaust existing infrastructure, including the parks and recreation system. This is primarily done through a "Capital Facility Plan" that must include:

• An inventory of existing facilities
• A forecast for future needs of these facilities
• A 6-year plan for financing the maintenance of existing and development of proposed facilities
• The proposed location and capacity of expanded or new facilities for the City to maintain a minimum level-of-service for the parks and recreation system based off how many public facilities or services are needed to meet the needs of the current and projected population.
• A requirement to reassess land use element if funding falls short for the above.

Scope of Work: SPR is seeking proposals from a suitably qualified and experienced firm(s) to develop a 2027 Parks and Open Space Plan that will guide development and management of the city's parks, open spaces, and facilities through clear, data-informed, community-driven recommendations consistent with the above approach. While the Park District Financial Plan will be informed by the 2027 Parks and Open Space Plan, it is not part of the scope of this request.

The full RFQ and associated documents can be viewed City's Procurement Portal site:

https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/seattle/projects/212278

City Procurement Contact: Ben Johnson, ben.johnson@seattle.gov 253-341-8293