The City of Sammamish, Washington is seeking proposals from executive search consulting firms to assist with a national search for a new City Manager. Proposals are due by EOB July 6, 2026, and must be submitted through Bidnet Direct. The evaluation criteria include staff expertise, understanding of tasks, content quality, responsiveness, experience, and cost. Additional points will be awarded for minority and women-owned businesses registered with Washington State. The selected firm will develop a recruitment timeline, candidate profile, conduct a national search, assist with screening and interviews, and perform background investigations. The city encourages women and minority-owned businesses to submit proposals.
The deadline to submit proposals is EOB July 6, 2026. The deadline to submit proposals is eob july 6, 2026.
The city shall pay the consultant for services satisfactorily rendered within ten 10 days after City Council approval of each payment. The city shall pay the consultant for services satisfactorily rendered within ten 10 days after city council approval of each such payment.
The RFP requests an explanation of the firm's guarantees regarding candidate resignation/termination, failure to select a candidate, or search extension. guarantees: 1 if the selected candidate resigns or is terminated, or 2 if a candidate is not selected for hire at the conclusion of the recruitment, or 3 if the search must be extended due to loss of candidates from the interview pool.
Proposals will be evaluated based on staff expertise (15%), thoroughness and understanding (25%), background and experience (30%), and cost (30%). evaluation criteria weight staff expertise and overall qualifications of personnel assigned to the work. 15 thoroughness and understanding of the tasks to be completed. overall content quality 25 and responsiveness to rfp requirements. background and experience with similar projects. 30 cost. 30 total 100
Proposals must include the assigned project manager and team members' resumes or statements of qualifications, and specific examples of recent city manager searches with contact information and total costs. qualifications: identify the individual you propose to assign as project manager and all members of the project team. include a resume andor statement of qualifications for each member. experience: please provide specific examples of recent city manager searches
Proposals must include or provide links to 3-5 recent samples of recruiting specifications, community profiles, recruitment brochures, or announcements. work samples: please include or provide links to 35 recent samples of recruiting specifications, community profiles, recruitment brochures, announcements, etc.
The consultant waives all right to protest or seek any legal remedies regarding any aspect of this RFP by submitting a response. he consultant, by submitting a response to this rfp, waives all right to protest or seek any legal remedies whatsoever regarding any aspect of this rfp.
Unauthorized contact with city employees regarding this RFP may result in disqualification. unauthorized contact regarding this rfp with other city employees may result in disqualification from consideration.
