City of Los Banos is seeking qualified planning consulting firms for on-call services. Proposals are due July 1, 2026, by 2:00 PM PDT. The total amount payable shall not exceed $300,**** for a contract period not to exceed 5 years. Firms will be selected based on qualifications, experience, organization, approach, scope of work, staff availability, conflict of interest, familiarity with state/federal procedures, and references. Interviews may be conducted. The City reserves the right to reject any or all SOQs.
Proposals must be received prior to 2:00 p. m. PDT on July 1st, 2026.
Consultant shall be paid based on specific item of work performed cost per unit of work and on the specific rates of compensation for this contract and for the amount as agreed upon by the city and consultant in a task order for each project. Consultant shall submit requests for monthly progress payments.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the criteria provided in Appendix B, including completeness of response, qualifications and experience, organization and approach, scope of work, staff availability, conflict of interest statement, familiarity with state and federal procedures, and references.
Firms must demonstrate successful completion of comparable projects, relevant experience, specific qualifications, and technical expertise. The project manager must be a registered professional planner with AICP certification and a minimum of ten years of demonstrated experience.
Questions shall be submitted before 5:00 pm on June 22, 2026.
Submittals received after the deadline, unsigned submittals, or submittals signed by an unauthorized individual will be considered nonresponsive and rejected. Attempts by a proposer to contact evaluators during the evaluation process may jeopardize the integrity of the process and risk possible disqualification.
The total amount payable to the consultant shall not exceed $300,****.