Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by Whatcom County Purchasing at its Office in the Administrative Services Finance Department located on the fifth floor of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 503, Bellingham WA 98225 for the following:

Local Disaster Recovery Group Partner for Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Grants

UNTIL: 2:30 PM on Tuesday, November 19, 2024

At which time and place the responses will be publicly opened, and the names of the submitters identified. All interested people are invited to be present. Late submittals will not be considered. Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District (County) reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any irregularities.

The County is requesting proposals from qualified non-profit disaster recovery groups to: 

1. Provide local assistance to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) elevation grant recipients in all aspects of home elevation from planning to completion; and 
2. Provide local assistance for future FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant recipients if additional funding becomes available.

Further information is contained in the RFP document, which can be downloaded at no charge from the Whatcom County Purchasing website at https://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/Bids.aspx, see “Related Documents” at the bottom of the RFP posting page. If you are unable to download the pdf documents from this website, contact Purchasing at (preferred), or phone (360) 778-5330.

This project is supported with federal funding from FEMA and the State of Washington Emergency Management Division. Please be advised that prospective Recovery Groups must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements regarding civil rights, debarment and suspension, affirmative steps taken to assure use of small businesses and minority, veterans, and women owned businesses when possible if subcontracting, equal employment opportunity, Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act standards, anti-lobbying provisions, Americans with Disabilities Act, and E-Verify.

Publication Date(s): November 6, 2024.

All documents for this solicitation can be downloaded at no charge in PDF format; see "Related Documents" at the bottom of this webpage:

1. Click on the "View Documents" button, which will open up a form requesting basic information about your firm. The entries on this form will populate the official plan holders list. Your accuracy is important to ensure notification of any addenda or other distributed information.

2. After your completed form is accepted, scroll again to the bottom of this page, to find the link(s) for all documents related to this solicitation.

If you have downloaded the solicitation documents from the Whatcom County website, that process has already added you to the plan holders/distribution list. The Whatcom County plan holders/distribution list is created by the download process. If you received the solicitation documents from another source, to add your contact information to the Whatcom County plan holders/distribution list, you will need to access the solicitation documents from our website.

To request a current plan holders/distribution list, email [email protected]. Include the solicitation number and title in the subject line.