CITYWIDE CONSULTANT ROSTER SOLICITATION: Communications Consulting (Small Businesses Only)

City of Seattle ordinance allows the City to establish lists of qualified Consultants for use by any Department for skills or services in specialized areas of knowledge or experience. The City refers to these lists of qualified Consultants as rosters. A Department may contract with a Consultant on the appropriate roster for assignments or projects without a formal, advertised competitive process as long as each Contract is estimated to cost below $420,000 and the Department has determined that its needs can be fully met without soliciting proposals through public advertising.
Addendum #1: The City has updated the solicitation to change the first date of allowable use for consultants approved to a roster through this solicitation. The City will officially transition from rosters in the Online Business Directory to rosters in OpenGov beginning January 1, 2026. OpenGov rosters will not be used for City contracting before this date. Only consultants approved to rosters in the Online Business Directory or through the manual process mentioned in Section 1.3 will be allowable for roster contracting before January 1, 2026. Additionally, the City has clarified that the RFQ will be updated when a small business priority goes into effect for a roster category. The following roster categories listed in Section 2.1 have a small business priority in effect: Communications Ethnic Community Outreach Experts Public Information and Public Relations Public Involvement and Community Outreach Media Production Services Technical Writing Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.