Redmond Civicplus #RFP 10913-26-R

Redmond Police Department Fee, Parking Fine, and Cost-Recovery Study

The City of Redmond is seeking a consultant to review Police Department fees and parking-related fines and recommend defensible updates. - Government buyer: City of Redmond, Washington - Office: Police Department; Purchasing Division - Procurement: One-time Police Department user-fee, parking-fines, and cost-recovery study; one consulting engagement. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs or consulting vendors are named in the opportunity. - Fees to review: Parking permits for low-income residents, local business employees, the general public, construction, replacements, paid stalls, and time-limited stalls; permit extensions; collections cost recovery and late-payment fees; commercial drone delivery; firearms-dealer employee fingerprinting and background checks; body-worn-camera redaction; parking-permit application processing; loud-party disturbance; and false alarms. - Fines to review: Parking and traffic infractions, including time-restricted parking, disabled-parking restrictions, electric-vehicle charging spaces, municipal-property parking, paid-parking violations, permit misuse or failure to display a permit, construction-related parking violations, and related administrative penalty escalations. - Requested work and deliverables: Assess service costs and existing fee and fine structures; develop a GFOA-aligned fee cost model and a distinct policy- and deterrence-based fine methodology; benchmark peer jurisdictions; recommend revised schedules and a recurring review framework; and provide implementation guidance, a study report, methodology and benchmarking documentation, editable Excel workbooks, staff review, and a City Council presentation. - Notable requirements: Workbooks must be functional and editable, with formulas, assumptions, methodology, and linked worksheets. Recommendations should consider equity, proportionality, severity, enforceability, Washington legal authority, and City code. - Performance period: Anticipated to run for approximately four months in early 2027; one-time project with no renewal option.

Description

The City of Redmond is seeking proposals from qualified firms to conduct a comprehensive Police Department cost-of-service, fee, and infraction fine study. The work includes evaluating existing fees and parking-related infraction fines, determining service costs where applicable, and developing defensible recommendations for updated fee and fine structures. The study covers administrative, permitting, enforcement, and records-related services, as well as parking and traffic-related fines, and includes benchmarking, methodology documentation, implementation guidance, and a periodic review framework. The solicitation states that the fees and fines have not been comprehensively adjusted since 2009.

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