The City of Billings Administration solicited RFP's for Professional Services to complete a Facilities Master Plan for the City's primary facilities other than Airport or Public Works Water/Wastewater Operations.  These services will also address a more immediate need to assess the Municipal Court/Police and City Attorney operations within City Hall to specifically address the current space challenges with that facility and make recommendations per a Council Intiiative for the CIty Administrator.

Over the years, that have been partial looks at addressing specific facility needs, but since the inventory/assessment of Facilities was done for the City of Billings in 2001, there has not been any long-range look at the City's Facilities.  In that time, the City has grown from three (3) primary downtown facility locations to five (5), all with customer access.
This process will make some recommendations to the City for the near term on the Municipal Court/Police/Attorney issues, and some long-range recommendations for the City in, primarily, their downtown core operations.
RFP's were submitted by three (3) local firms and the selection committee is recommending awarding a Contract for these Services to CTA, whose RFP was selected as the most fitting the scope of requested services.

The cost of this contract is $99,500 and is in the FY2014 budget. This investment will help to organize and plan future changes so the City does not make office changes and investments to meet short-term needs only.

City Staff recommends approval of a Contract for Professional Services with CTA Architects/Engineers for $99,500 to complete the process defined within the scope of the RFP and provide that product to the City of Billings.