The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to define the City's minimum requirements, solicit proposals, and gain adequate information by which the City may evaluate the services offered by Proposers.

The City of Sebastopol, hereinafter referred to as the "City", is seeking proposals with the intention of securing a contract with a Consultant who will perform all work required for the preparation, approval and adoption for a single jurisdiction, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan that will replace the City's current multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan developed from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) template.

The City of Sebastopol is dedicated to the development, establishment, and maintenance of programs and procedures which will provide for the protection of lives and property of City residents from the effects of natural or human caused disasters. Disasters to which the City is subject and for which we must make efforts to mitigate, train and properly respond to include, but may not be limited to floods, earthquakes, major fires, storms, radiological or hazardous material incidents, aircraft accidents, mass casualty incidents, civil unrest, severe drought, climate change, and, extended utility outages.

City staff is working together to create a document that would satisfy the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, as well as the Code of Federal Regulations Section 44 CFR 201.6, for a single jurisdiction local hazard mitigation plan.

By submittal of a proposal, the proposer acknowledges that they have not been debarred or suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in Federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549, "Debarment and Suspension."

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