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Washington County Housing Authority approves design-build RFPs for Hartwood Commons Phase 2 and a motel-to-transitional housing conversion
Summary
The Washington County Housing Authority voted unanimously to exempt two projects from standard competitive bidding and to authorize design‑build requests for proposals for Hartwood Commons Phase 2 (54 permanent supportive housing units) and a newly acquired transitional housing motel conversion (estimated $5 million).
The Washington County Board of Commissioners, meeting as the Housing Authority Board of Washington County, voted May 6 to adopt findings that allow an exemption from the county's normal competitive bidding process and to issue requests for proposals for design-build teams for two housing projects.
Jill Chen, assistant director of the Department of Housing Services for the Housing Authority of Washington County, told the board the hearing's purpose was “to adopt the findings and grant exemption from the competitive bidding process and approve the use of alternative competitive contracting processes, namely, the design build process, and finally, to issue an RFP for that design build process.”
The staff presentation said the two projects are: Hartwood Commons Phase 2, a permanent supportive housing project of 54 units; and a recently acquired building to be converted to…
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