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Bid Title

RFQ for Economic and Fiscal Analysis services

Issuing Agency

City of Foster City

Location

California

Published Date

Jul 9, 2026

Closing Date

Jul 20, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Bid Title:	RFQ for Economic and Fiscal Analysis services
Category:	Bids
Status:	Open

Description: Update as of June 29, 2026 -Extension of Due Date This amendment serves to notify all prospective bidders that the due date for this (RFQ) Request has been extended. Original Due Date: July 13,2026 Revised Due Date: July 20, 2026, by 5:00 PM The City of Foster City (“City”) is seeking qualified consulting firms (Consultants) to submit Statements of Qualifications to perform Economic and Fiscal Analysis services on development applications and long-range planning projects on an “on-call” basis. The consulting firm will be able to assign staff members to perform professional Economic and Fiscal Analysis services on development applications and long-range planning projects on an “on-call” basis. The City is requesting Statement of Qualifications from persons or firms with the expertise necessary to perform Economic and Fiscal Analysis services on city-initiated or private-initiated projects and initiatives, as needed. Upon review of responses to the RFQ, the City plans to compile a list of qualified consultants and select at least three (3) consulting firms to be awarded agreements for the on-call services. All inquiries regarding this RFQ shall be directed to Thai-Chau Le, Interim Community Development Director, via telephone at (650) 286-3244, or, preferably, via email at For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . Supporting Documents Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services RFQ Publication Date/Time: 6/29/2026 12:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 7/20/2026 5:00 PM Related Documents: Foster City RFQ - Economic and Fiscal Analysis On-Call Services

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

On-Call Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

The City of Foster City (“City”) is seeking qualified consulting firms (Consultants) to submit

Statements of Qualifications to perform Economic and Fiscal Analysis services on

development applications and long-range planning projects on an “on-call” basis.

Date of Issuance: June 26, 2026

Responses Due/Deadline: July 13, 2026, by 5:00 PM

The consulting firm will be able to assign staff members to perform professional Economic and

Fiscal Analysis services on development applications and long-range planning projects on an

“on-call” basis. The City is requesting Statement of Qualifications from persons or firms with

the expertise necessary to perform Economic and Fiscal Analysis services on city-initiated or

private-initiated projects and initiatives, as needed. Upon review of responses to the RFQ, the

City plans to compile a list of qualified consultants and select at least three (3) consulting firms

to be awarded agreements for the on-call services.

The responses shall be addressed to:

City of Foster City

Community Development Department

Attention: Thai-Chau Le, Interim Director

610 Foster City Boulevard

Foster City, CA 94404

Subject: Response to RFQ for On-Call Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services

Statements of Qualifications must be submitted electronically to tle@fostercity.org with the

subject labeled “Response to RFQ for On-Call Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services.”

It is the responsibility of the responding consultant to ensure that its submission is received

by 5:00 PM on July 13, 2026. Responses received after the deadline will not be considered.

For this reason, the City encourages submission of responses early. The City shall

acknowledge receipt of the submission once it is received but will not review any submission

prior to the submission deadline.

All inquiries regarding this RFQ shall be directed to Thai-Chau Le, Interim Community

Development Director via telephone at (650) 286-3244, or, preferably, via email at

tle@fostercity.org.

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CITY OF FOSTER CITY

Foster City

I. BACKGROUND

Foster City is located midway between San Francisco and San Jose on the western shoreline

of the San Francisco Bay, east of U.S. 101, which provides convenient access to the San

Francisco Airport and San Francisco to the north and Santa Clara County to the south. The

City is bisected by State Route 92 (the J. Arthur Younger Freeway), which runs between Half

Moon Bay to the west and Highway 880 to the east via the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. The

City encompasses 12,345 acres, of which 9,726 acres are part of San Francisco Bay and

Belmont Slough, and 2,619 acres are land area.

The City of Foster City is a full-service, General Law City with a Council-Manager form of

government. The City Council also serves as the Board of Directors for the Estero Municipal

Improvement District (“District”). The District, although a separate legal entity, encompasses

the same geographical area, is inhabited by the same citizens, and governed by the same

bodies and procedures as the City. The City/District collectively call (‘City”) has approximately

164 employees who deliver high quality municipal services to its 33,693 residents.

The Community Development Department (CDD) is composed of Planning, Code

Enforcement, Housing, Building, Economic Development, and Sustainability.

The requested consultant services for On-Call Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services are for

the Planning Division.

II. SCOPE OF SERVICES

The City is requesting responses from persons or firms with expertise necessary to provide

economic and fiscal analysis in multiple capacity. The selected firms may also facilitate, lead,

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or assist planning staff with economic and fiscal analysis to city-initiated or private-initiated

projects and initiatives.

Selected firms will be placed on an official list of qualified consultants who will be called upon

to perform economic and fiscal analysis services for city-initiated or private-initiated projects

and initiatives, as needed. From the list, the Planning Division intends to select at least three

(3) consulting firms to provide on-call economic and fiscal analysis services for projects under

the terms of the City’s standard Agreement for Professional Services, which is attached with

this RFQ. The term of the Agreement for Professional Services to be executed by the

successful consultant will be for three (3) years with an option of a one-year extension at the

City’s discretion.

The required scope of work shall include, but is not limited to:

• Conduct economic development, real estate, fiscal impact analysis for city-initiated or

private-initiated projects and initiatives. This could include:

o Fiscal, Financial and Economic Impact Analysis,

o Feasibility Analysis,

o Development Cost Analysis,

o Cost-benefit analysis.

• Conduct Development Impact Fee/Nexus Studies for future Code updates or State

requirements.

• Conduct economic analysis for citywide policies.

• Conduct economic analysis for reuse or redevelopment initiatives or projects.

• Provide peer review of economic analysis prepared by project applicants.

• Provide or facilitate special economic and fiscal impact analysis as authorized by

Council.

Minimum Qualifications:

Consultants must meet the following minimum qualifications in order to be considered

responsive to this RFQ:

1. As of the submission deadline, the consultant or person proposed to perform work on

behalf of the Consultant shall have a minimum of three (3) years of experience

satisfactorily providing the same or similar services requested under this RFQ. Prior

experience working with municipalities or other public entities preferred.

2. Carries the types and amounts of insurance required under the attached Agreement for

Professional Services.

Any consultant that does not meet these minimum requirements shall not be eligible to be

considered for placement on the list of qualified on-call consultants.

Invoicing

Consultant will submit invoices, not more often than once a month during the term of this

Agreement, based on the cost for services performed prior to the invoice date.

Invoices will contain the following information:

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• The beginning and ending dates of the billing period;

• Serial identifications of progress bills; i.e., Progress Bill No. 1 for the first invoice, etc.;

• Task Summary describing the services provided by person doing the work, the hours

spent by each person, and a brief description of the work.

III. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

The following is a preliminary schedule for the project.

Distribution of RFQ

June 26, 2026

Responses Due

July 13, 2026, by 5:00 pm

Finalize List of Qualified Consultants and August 2026 (tentative)

Enter into an agreement with qualified firms

Note that this schedule is preliminary. The schedule may be adjusted, as needed, by the City.

The deadline for submitting responses may be extended by 30 days if the City does not

receive adequate responses from qualified firms. Accordingly, the date for awarding the

contract will change if the deadline for submissions is extended.

IV. DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN QUESTIONS

All inquiries regarding this RFQ shall be directed to Thai-Chau Le, Interim Community

Development Director, via telephone at (650) 286-3244, or, preferably, via email at

tle@fostercity.org.

Except as specified above, consultants and their representatives may not communicate with

any officer, director, employee, or agent of the City with respect to this RFQ except as may be

reasonably necessary to carry out the procedures specified in this RFQ. Nothing herein

prohibits consultants or their representatives from making oral statements or presentations in

public to one or more representatives of the City during a public meeting. The City will not

respond to verbal inquires and interested consultants are specifically discouraged from

contacting the city in person or by telephone during this RFQ and selection process.

V. PROPOSAL BUDGET

All tasks within the enclosed Scope of Services shall be included within the proposal’s fee

schedule and itemized according to required and optional tasks.

VI. PROPOSAL CONTENT

All submittals must follow the format guidelines and content requirements listed below.

Nonconforming submittals may be rejected as nonresponsive.

A statement demonstrating that the Proposer understands the scope of work required.

• Billing Structure – A proposed cost structure (preferably hourly rates for the staff

proposed to perform work).

• Relevant Experience – List projects completed by the Consultant relevant to the scope

of services contained herein that have been completed in the last five (5) years. Discuss

the firm’s uniqueness to best perform these on-call services for the City.

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• Key Team Member Summary – Identify the individual(s) or key team members that may

be available to assist the City of Foster City in response to this RFQ. Summarize each

person’s experience and include their resume.

• References – A statement of the Proposer’s two (2) references from current or past

clients, preferably California agencies. References must have worked with the proposed

project manager and other key staff proposed to be assigned to for such services.

References should include the following:

o Name, address, and telephone number of the agency

o Time period for the project

o Brief description of the scope of work

o Reference contact name, email, and telephone number

• Acknowledgement of the City’s Agreement for Professional Services – Submissions

must include a statement that the proposer has reviewed the template Agreement for

Professional Services included with this RFQ and agrees to execute and comply with an

agreement in the form of that template if the consultant is chosen to provide on-call

economic and fiscal analysis services to Planning Division. This statement should also

indicate that the proposer will be able to fulfill the insurance requirements included in

the template Agreement. If the proposer intends to request changes to the template

Agreement, those requested changes must be included in a redlined “track changes”

draft of the template Agreement included with the Submission. If no changes are

requested, the selected proposer shall be expected to execute the Agreement without

alteration.

VII. CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCEDURE

A. EVALUATION CRITERIA

Submittals received by the deadline will be reviewed by selected City staff. Staff will determine

those consultants who are qualified and recommend the City Council award contracts to at

least three (3) consultants based on evaluation of each response considering the following

criteria:

• A statement demonstrating that the Proposer understands the scope of work required.

• Billing Structure.

• Relevant Experience.

• Key Team Member Summary.

• References.

• Acknowledgement of the City’s Agreement for Professional Services.

VIII. GENERAL INFORMATION FOR RESPONSES

• Responses must be submitted via email to tle@fostercity.org the subject labeled

“Response to RFQ for On-Call Economic and Fiscal Analysis Services.”

• Any questions related to the project and/or this RFQ shall be directed to Thai-Chau Le,

Interim Community Development Director, via telephone at (650) 286-3244, or,

preferably, via email at tle@fostercity.org.

• The proposal shall be signed by an authorized official of the consultant with a statement

indicating that the response is a proposal that will remain open for the City’s acceptance

for no less than ninety (90) days.

• All costs incurred in the preparation of the proposal shall be the sole responsibility of the

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
• NAICS 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
• NAICS 541720Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
• NAICS 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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