The Facilities Management Department of Island County is seeking qualified consulting firms to conduct a study of administrative spaces as a preliminary step to a future Master Planning effort.

The county completed its last Campus Master Planning in 1995 using separate consultants for their Whidbey and Camano Island facilities.

At the county seat in Coupeville a number of the recommendations of the 1995 plan were completed and built out over a multi-year period, but this is not the case for the Camano Island Campus.

The county intends to utilize one consulting firm to lead a single space study for both locations, analyze and format the data, identify challenges and provide probable next steps and recommendations.

This process will include analysis of existing space, quality of space, location of space relative to public access, required relationships among departments, safety and occupancy limitations, useful life and life cycle costs analyses, parking operations and how these factors relate to the current area planning and development requirements, according to Facilities Management Director Larry Van Horn.

Van Horn expects the request for qualifications will be announced soon, with a target date of April 13 for interested firms to have their materials submitted.

Details and all submittal requirements will soon be available online at www.solicitbid.com.