Doing Business with the
King County Housing Authority
Welcome to the King County Housing Authority procurement
and contract services page. This section is designed to assist you in
doing business with the King County Housing Authority.
KCHA owns more than 100 housing communities and
administers programs that are home to some 40,000 people. To maintain
these communities and provide related services, KCHA contracts with
vendors for goods and services, typically in four categories: 1) construction
and maintenance services, 2) housing
repair and weatherization services, 3) consulting,
professional and human services and 4) office supplies and building
materials. (Vendors interested in providing supplies to KCHA can call
the Purchasing Department at (206) 574-1100.) All companies and contractors
doing business with KCHA are required to comply with fair housing
laws, detailed in the Fair
Housing/Accessibility Notice (pdf).
If you are a landlord interested in renting to participants
of the Housing Authority's Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program,
we can help you in the Landlord
Opportunities section of this Web site.
Responder Qualifications
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Contractors working on a major renovation project at a KCHA property. |
KCHA is required to get three or more quotes if the cost to provide
the desired good or service exceeds $10,000. To be considered a responsible
responder or proposer, your company must be licensed, bonded (if construction),
meet KCHA insurance requirements, be current on industrial insurance
and not be on any state or federal debarment lists.
Small Works Roster
For construction and maintenance projects valued up to $100,000,
the King County Housing Authority can directly solicit contractors
from the Small Works Roster. To register for KCHA’s Small Works
Roster or to learn more about it, please click
here.
DemandStar Program Notification of Offering Requests
The King County Housing Authority partners with Onvia’s DemandStar
program to notify vendors of new solicitations if those solicitations
are valued at $100,000 or more. If you choose to participate in the
program, the DemandStar system will notify you by fax or e-mail when
new solicitations are issued that match your business. Click
here to register with the DemandStar program. While the DemandStar
system offers many benefits to you, joining the system is NOT a requirement
for doing business with the King County Housing Authority.
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me to DemandStar
Each service category follows a different procedure for its offering request process.
Please consult the offering request in which you are interested for information
on how and where to obtain the appropriate documents.
Section 3 and Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
KCHA strongly encourages minority-owned and women-owned businesses,
socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises, HUD
Section 3 businesses and small businesses to submit bids and proposals,
or to participate as subcontractors, suppliers or partners on contracts.
Are you a KCHA resident or low-income person interested in job or
business opportunities with KCHA vendors?
Take me to Section 3 for Residents
Do you own a business and want to see if your company is eligible
to be certified as a Section 3 business?
Take me to Section
3 for Businesses
Davis-Bacon Act
The Davis-Bacon Act, approved in 1931 with amendments in 1935 and
1964, requires that the local prevailing wage be paid on all federally-funded
construction contracts exceeding $2,000.
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Insurance and Indemnification
Bid documents will contain minimum insurance and indemnification
requirements specific to your work. Generally, minimum requirements
are $2 million aggregate for general liability, $1 million each accident
combined single limit for auto liability and statutory Worker’s
Compensation. Additional limits and coverages may be required, depending
on the nature of work you will provide. Requirements of the contractors
are equally required of subcontractors.
For more information, please call Dolor Saquing, ARM, CPCU, Enterprise Risk Manager,
(206) 574-1124 or email: DolorS@kcha.org.