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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

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.

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?

Do you own a business and want to see if your company is eligible to be certified as a Section 3 business?

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.

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.