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<br />3 <br /> August 20, 2024 <br /> <br />Attn: Mr. Ryan Sass <br />Public Works Director <br />City of Everett – Public Works <br />3200 Cedar St. <br />Everett, WA 98201-4516 <br /> <br />Re: PLA Third-Party Negotiations, Administration, & Support Services RFP <br />Dear Mr. Sass, <br />Intelligent Partnerships is pleased to submit this proposal to assist the City of Everett—Public Works with <br />negotiating and establishing a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) program, PLA Third-Party Administration, <br />and additional PLA-related support services. We bring experience in strategic workforce development <br />policies, WMDBE/Small business support, DEIA Policy Design, and designing and implementing <br />prioritized local hiring plans. Our team has a history of successful group facilitation in complex scenarios <br />and regularly implements creative and ambitious inclusion plans. <br />The development of a comprehensive PLA Pilot Project represents a crucial opportunity for City capital <br />project programming. To be successful, the consultant team needs to bring a specific set of skills that can <br />push a creative program plan and compile comprehensive policy repositioning while maintaining an <br />elevated level of political sensitivity and stakeholder engagement. Our relationships with contractors, <br />elected officials, labor leaders, and community advocates uniquely position our team to achieve these goals <br />in an effective and efficient manner, which is crucial given the timeline for the design and delivery of PLA <br />integration and its related work. Our team has successfully helped organizations with similar priorities meet <br />these goals by relying on creative, strategic engagement, and consensus-based approaches teamed with <br />high-level issue expertise. Intelligent Partnerships has previously led the Employment Opportunity and <br />Empowerment Program (EOEP) for the King County policy development effort, resulting in a <br />comprehensive task force engagement process that was the baseline for a unanimously endorsed report. <br />Coordinating strategies across large-scale construction programming requires a unique capacity to educate <br />project team leadership about the available opportunities and translate that education into a seamless <br />pathway to the responsible offices in each entity to ensure minimal disruption to the project flow while <br />creating an environment that maximizes regional opportunity for access. <br />Our team has successfully worked towards these goals by relying on creative, strategic thinking, and <br />consensus-based approaches teamed with high-level issue expertise and coordinated communication model <br />strategies. Currently, our team is the PLA/CWA Administrator for the WSDOT SR520 – Montlake Phase <br />Project and have previously provided PLA/CWA Administrator Services for some of the Seattle region's <br />largest and highest-profile construction programs, including the King County Children & Family Justice <br />Center ($450M value) and the Seattle Convention Center Addition Project ($1.3Billion Value).