This solicitation seeks a qualified entity to develop and manage a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Bank for Snohomish County. The TDR Bank will enable the county to preserve open space, farmland, or other designated resources by allowing developers to purchase development rights from designated parcels and apply them to other locations, thereby controlling growth patterns. The contract likely includes:
• Creation of a framework for inventorying eligible parcels and quantifying transferable development rights.
• Development of policies, procedures, and guidelines for the sale, tracking, and verification of TDRs.
• Designing a database or GIS‑based system to manage TDR transactions and reporting.
• Providing outreach and stakeholder engagement to educate landowners, developers, and the public about the TDR program.
• Ongoing administration, including transaction processing, compliance monitoring, and annual reporting to the county. The award is open competition, with the award date recorded as September 28 2022, and the bid closing date as September 1 2022. No vendor or contract value was disclosed in the public records.