BALLOT MEASURE PLANNING ADVISORY SERVICES

Post Information
Posted At:
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 3:00 PM
Sealed Bid Process:
Yes (Bids Sealed / Pricing Sealed)
Private Bid:
No

1. Introduction
   1.1. Summary

General work description:

On June 4, 2025, recognizing the County’s structural budget deficit and unmet capital needs, the Board of Supervisors (Board) directed the County Executive to explore revenue enhancement options and return to the Board. HdL Companies was selected for consulting services to provide the Board with an exploratory report on the potential revenues that could be generated based on various ballot measures that could be proposed. On January 27, 2026, the Board received that report and directed staff to conduct further research in preparation for a ballot measure no earlier than 2028.

 

For consistency throughout a “Ballot Measure” means any potential voter-approved County revenue mechanism considered during this engagement, including, without limitation, tax measures, bond measures, or other legally available ballot revenue measures, as directed by the County and subject to review by County Counsel.

1.2. Contact Information

Any inquiries or requests regarding this solicitation must be submitted via OpenGov. Contact with unauthorized County personnel during the selection process may result in disqualification.

Lisa Randall
Management Analyst II
700 H Street
Sacramento, CA 95827
Email: randalll@saccounty.gov
Phone: (916) 874-7165

Department:
Office of Budget & Debt Management

Department Head:
Amanda Thomas
Chief Fiscal Officer

1.3. Timeline
Release Project Date:
July 23, 2026
Question Submission Deadline:
July 30, 2026, 4:30pm
Question Response Deadline:
August 6, 2026, 4:00pm
Submission Deadline:
August 13, 2026, 4:30pm
Contractor Selection Date:
October 6, 2026
2. Project Details
2.1. Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal

The County is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall create a FREE account with OpenGov Procurement by signing up at Sign Up (opengov.com). Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Draft Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

3. Vendor Questionnaire / Consultant Compliance Forms
4. Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 1*

WHEREAS it is in the best interest of Sacramento County that those entities with whom the County does business demonstrate financial responsiblity, integrity, and lawfulness, it is inequitable for those entities with whom the County does business to recieve County funds while failing to pay court-ordered child, family, and spousal support which shifts the support of their dependents onto the public treasury.

Therefore, in order to assist the Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services in its efforts to collect unpaid court-ordered child, family, and spousal support orders, the following certification must be provided by all entities with whom the County does business:

Contractor/Consultant hereby certifies that either:

the Contractor/Consultant is a government or non-profit entity (exempt); or
the Contractor/Consultant has no Principal Owners (25% of more) (exempt); or
each Principal Owner (25% or more) does not have any existing child support orders; or
the Contractor/Consultant's Principal Owners are currently in substantial compliance with any court-ordered child, family, and spousal support order, including orders to provide current residence address, employment information, and whether dependent health insurance coverage is available. If not in compliance, Principal Owner has become current or has arranged a payment schedule with the Department of Child Support Services or the court.
Response required
2. Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 2

New Contractor/Consultant shall certify that each of the following statements is true:

a. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all applicable state and federal reporting requirements relating to employment reporting for its employees; and

b. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders and notices of assignment and will continue to maintain compliance.

NOTE: Failure to comply with state and federal reporting requirements regarding a Contractor/Consultant's employees or failure to implement lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders or notices of assignment constitues a default under the contract; and failure to cure the default within 90 days fo notice by the County shall be grounds for termination of the contract. Principal Owners can contact the Sacramento Department of Child Support Services at 1-866-901-3212, by writing to PO Box 269112, Sacramento, CA 95826-9112, or via the Customer Connect website at www.childsup.ca.gov.

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3. Proposal (Without Cost Proposal)

Upload your proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

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4. Separate Cost Proposal

Upload your fee proposal. Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your proposal and is attached separately here.

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5. Confidential Sections of Proposal (if applicable)

The County will treat all information submitted in a proposal as available for public inspection once the County has awarded a contract. If you believe that you have a legally justifiable basis under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et. seq.) for protecting the confidentiality of any information contained within your proposal, you must identify any such information, together with the legal basis of your claim in your proposal, and present such information in this section as part of your proposal response package. The final determination of whether the County will assert a proposer's claim of confidentiality shall be at the sole discretion of the County. Click "file upload" below to upload any proposal documents you consider to be confidential documents.

6. Proposed Contract Exceptions

If proposing any exceptions to the County's Sample Contract, upload a redlined revision of the Sample Contract attached to this solicitation here. Any submissions are for negotiation purposes only.

If no exceptions are proposed, please skip this question.

7. Provide the full contact name, title, and e-mail of the signatory for your firm. Provide contact information for the contract manager for your firm in order to distribute contract documents, including other recipients requiring a copy, if awarded.*

Signatory: name, title, email

Contract manager/admin: name, phone, email

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8. PaymentWorks Contact

Please provide the name and e-mail for a finance point-of-contact for your firm that will receive an invitation to complete the vendor registration process on the County's PaymentWorks portal.

To clarify, if you are set-up with other agencies using PaymentWorks, that information is not available to the County, so you must complete this process for the County.

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4. Attachments
Main Documents
  2026-07-23-2 RFP
Supporting Attachments
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Attached documents:
• 2026-07-23-2 RFP