Land Value Appraisals for City-Owned Property Located Between Breakwater Avenue & Whitesell Street

The City of Hayward, California (Alameda County) has issued Request for Proposal No. 26-024 for land value appraisals of city-owned property located between Breakwater Avenue and Whitesell Street, encompassing approximately 0.8 acres consisting of a 0.32-acre vacated Whitesell Street right-of-way and a 0.48-acre remnant parcel zoned Industrial Park. The scope of work includes conducting a kick-off meeting, reviewing existing documents, preparing a draft appraisal report, and submitting a final bound appraisal report in both paper and PDF formats that complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1263.320, with explicit analysis of site constraints, developable area, feasibility factors including easements and grading costs, and fair market value determination. Qualified applicants must hold a current California Certified General (AG) real estate appraiser license and demonstrate significant professional experience in government property valuation; proposals are limited to 30 pages (excluding cover letters, appendices, and resumes) and must include qualifications with three client references, detailed staffing information identifying key personnel, project approach and work plan, schedule with critical path analysis, hourly rate cost proposals by staff member, conflict of interest disclosures, and any exceptions to the standard City consultant agreement. The RFP was released on November 19, 2025, with a questions submission deadline of December 1, 2025, and a sealed proposal submission deadline of 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025, through the City's eProcurement Portal; tentative finalist interviews are scheduled for December 29, 2025, with contract approval anticipated approximately six weeks following the questions deadline. Evaluation criteria are weighted as follows: Qualifications and Staffing (20 percent), Project Approach and Work Plan (20 percent), Schedule (10 percent), Cost Proposal (15 percent), Compliance with RFP (15 percent), Exceptions to Standard Agreement (10 percent), and Interview Performance if Required (10 percent).

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or restrictions on organization types are explicitly stated in the procurement documents; however, all respondents must execute a Nondiscriminatory Affirmative Action Certification Statement certifying compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, must sign a Non-Collusion Affidavit attesting to the genuineness of their bid and absence of collusive practices, and must complete a Nuclear Weapons Non-Involvement Affirmation certifying non-involvement in nuclear weapons development or production per Hayward Ordinance No. 87024 C.S. The selected contractor must comply with all applicable insurance requirements as outlined in the standard Professional Services Agreement template, including Workers' Compensation insurance ($1,000,000 minimum), Commercial General and Automobile Liability insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence), and Professional Liability insurance ($1,000,000), with deductibles not exceeding $100,000 per claim. No incumbent vendor information or existing infrastructure integration requirements are identified in the RFP documents. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, negotiate with selected vendors, request supplementary information, and split the award among multiple vendors; proposals must remain valid for 120 days following submission, and no specific contract award value, budget range, or contract term length is disclosed in the available procurement materials.