Laundry Equipment and Maintenance of Laundry Facility Services

RFP Addendum #1
Request for Proposals for
On-Call Janitorial Services Solicitation #6190
Date of Addendum #1: October 13, 2026
The Request for Proposals for the above named project is amended as noted in this
Addendum.
This Addendum lists questions received and SHA's responses in the attached Exhibit A
(see Item 1 below) and extends the proposal deadline (see item 2 below).
Item 1: The attached Exhibit A is a list of questions received and SHA's responses to
those questions.
Item 4: The Submission Deadline is extended to 12PM, Tuesday October 28th, 2026.

Exhibit A
Question # Question Answer
If SHA moves forward with multiple
If SHA moves forward with two vendors, will the portfolio be split, or is the
1 vendors, the work will split between the
idea that each property receive service from two vendors?
awarded vendors.
For 2025, the annual gross revenue was
Can SHA share historical gross revenue, or cycle counts by property for
2 $529,757.97. The monthly average gross
the last 12-24 months?
revenue was $44,146.50.
For the upcoming contract, SHA would like
Which sites have gas dryers, and which have electric, and at what to have the entire portfolio to have electric
3
voltage? dryers unless requested on occasion. The
current dryer count is at 291 dryers.
We would like to leave the option to
property management on the decision of
Which buildings need card systems and value-loading kiosks in the
4 adding a card system and value-loading
management office?
kiosks. This will also be dependent on the
network availability per building.
A majority of our properties only have one
5 Can you provide the number of laundry rooms per property?
(1) community laundry room per building.
Some of our Yesler Ter

SHA shared that it plans to award two or more vendors, with properties
divided mostly by geography and finalized with the awarded contractors. Proposers may indicate interest in a
Should proposers' price and respond for the full list of properties in specific area, but it will not be guaranteed.
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Exhibit 1, or may a proposer indicate interest in a specific area? Will The decision will be made at the time of
commission be evaluated and negotiated separately for each group of negotation.
properties?
Section E states that under the Ratio of Cost process, the proposer with
Yes, the proposal offering the highest
the lowest price receives all possible points. Because Criterion 5 is a
7 commission percentage paid to SHA would
commission paid to SHA, please confirm that the proposal offering the
receive full points.
highest commission percentage receives full points.
Property management staff may request for
SHA shared that every property will have both coin and card options
a change in the payment method once per
available, with each property manager choosing coin, card, or both for
one(1)-year term in writing along with
their site. Once a property manager has made that choice, may it be
8 justification for the request. Each request
changed during the contract term? If so, is the cost of converting
will be reviewed and approved internally for
equipment the responsibility of the Service Provider, and is there a limit
submittal. The awarded vendor would be
on how often a property may change?
responsible for the expenses.

Section C.4.e.v states that every six months of the contract period, the
Service Provider shall comply with a negotiated schedule to remove its
SHA does not expect to change vendors
machines, negotiated among the Service Provider, SHA's Project
every six months. The contract will be
Manager, and the newly selected Service Provider. Please clarify the
9 executed for a one (1) year term with
intent of this section. Does it apply only when properties transfer to a
options to extend up to a maximum of five
different provider (for example, at contract end or after a reassignment),
(5) years for the contract.
or does SHA expect properties to be reviewed and potentially moved
between vendors every six months?
Please refer to the response for Question
10 What is the average monthly laundry income for each location?
#2.
Please refer to the response for Question
11 Are Dryers Gas or Electric? Noting that SHA stated Electric.
#3.
The list of properties with a digital option
Can you provide a list of the properties that will want to have coin option
12 preference will be provided upon
along with digital?
negotiation.
There is a combination of front-loading and
13 Are all the washers at all properties frontloading washers?
top-loading washers.
The number of current top load washers
If not all frontloading washers, how many Top Load washers and location
14 may vary from the awarded contract for this
of the top load washers?
RFP.

There are currently twenty (20) stacked
15 Please verify number of stacked washer/dryer combo?
washer/dryer combination units.
Please refer to the response for Question
16 Please verify the number of stacked dryers(dryer/dryer unit)?
#16.
The "sum of # of pockets" is referring to the
On the 6190 Exhibit 1/ Laundry machines list - What does "sum of # of
17 amount of "doors/openings" of the
pockets" mean?
machines.
When should we expect to see the list of how 95 property locations will be The division of the work will be decided
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divided? upon negotiation of the contract.
You can bid for any part of this contract
After we receive the list/information on the properties will we choose
19 even if you cannot supply the entire
which group to bid or will we bid both groups on the property list ?
portfolio for SHA.
END OF RFP ADDENDUM # 1