Washougal Veterans Memorial – Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Engineering Services

Notice is hereby given that the City of Washougal is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from qualified multidisciplinary consultant teams to provide professional landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, and related services for the Washougal Veterans Memorial project.

• A complete, permanent memorial recognizing all six branches of the United States Armed Forces and supporting ceremonies, reflection, education, and year-round visitation.
• An ADA-compliant arrival and circulation system, including an appropriate accessible parking or drop-off strategy, continuous accessible route, gathering area, seating, and viewing experience.
• A respectful layout that protects graves, supports cemetery access and operations, and addresses utilities, drainage, maintenance, adjacent uses, and future cemetery needs.
• Durable, maintainable monument, hardscape, landscape, flagpole, recognition, lighting, and ceremonial elements appropriate to the site and Pacific Northwest climate.
• A complete base project that can be bid and constructed within available funding without depending on a later phase or future fundraising. Optional bid alternates may address enhancements only after the base project is complete and affordable.

Washougal Memorial Cemetery is an approximately 13-acre active cemetery established in the 1850s and acquired by the City in 1944. It is the resting place of nearly 4,000 people, including more than 500 veterans, and supports ongoing interments, visitation, maintenance, and commemorative events.

A consultant prepared a conceptual site study in 2024 that evaluated potential locations, access, orientation, and preliminary memorial elements. The study identified a general development area and explored accessible parking and routes. The study will be provided as reference material and is not a final design or required solution. The selected consultant is expected to use verified prior information efficiently, identify items requiring confirmation, and retain responsibility for its professional work.

The existing Veterans Memorial will remain in place as a separate feature. Relocation, alteration, reconstruction, or incorporation of the existing memorial into the new memorial is not part of this project.

The City submitted required materials to the Washington State Department of Commerce and initiated tribal consultation under Executive Order 21-02 on August 18, 2026. The consultant must comply with the completed review and any resulting conditions. No ground-disturbing investigation or work may occur until the City provides written authorization.