The Southwestern Community College District (SCCD), located South of San Diego and extending to theU.S. – Mexico border, is one of seventy-two community college districts in the California CommunityCollege system. It serves as the primary source of higher education for approximately 400,000 residentsof the South San Diego County area including the communities of Bonita, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach,National City, Nestor, Otay Mesa, Palm City, San Ysidro, Sunnyside, and Coronado.The college began offering classes to 1,675 students in 1961, with temporary quarters at Chula Vista HighSchool. Groundbreaking for the present 156-acre campus was in 1963. By September of 1964, initialconstruction was complete and classes were held for the first time on the present Otay Lakes Road site inChula Vista. In addition to its main campus in Chula Vista, Southwestern College has established four (4)center sites, the Southwestern College Education Center at San Ysidro (1988), the Higher Education Centerin National City (1998), the Higher Education Center in Otay Mesa (2007), and Crown Cove Aquatic Center.The college also provides off-campus classes at several extension centers throughout the district. Currentenrollment is nearly 26,000 students and more than 600,000 students have attended SouthwesternCollege since it opened its doors. The District employs approximately 1,400 employees (full and parttime).The District successfully passed Proposition AA in 2000 for $89 million of which all funds have beenutilized, followed by successfully passing its $389 million Proposition R in November 2008, of which $290million of Build America Bonds (BAB) and General Obligation Bonds (GOB) have been received to date.Additionally, the District successfully passed its $400 million Proposition Z in November of 2016, ensuringcontinuity in the execution of the District’s 2018 Facilities Master Plan.PURPOSE OF SOLICITATIONThe purpose of this Solicitation is to seek qualified consultants, firms, or companies, (hereinafter“Consultant”) interested in providing the District with a comprehensive classification and compensationreview of positions on an on-call/as needed basis to ensure the currency and consistency ofjob/classification descriptions and the appropriate placement on the District’s salary schedules.SUBMISSIONTime is of the essence in this solicitation. The District seeks responses to this solicitation no later than10.00 a.m. on June 6, 2023, via e-mail to swcbidsandproposals@swccd.edu. The responses must besubmitted in a single attachment in Word, or PDF format and not exceed file size of 10MB. Responseswith documents exceeding 10MB in size please save documents to a smaller file size and send as separateemails. Subject line of e-mail containing response should read “name of your company/submittal ofResponse for Classification & Compensation Reviews as Needed/On-Call Basis.”SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Request for Proposal No. 2223-0187Classification & Compensation Reviews as Needed/On-Call Basis4PRESENTATIONS/INTERVIEWSThe review committee may feel the need to conduct interviews, Proposers will be shortlisted and will berequired to make oral and visual presentations. Should the review committee feel the need to interviewthe shortlisted Proposers, all interviews/presentations will be conducted on a date selected by the reviewcommittee and will be held between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM. The Consultant team identifiedto work with the District for the services identified in this solicitation must be present for the Interview.Oral presentations will be evaluated and will be subjected to a selection criteria.REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATIONSAll requests for clarifications and information related to this solicitation must be sent via email directedto: swcbidsandproposals@swccd.edu no later than 4:00PM on May 26, 2023.
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