Public Notice
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS – INVITATION FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
HAPPY CAMP COMMUNITY HEAT RESILIENCE PROJECT ENGINEER
for Happy Camp Community Action, Inc
Notice is hereby given that Happy Camp Community Action, Inc (HCCA) is soliciting Project Management Services in support of the Happy Camp Community Heat Resilience Project from qualified contractors.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) for this solicitation is attached to this email and will be posted @www.happycampstrong.org
Project Overview
Happy Camp Community Action, Inc (HCCA) is seeking a qualified and experienced independent Engineer/Architecture firm for the purpose of gaining local building code acceptance for the structural use of wood wool cement large wall elements, Swiftwalls as part of the Happy Camp – Community Heat Resilience Project (HC-CHRP).
Submit To / Project Contact
Submit questions regarding the project or RFP to Abigail Yeager at [email protected] by June 27, 2025, @5PM (PST).
Submit your proposal to Jasmine Borgatti at [email protected] by July 7, 2025 @5pm (PST).
Schedule
RFP Release June 23, 2025
Questions accepted through June 27, 2025; 5:00pm
Responses to questions sent out by July 1, 2025
Proposal Due Date July 7, 2025; 5:00pm
RFP Award Date TBD
Organization Background/Overview
Happy Camp Community Action, Inc (HCCA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Happy
Camp, CA. HCCA is managing a California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
Extreme Heat grant to collaboratively create a Community Resilience Center Project Roadmap that
outlines the services, form, and function of a Resilience Center in our community.Mission: Community
Action for Rural Economic Stability Vision: To be a leader for collaborative action in providing
resources to support the cycle of resilience.
Current Situation
Happy Camp is a small, rural, unincorporated town located in Northwestern Siskiyou County in
Northern California surrounded by federally managed forestland (Klamath National Forest) that needs
post-fire restoration and forest thinning. Happy Camp’s economy declined in the early 1990s when
timber harvesting was severely reduced. As a result, the local mills that relied on Federal timber were
forced to shut down. In 2020 due to an extreme weather event the Slater and Devil Fires took 2 lives,
burned over 166,000 acres, and destroyed more than 200 homes in Happy Camp. Currently,
community members and local collaborators are seeking to develop a resilience plan to address the
effects of extreme heat and develop a business that will simultaneously create jobs, provide a cost-
effective means of reducing wildfire risk in the region by utilizing biomass and/or small diameter trees
harvested during wildfire hazard reduction management treatments, and ultimately lead to the
implementation of building a community resilience center.
Project Objectives
Gaining local building code acceptance for the structural use of wood wool cement large wall
elements, Swiftwalls. HCCA has been awarded grant funding to further our feasibility and business
planning for a Wood Wool Cement-Large Wall Element (WWC-LWE) pilot-scale manufacturing facility
that is part of a larger Biomass Campus Project. Our goal is to develop a pilot-scale manufacturing
approach and determine the market for the product (Swiftwalls), to clear a path for building approvals
in the Siskiyou County area.
Proposal Requirements
Firm Information
Provide the firm’s name, address, website URL and telephone number. Include name, title and e-mail
address of the individual who will serve as the firm’s primary contact. Include a brief description and
history of your firm.
Experience and References
Proposals should include a list of 3-5 references for similar projects that your firm has completed.
References should include contact information.
Project Approach
Please explain your project approach, style and process.
Schedule and Timeline
All required deliverables to be completed within 12 months of signed contract. Include a proposed
timeline for the different phases of the project.
Cost
Proposals must include the estimated cost for all work related to the required deliverables.
Provide Biographies of Key Staff
Please include a summary of the experience of all key staff.
Required Deliverables
Development of the architectural, structural and envelope documentation required for use in
permitting a Swiftwall single family home and commercial/community center demonstration
project in the Happy Camp area.
o High-Level Architectural Renderings combining WWC-LWE and Mass Timber design for
both a single family home and a commercial/community center facility.
o Prototypical Swiftwall architectural and envelope details to be developed from a pre-
approved home/commercial design.
o Structural engineering
Material testing for fire rating and flame spread and insulative factors.
Engage with local building code officials and Karuk Tribe to establish a performance-based
pathway to building code acceptance of wood wool cement large wall elements in the use of
home and commercial construction.
Minimum of 1 (one) testing lab visit and 2 (two) site visits to Happy Camp.