Current solicitations

In May of 2019, the Washington State Legislature identified the need for services for individuals with behavioral health needs, and that there is a shortage of behavioral health workers in Washington. The legislature recognized the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as a nationally competitive program with the expertise to establish innovative clinical inpatient and outpatient care for individuals with behavioral health needs and train the next generation of behavioral health providers. The facility must provide a minimum of fifty long-term civil commitment beds, fifty geriatric/voluntary psychiatric beds, and fifty to sixty licensed medical/surgery beds, with the capacity to treat patients with psychiatric diagnoses and/or substance use disorders. The project must also include a 24/7 telehealth consultation program within the facility. Additional scope includes: 1) procedural area for electroconvulsive therapy, and neuromodulation to support patients' commitment to community-based living and health care; 2) capacity to conduct comprehensive workforce training and development for behavioral health and general health care providers. Program needs to support the building include kitchen facilities, increased utility service capacity, parking and visitor amenities. Planning for this project, including a predesign, site selection, an environmental impact statement, and the development of a functional program and operational plan, is underway. The selected builder may support this process by estimating site development costs and enabling projects, evaluating site constructability and constructing enabling projects required to build on the chosen site.