Design Services for the Grape Street Elementary School Signage Project in the community of Watts

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) is seeking a design firm to provide services for the Grape Street Elementary School Signage Project. The project aims to design school signage and placemaking improvements, including crosswalks, speed limit signs, and other traffic calming measures. The selected firm will be responsible for assisting LANI and the project steering committee in designing school signage, engaging community stakeholders, and ensuring that the objectives for creating safer, less traumatic, and less stressful school passage are achieved. Key tasks include developing innovative and participatory engagement strategies, attending community meetings, and developing schematic designs for a school signage element program. • The project is funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. • The successful proposer will also engage an expert in trauma-informed services or a child safety expert to guide the design. • The firm will be required to provide proof of compliance with all Standard Provisions for City Personal Services Contracts and other applicable laws and regulations. • The evaluation criteria include experience working in underserved communities, comparable project experience, knowledge of the City of Los Angeles design precedents, and project cost.