This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Concord, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Contra Costa Water District (District) is soliciting proposals from firms to assist the District with its On-call Environmental Services for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 (Fiscal Years 2023-2024). The total contract authority for this effort is $700,000 over this period, as detailed in this document. The District is requesting that your firm submit a proposal as outlined in the following attachments: Attachment 1 - Project Description and Schedule Attachment 2 - Required Proposal Format Attachment 3 - Selection Criteria Attachment 4 - Preliminary Scope of Work Attachment 5 - District Standard Agreement for Professional Services Attachment 6 - Cost Information Attachment 7 - List of Firms Receiving Request for Proposal The primary purpose of this project is to support the District's access to specialized environmental services to support maintenance as well as ongoing or new construction projects. The District is seeking specialized terrestrial and aquatic species biological expertise to support the District's environmental compliance monitoring requirements. The selected consultant may also be requested to support the Planning Department staff on preparing documents pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the State and Federal Endangered Species Acts (ESA) and cultural resources (Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act). The District is an equal opportunity organization. The District requires that the successful consultant pay Prevailing Wage Rates to all personnel performing work for which wage determinations have been made by the Director of Industrial Relations, pursuant to California Labor Code section 1770 et sequitur. This Request for Proposal does not commit the District to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and presentation of submittals or to select any interested firm who responds. This solicitation covers only the work described herein and does not commit the District to any work beyond that described. If the District and selected firm are unable to establish mutually acceptable agreement language, this will constitute grounds for dismissal from further negotiations on this project, and the District will pursue negotiations with another firm. The top-ranking firms based on evaluation of the written proposals will be invited for an interview. The interview will be approximately one hour of which up to 30 minutes will be available for a presentation and 20 minutes will be for questions by the District. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of April 18, 2022. Interviews will be electronic using Microsoft Teams application. Final selection will be based on both the written proposal and interview scores as noted in Attachment No. 3. If you have any questions concerning this project, please contact Christine Schneider at (510) 406-1889. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time