Santa Barbara Planet bids #RFP No. 5143

Water and Wastewater Utility Rate Studies and Ten-Year Financial Plans

The City of Santa Barbara is seeking a qualified consultant to review and plan rates for its Water and Wastewater utilities. - Government buyer: City of Santa Barbara, Water Resources Department, through the Purchasing Department. - Requested services: Two independent, comprehensive cost-of-service rate studies, one for each utility, with a ten-year financial plan for each. - Analyze revenue needs, operating and maintenance costs, capital requirements, debt, reserves, affordability, and applicable-law compliance. - Review rate structures and recommend rates, including four-year rate recommendations; provide financial models, staff training, reports, and public outreach and presentations. - Optional work may include capacity-charge analysis and additional rate-design or affordability analyses. - Named prospective bidders: Bartle Wells Associates; Bell Burnett & Associates; BKF Engineers; CA Traffic Solution; Carollo Engineers; Civil Environmental Survey Group, Inc. (CES); Cyber Nirvana LLC; Earth Systems Pacific; Envicom Corporation; HDR Engineering, Inc.; HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc.; Hydro Environmental Technologies; Joseph Construction and Consulting, Inc.; Kearns & West; MGT Impact Solutions, LLC; Midwest Valley Corp; NBS; NewGen Strategies and Solutions, LLC; Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc.; Robert D. Niehaus, Inc.; Spheros Environmental; Surf To Snow Environmental Resource Management; and Willdan Financial Services. These are prospective bidders, not selected contractors or awardees. - OEMs and products: No product manufacturers, products, part numbers, or product quantities are identified; this is a professional-services procurement. - Notable planning target: The City plans to adopt the ten-year plans and implement rate adjustments for FY2029. - Period of performance: Work is expected to begin in early 2027. No end date, total duration, or option years are stated; this is not an annual subscription.

Description

The City of Santa Barbara is seeking proposals from qualified professional firms to conduct two independent, comprehensive cost-of-service rate studies for its Water and Wastewater utilities. The work includes preparing a Ten-Year Financial Plan for each utility and proposing rate adjustments needed to cover the costs of operating, maintaining, and upgrading both systems. The full scope and requirements are provided in the RFP. Proposals are to be submitted electronically through PlanetBids by October 28, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.

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