# Coalinga Civicplus #122

City of Coalinga Comprehensive User Fee Study and Supplemental Cost Allocation Analysis

**Posted:** October 05, 2026
**Respond By:** November 07, 2026
**Identifier:** 122
**NAICS:** 541611

The City of Coalinga Financial Services office is seeking a consultant to update its citywide user fees and analyze selected cost allocations.
- **Buyer:** City of Coalinga, Financial Services, Fresno County, California.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs or consulting firms are named in the opportunity; the City is seeking proposals from qualified consulting firms.
- **Requested services:**
  - Conduct a comprehensive user fee study, inventory and classify fees, analyze service costs and cost recovery, and recommend changes to the Master Fee Schedule.
  - Validate the City-provided cost allocation plan and approved overhead information, and perform supplemental position-level allocation analysis for Fire, Police, and other applicable positions not covered by the prior enterprise-related review.
  - Provide peer-agency and market comparisons, documented methods and assumptions, an editable fee model, staff training, and adoption and implementation support.
- **Notable requirements:** Recommendations must be legally supportable, account for statutory limits, customer impacts, subsidies, and possible phased implementation. Deliverables and tools must be editable and non-proprietary so City staff can maintain them without consultant software. Do not recreate the citywide cost allocation plan.
- **Out of scope:** Development impact fee nexus studies, utility commodity-rate studies, and establishing utility rates.
- **Quantities and part numbers:** No product purchases, quantities, or part numbers are specified.

### Description

The City of Coalinga is seeking proposals from qualified consulting firms for a comprehensive citywide user fee study and cost allocation analysis. The work includes reviewing adopted user fees and charges, estimating the reasonable cost of fee-supported services, evaluating cost recovery and subsidies, and recommending updates to the Master Fee Schedule. The consultant must use and validate the City-provided cost allocation information and complete supplemental position-level allocation analysis for Fire, Police, and other applicable positions not included in the City's recent review. A new citywide cost allocation plan and utility commodity rate studies are excluded from the scope.

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