Lexington Granicus #10-26-0001

Utility operations, billing, rate studies, and stormwater consulting for the City of Lexington

The City of Lexington is seeking consulting support to strengthen utility operations, billing, and financial planning. - Government buyer: City of Lexington, City Administration, Financial Services, in Davidson County, North Carolina. - Requested services: - Assess utility operations, organizational readiness, information flows, financial practices, data controls, and management tools. - Map end-to-end processes and develop practical policies, standard operating procedures, and management tools. - Review centralized utility billing and data integrity, including water meter reading and billing controls, sanitation billing for trash and recycling, and third-party billing and data exchanges. - Conduct comprehensive water and sewer rate and system development fee studies. - Analyze stormwater billing and finances and develop an equitable, workable, legally supportable, understandable, and sustainable fee framework. - Support implementation through practical deliverables such as process maps, reconciliations, queries, data-cleanup assistance, financial models, training, and transition steps. - Important scope boundaries: The work is not a financial statement audit, forensic investigation, or individual employee performance review. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, vendors, or specific products are named in the provided materials.

Description

The City of Lexington invites proposals from experienced consulting firms or multidisciplinary teams to support Project ALIGN, a utility organizational readiness and financial strategy initiative. The work includes operational and organizational assessment, process mapping, policy and SOP development, billing and data integrity controls, a water and sewer rate study, a system development fee study, stormwater billing and financial analysis, and implementation support. The engagement is intended to produce practical, usable deliverables such as process maps, policies, financial models, reconciliations, training, and transition steps, rather than only a report. The project is not a financial statement audit, forensic investigation, or individual employee performance review.

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