Palm Springs Planet bids #RFQ 09-26

Palm Springs on-call environmental assessment and CEQA services

The City of Palm Springs is seeking qualified firms for an on-call pool of environmental assessment and CEQA services supporting City and private development projects. - Government buyer: City of Palm Springs, Procurement and Contracting Department. - Services requested: As-needed environmental reviews, CEQA documents and technical studies, peer review, public meeting and hearing support, responses to public comments, and mitigation monitoring and reporting. - Potential documents include Initial Studies, Environmental Impact Reports, Negative Declarations, and Mitigated Negative Declarations, along with related notices and filings. - NEPA expertise may be needed for assignments involving federal review. - Selection and assignments: The City may select multiple firms. Specific scopes, schedules, and costs will be defined through task orders; compensation is based on hourly rates. - Qualifications and requirements: Firms must have at least three years of experience preparing CEQA documents for California public agencies and managing reviews for projects of comparable size and complexity. Teams should demonstrate environmental analysis, mitigation, and public-agency review expertise, as well as familiarity with desert conditions in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. A City business license is required.

Description

The City of Palm Springs is requesting statements of qualifications from firms to provide on-call, as-needed environmental assessment and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) services for private development and City projects. Multiple firms may be selected to prepare environmental documents and technical studies, conduct peer review, support public meetings, and perform mitigation monitoring. Task-specific scopes, schedules, and costs will be requested for individual assignments. Responders must have at least three years of experience preparing CEQA documents for California public agencies and managing environmental reviews of comparable projects.

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