West San Bernardino County Water Dist Planet bids #1907

Consulting services to update SBMWD’s Cost of Services and Fee Study

The City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department is seeking a consultant to update its Cost of Services and Fee Study. - Government buyer: City of San Bernardino; San Bernardino Municipal Water Department (SBMWD), with the Water Department Finance office identified in the notice. - Requested service: One updated Cost of Services and Fee Study, using the prior study as a baseline. No equipment, product quantities, or part numbers are specified. - Review and validate the service inventory, existing fees, and changes in service delivery. - Analyze direct and indirect costs, including labor, benefits, operating expenses, overhead, and cost allocation; calculate fully allocated service costs and compare them with fees and revenue. - Recommend supportable fees and cost-recovery options, including analysis of cases where the Department may recover less than calculated cost. - Provide a transparent, reproducible methodology, editable analytical models, fee schedule, draft and final reports, presentations, and implementation support. - Vendors named: Bell Burnett & Associates, Blackburn Consulting, Carollo Engineers, MGT Impact Solutions, LLC, Motive Technologies, Inc., NBS, Water Resources Economics, LLC, and Webb Municipal Finance, LLC are identified as prospective bidders. No specific OEM or manufacturer is identified. - Notable requirements: Comparable cost-of-service or fee-study experience, at least three comparable-project references, and an experienced project manager; public-utility or government-agency experience is preferred. The proposal should include a task-based work plan, staffing and schedule, deliverables, assumptions and information needs, and task-based pricing; optional services should be priced separately. The template agreement also calls for City approval of subcontractors, specified insurance, and applicable California prevailing-wage compliance. - Contract term: The start, end, and duration are not specified; the template agreement runs from an effective date to an unfilled end date, with no option periods stated.

Description

The City of San Bernardino Water Department is seeking proposals from qualified consultants for an updated Cost of Services and Fee Study, using its prior study as a reference and baseline. The study will evaluate current service costs, review existing fees and charges, assess changes in service delivery and cost structures, and recommend fees and charges that reasonably reflect the costs of providing services. The work should provide a transparent, supportable, and reproducible methodology for calculating costs and evaluating cost recovery. Proposals are due electronically through PlanetBids by December 11, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

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