AS27-124 Emerging Contaminants Technical Assistant Provider

The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) requires assistance from a contractor to help public drinking water systems address emerging contaminants.

The selected contractor will assist small or disadvantaged community public water systems by completing feasibility studies, estimates, concept designs, or other requested materials in order to help public water systems apply for emerging contaminant remediation funding.

This project will be a five year contract ending on January 2nd, 2032. Key deliverables include feasibility studies and reports, pilot testing results, State Revolving Fund (SRF) funding applications, and concept project design.

The contractor shall provide licensed professional engineers with demonstrated experience delivering engineering technical assistance to small and rural community public water systems in the Mountain West Region to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants. Any specific experience in Utah will be preferred. [...]

A public water system is defined as small if it serves a population of less than or equal to 10,000 people.

The Division will solicit qualifying water systems using a service request form and provide the contractor with a list of systems to receive assistance. [...]

The contractor must contact each of the assigned public water systems to schedule site visits, coordinate research, and collect water quality samples for evaluation of PFAS or other emerging contaminants treatment planning and design, alternate options, and financial cost modeling.

Technical personnel will need to be able to coordinate and provide assistance relating to the following modules:

• Module A: Evaluate Water System Capacity to Remediate Emerging Contaminants
• Module B: Develop a Planning Report and Technical Design for Emerging Contaminants Remediation
• Module C: Submit Funding Applications

Project Deliverables

• Provide monthly reports using a service log template (Attachment D); (included for informational purposes only) reflecting systems assisted and activities undertaken.
• Provide designated individual(s) to serve as points of contact for the Division and systems.
• Submit monthly invoices that include an itemized list of hours worked, along with a detailed description of the tasks or activities completed for each hour, and hourly rate per employee.
• Assist water systems with the submission of a completed SRF application to the Utah Drinking Water Board.

**Mandatory** minimums: Offeror MUST certify they can meet the Scope of Work. Offeror MUST upload a Technical Response. Offeror MUST upload a Cost Proposal.

This project will begin at the execution of the contract and end January 2nd, 2032 or after the project budget is fully expended. The initial budget is **$1,100,000**.

Offerors that achieve minimum score threshold of **490** will proceed to the Final Stage: Cost Proposal Evaluation. Offerors with a score of less than the minimum required technical points will be deemed non-responsive and ineligible for further consideration.

The Offeror with the lowest total cost will receive 300, or 100% of the total cost points. [...] The formula to compute the points is: Cost Points x (Lowest Proposed Price/Proposed Price).

The contractor must be registered as a vendor with the State of Utah and submit a completed W-9 form in order to receive payment.

All questions must be submitted through U3P during the question and answer period.