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RFP ECOSYSTEMS, CLIMATE CHANGE & COMMUNITY TECHNICAL SERVICES

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

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Posted On:  13 Aug 2021

Open for bidding on:  13 Aug 2021

Response Deadline:  21 Sep 2021 11:59 PM PDT

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Opportunity Amount:	$500K to $1M USD
Contract Length:	36 months
Response Deadline:	21 Sep 2021 11:59 PM PDT
	(Closed for response)
Award Date:	1 Dec 2021
Posting ID:	10983570(Doc3113947017)
Posting Type:	Request for Information
Public Posting:	https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/10983570

Product and Service Categories  Energy conservation programs Energy use reduction measures

Ship-to or Service Locations United States

Posting Summary

The firm(s) selected as the prime Contractor(s) will perform professional technical and environmental services for the Distributed Energy Strategy & Climate (DES&C) Program in coordination with other SMUD departments and external stakeholders as appropriate. The selected firm(s) will have the staff or subcontractor capacity capable of meeting the requirements of the Program, which are summarized as follows:

-        Ecosystem-related research project development, design, implementation & reporting integrated with utility and community scale renewable generation projects and their components, utility transmission & distribution corridors and other utility and public/private land holdings;-        Field Survey & Data Collection Support & Analysis including: ·       Biological resource field surveys·       Rare plant surveys·       Soil & biomass carbon testing·       Soil erosion and project hydrology assessments·       Research project field monitoring-        Land-based carbon opportunity assessment and use of carbon offset protocols or other market mechanisms to support.-        Project level cost-benefit and regional-scale economic & health benefit analysis, including stakeholder identification and assessments. -        Technical assessment of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation, capture and storage technologies in the electric power generation sector and SMUD’s service territory, including alternatives to refrigerants and other substances with high global warming potential;-        Interpretation of new climate science findings and methodologies and determination of relevance and potential physical impacts to SMUD; System-wide and asset level  vulnerability and risk assessments and recommendations to improve resilience and preparedness;-        Presentation of projects and findings in public and executive forums.  GIS, graphics, report and presentation capacity to support project requirements.-        Assistance in the development of grant proposals and other funding partnerships.-        Community development and design to leverage utility/public investments and promote multiple community objectives, including urban agriculture, urban forestry and greening, local entrepreneurship and business development, community resiliency, placemaking or other multi-purpose infrastructure.-        Coordination with the County, Cities, trustee or responsible agencies and NGOs with appropriate notification distances of the project boundaries, advertising, public outreach to include conduction of public workshops with displays and handouts-        Consultation on environmental permitting requirements and research exemptions for projects similar to SMUD’s projects in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), including requirements of federal, state and local agencies (SMUD’s Environmental Management department performs this function for SMUD projects – that work is not within the scope of this RFP).-        Miscellaneous project related services as needed
To the extent that the Contractor lacks specific expertise in any of the disciplines needed by the DES&C Program, a professional group of subcontractors or associate firms should be assembled to complement the Contractor’s technical and environmental expertise.

SMUD is a member of the The Climate Registry, as well as a mandatory reporter to the California Air Resources Board, and the US EPA, and has certified its emissions inventories with the California Registry. This RFP is NOT seeking certification services or programmatic guidance for SMUD’s reporting to TCR, EPA, or the ARB and is also NOT seeking primary CEQA or NEPA compliance support.

As required for specific projects, the Contractor will have access to relevant SMUD data and reports. SMUD staff will coordinate a data sharing request and the Contractor will be required to comply with all data security policies.