651666-event.pdf

Awarded To: The Balmoral Group

Awarded to Balmoral Group for the best value offer with the highest total score.

Price Elasticity of Demand for Water Supply

Open 9/27/2018 8:00 AM MDT Type Request for Proposal No Line Item

Close 10/24/2018 2:00 PM MDT Number AS19039 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 10/24/2018 2:00 PM MDT

Contacts

Ann Schliep aschliep@utah.gov

Commodity Codes

Commodity Code Description

77100 Environmental management including natural resources management and conservation strategy planning services and environmental testing and lab services including air quality

80160 Business administration services including management and operations services and inventory management and facilities oversight

83100 Utilities including gas and power and water and sewer and electricity and utilities management and consulting services, and alternative forms of energy, solar panels and servicing

84120 Banking and investment including funds transfer and investment advice and securities and commodities markets services and mortgage banking and cash vault services

Description

Issuing Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Purchasing Conducting Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Water Resources

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Price Elasticity of Demand for Water Supply

SOLICITATION #AS19039

This Request for Proposals (“RFP”), having been determined to be the appropriate procurement method to provide the best value to the Conducting Procurement Unit, is designed to provide interested Offerors with sufficient basic information to submit proposals. This Request for Proposals ("RFP”) is issued in accordance with the Utah Procurement Code and applicable administrative rules of the Utah Administrative Code. If any provision of this RFP conflicts with the Utah Procurement Code or Utah Administrative Code, then the Utah Procurement Code or Utah Administrative Code will take precedence. It is not intended to limit a proposal's content or exclude any relevant or essential data. Offerors are at liberty and are encouraged to expand upon the specifications to evidence service capability.

Purpose of this Solicitation

The purpose of this RFP is to enter into a contract to provide: study the price elasticity of demand for water in the state of Utah.

The study will include a thorough review of applicable economic and other peer-reviewed literature, including estimates of impact on:

i. water demand changes resulting from water rate increases; and

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ii. changes in the rate of development from impact fee increases.

The study should also include a section focused on the price elasticity of water demand specifically in Kane and Washington counties in Utah.

The contracting agency is the Utah Division of Water Resources. The Division is working with the Legislative Water Development Commission, Executive Water Finance Board, the Board of Water Resources, and the State’s Municipal Advisor in directing and performing the work under this RFP and may require the firm to consult with these entities from time to time.

It is anticipated that this RFP will result in a single contract award to the responsive and responsible offeror with the highest score justified by the procurement code.

Closing date and time

The closing date and time for this sourcing event is 10/24/2018 02:00 PM Mountain Time. If your time is different from that shown, your profile may be set to a different time zone. Please see the attachment titled "Changing Your Time Zone" in the Buyer Attachments section for directions on how to update your profile. It is your responsibility to make sure you submit your response by the date and time indicated above.

Length of the Contract

The contract resulting from this RFP will be for FIVE (5) years or until completion of the project - whichever comes first. It is anticipated that the project should be completed within about 6 months.

Background

In 2016, the Utah State Legislature passed Senate Bill 251, which requires additional rule making for projects that would be funded through the State’s Water Infrastructure Restricted Account (WIRA). The WIRA was established by the Legislature in 2015 to provide funding for large water development projects. Potential projects include the Lake Powell Pipeline Project and Bear River Development and federal water infrastructure repair and replacement within the State if there is no federal funding available for those projects. The Lake Powell Pipeline Project, which is currently in the federal environmental and cultural resource compliance phase, is of particular interest.

The Lake Powell Pipeline Development Act

The Lake Powell Pipeline Development Act directs the Board of Water Resources to make rules, build the Lake Powell Pipeline project subject to funding of the project, and contract for the sale of developed water and operation of the project. It also creates and sets forth the duties of a Project Management Committee; authorizes the building of hydroelectric generating works; authorizes the local water districts to use, exchange, or sell developed water; and establishes an enterprise fund for the operation and maintenance of the project.

The project would transport water through a pipeline from Lake Powell to the Sand Hollow Reservoir near Hurricane, Utah. The Water Right for this project is in name of the State of Utah. This water is part of Utah’s allocation of the Colorado River as defined by the 1922 Colorado River Compact and the 1948 Upper Colorado River Compact. DWRe submitted environmental and cultural resource information to FERC as part of the State’s license application in June of 2016. The NEPA process commenced with the filling of the pre-application document with FERC.

Issuing Procurement Unit, Conducting Procurement Unit, and Solicitation Number

The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is the issuing procurement unit and State of Utah Division of Water Resources is the conducting procurement unit for this RFP (referred to as “the State”). The reference number for this RFP is Solicitation #AS19039. This solicitation number must be referred to on all proposals, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this RFP.

Additional Information

Offerors are prohibited from communications regarding this RFP with the conducting procurement unit staff, evaluation committee members, or other associated individuals EXCEPT the State of Utah Division of Purchasing procurement officer overseeing this RFP.

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Wherever in this RFP an item is defined by using a trade name, brand name, or a manufacturer and/or model number, it is intended that the words, “or equivalent” apply; and invites the submission of equivalent products by the Offerors.

Offerors may be required to submit product samples to assist the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority in evaluating whether a procurement item meets the specifications and other requirements set forth in the request for proposals. Product samples must be furnished free of charge unless otherwise stated in the invitation for proposals, and if not destroyed by testing, will upon written request within any deadline stated in the invitation for proposals, be returned at the Offeror's expense. Samples must be labeled or otherwise identified as specified in the invitation for proposals by the procurement unit.

The State reserves the right to conduct discussions with the Offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award, followed by an opportunity to make best and final offers pursuant to UCA § 63G-6a-707.5, but proposals may be accepted without discussions.

New Technology

Pursuant to Utah Administrative Rule R33-12-502 the awarded contract(s) may be modified to incorporate new technology or technological upgrades associated with the procurement item being solicited, including new or upgraded: (i) systems; (ii) apparatuses; (iii) modules; (iv) components; and (v) other supplementary items. Further, a maintenance or service agreement associated with the procurement item under the resulting contract(s) may be modified to include any new technology or technological upgrades. Any contract modification incorporating new technology or technological upgrades will be specific to the procurement item being solicited and substantially within the scope of the original procurement or contract.

Evaluation Administrative and Mandatory Minimum Requirement Compliance

Each proposal received shall be evaluated as outlined in this RFP and the Utah Procurement Code.

To be responsive and responsible Offerors must review and respond to the following sections of this RFP: prerequisites, buyer attachments, questions, and items.

• The Prerequisites section includes the objective and subjective criteria that will be used to evaluate the proposals, which include the mandatory minimum requirements, technical criteria, and other prerequisites that Offerors must read and agree to in order to respond to this RFP.

• The Buyer Attachments section includes the standard contractual terms and conditions of this RFP and other documents required for this RFP.

• The Questions section allows the State to ask Offerors questions regarding this RFP.

Offerors must review each section carefully.

To determine which proposal provides the best value to the conducting procurement unit, the evaluation committee shall evaluate each responsive and responsible proposal that has not been disqualified from consideration under the provisions of Part 7 of Utah Code 63G-6a, using the criteria described in this RFP.

After the evaluation and final scoring of proposals is completed, the State shall award the contract as soon as practicable (subject to the requirements of Utah Code Section 63G-6a-708) to the eligible responsive and responsible Offeror, subject to Utah Code Section 63G-6a-709(2), provided the RFP is not canceled in accordance with Utah Code Section 63G-6a-709(2)(b).

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Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

1. Offerors are encouraged to review this RFP prior to the deadline to submit a proposal, even if a proposal has been submitted, in case an addendum has been issued by the issuing procurement unit.

2. All questions must be submitted through SciQuest during the Question and Answer period.

3. Offeror must guarantee its pricing for the period described in this RFP.

4. If it is determined to be in the best interest of the Conducting Procurement Unit, interviews and presentations may be held at the option of the State.

5. Offerors may request that part of its proposal be protected by submitting a Claim of Business Confidentiality Form. See the Buyers Attachment section.

6. The proposed Scope of Work has been attached to this RFP in the Buyer's Attachment.

7.

The mandatory minimum requirements are the objective criteria in which the conducting procurement unit will evaluate proposals. Offerors must upload a document which provides a point by point response to the mandatory minimums listed in this prerequisite.

8.

To determine which proposal provides the best value to the State, the evaluation committee will evaluate each responsive and responsible proposal that has not been disqualified or rejected using the subjective criteria listed in this prerequisites section.

9. Offeror's cost proposals will be evaluated independently.

10.

All proposals in response to this RFP will be evaluated in a manner consistent with the Utah Procurement Code, Administrative Rules, policies and the evaluation criteria in this RFP. Offerors bear sole responsibility for the items included or not included within the proposal submitted by the Offeror. Each area of the evaluation criteria must be addressed in detail in the proposal.

11. Offeror may take exception and/or propose additional language to the Standard Terms and Conditions that have been attached to this RFP.

12. The issuing procurement unit may not accept a proposal after the time for submission of a proposal has expired.

13. Offeror acknowledges the requirements to submit a proposal through SciQuest.

14. Responses should be concise, straightforward and prepared simply and economically.

15. Proposals must be submitted electronically, through SciQuest.

Buyer Attachments

1. Claim of Business Confidentiality Form

2. Changing your Time Zone

3. Attachment A: Terms and Conditions for Services (Agency Contracts)

4. Attachment B: Scope of Work

5. Attachment C: Cost Sheet

6. Interactive Score Sheet for Informational purposes only.

Questions Required Questions

Group 1: Acceptance of Prerequisites

1.1 Is Offeror presently or has Offeror ever been debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible by any governmental department or agency, whether international, national, state, or local?

1.2

Offeror acknowledges that it must acquire and maintain all applicable federal, state, and local licenses before the contract is entered into. Licenses must be maintained throughout the entire contract period. Persons doing business as an Individual, Association, Partnership, Corporation, or otherwise shall be registered with the Utah State Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. NOTE: Forms and information on registration may be obtained by calling (801) 530-4849 or toll free at 877-526-3994, or by accessing:

www.commerce.utah.gov.

1.3

Offeror acknowledges that it has uploaded a document providing a point-by-point response to the following prerequisites: the mandatory minimum requirements prerequisite, the technical requirements prerequisite, and any other prerequisite that required a document to be uploaded.

1.4

In the event that an Offeror offers pricing discounts for educational entities that (1) are applicable to this solicitation and (2) result in lower pricing than what is generally offered to other governmental entities, please attach a separate cost proposal labeled “Educational Pricing” to your proposal. This cost proposal for Educational Pricing is to be submitted in addition to the original Cost Proposal Form and will only be available to authorized end users. The Educational Pricing will not be used to evaluate costs. Offeror acknowledges that it has read and understands this question.

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1.5 Does Offeror have an outstanding tax lien in the State of Utah? If yes, Offeror must provide a statement regarding its debarment or suspension.

1.6 Is Offeror an employee of the State of Utah? If yes, then Offeror must submit an external employment form signed by Offeror's manager at the State of Utah.

1.7 Offeror understands they must upload a completed Attachment C: Cost Sheet.

1.8 Offer understand they must upload their response to the technical criteria.

Group 2: Vendor Information

2.1 Please provide your firm's legal company name.

2.2 Please provide your federal tax identification number. (If the vendor is sole proprietor please do not provide your social security number.)

2.3 Please provide your firm's contact information for this contract, including the name, phone number, and email address of your firm's authorized representative.

2.4 Please provide your ordering address and the remit to address. Please clearly identify each address.

2.5 Please provide your firm's State of Utah Sales Tax ID Number. If you do not have a State of Utah Sales Tax ID Number, please write "N/A".

2.6 Identify your firm's type of business.