Firm_Experience_.pdf

This is a Firm Experience Qualifications document from the City of Palo Alto, California, requesting documentation of a consulting firm's relevant project experience. The form requires firms to provide detailed information on up to four comparable projects, including project name, client, description of work performed, total project cost, the percentage of work for which the firm was responsible, and the period during which the work was completed. Firms must also provide client contact information including name, title, and phone number for reference purposes. The document includes evaluation criteria requiring firms to indicate whether they met project schedules and budgets, with space for brief statements explaining the firm's adherence to both schedule and budget parameters for each listed project.

This qualifications submission is associated with a consulting services opportunity for the City of Palo Alto Utilities related to developing a Fiber Enterprise Strategy and Pro Forma. The project requires qualified consultants to create an updateable financial model and decision-support analysis to evaluate the financial sustainability and future direction of the City's fiber enterprise, encompassing existing dark fiber services, backbone investments, internal City use, residential fiber internet service, and potential future service offerings and expansion. The consultant must develop a transparent, staff-maintainable financial model supporting scenario analysis and informed planning decisions, with supporting market, customer, operating, and future-service analysis focused on validating key model assumptions and evaluating financial implications of potential future investments, including timing, sequencing, scale, and operating approach for potential expansion phases.