Carbon Management Zones Consulting

The Colorado Energy Office, on behalf of the State of Colorado, is soliciting Documented Quote EFAA 27-170 for Carbon Management Zones consulting services, with written questions due November 13, 2026 at 5 PM and quotes due December 4, 2026 at 5 PM. No set-asides are designated, and cost is the primary consideration in award determination. Respondents must submit their most competitive pricing. Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business respondents must provide U.S. Small Business Administration certification documentation if applicable.

The Colorado Energy Office issues the quote in coordination with the Energy and Carbon Management Commission, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Public Utilities Commission, Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado State Forest Service, Colorado State University, and Colorado State Land Board. The contractor must aggregate, clean, and structure interagency data for the Thermal Opportunity Mapping (TOM) platform, identifying areas in Colorado suitable for Direct Air Capture, Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage, Mineralization, Soil-based Carbon Storage, Forest Management, and Geologic Sequestration. Five tasks comprise the scope: project management, agency coordination and mapping prioritization, dataset aggregation and cleaning, spatial analysis and case studies, and optional Carbon Management Pathway Briefs. Spatial deliverables must be natively consumable in ArcGIS products, with File Geodatabase preferred for static data and EPSG:4326 or EPSG:3857 used wherever possible. Required documentation includes a data dictionary, data lineage log, and FGDC/ISO-compliant metadata. All deliverables must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and the contractor must comply with Colorado AI governance policies, including written AI-use disclosure and prohibitions on entering confidential state data into public AI systems. Respondents must also complete a Vendor Disclosure Statement identifying any services performed outside the United States or Colorado.

The maximum budget is $150,000 in federal funds from the Colorado Energy Office's Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Planning Grant. Payment is fixed-fee per deliverable upon State acceptance of milestones, with monthly invoices due by the 10th day of each month. Travel and per diem must be included in total pricing under State Fiscal Rule 5-1, with travel time billed at half the full rate. Written inquiries are due November 13, 2026. Award notification is estimated for December 14, 2026, with a purchase order start date of January 15, 2027, and a contract term ending no later than June 30, 2027.