SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District seeks qualified firms to provide copyediting and design services for the Community Emissions Reduction Plan for Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco. The project focuses on producing the draft and final CERP documents with an emphasis on environmental justice and air quality improvement. Proposals are due by May 7, 2026.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“Air District”) is creating an Assembly Bill 617 (AB 617) Community Emissions Reduction Plan (CERP) for the Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco region. The Air District seeks quotes for production support of the CERP. In collaboration with the Community Steering Committee (CSC) and Air District partners, the selected contractor shall assist in the production of the CERP document at two stages: 1) Copyediting of the Draft CERP, and 2) Copyediting and Design of the Final CERP.
The Air District is the government agency responsible for protecting air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Air District is tasked with regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma counties. It is governed by a 24-member Board of Directors composed of locally elected officials from each of the nine counties. The Air District’s mission is to improve air quality to protect public health, reduce historical and current environmental inequities, and mitigate climate change and its impacts.
The Air District aims to achieve its mission through many strategic goals, including: reducing and eliminating health problems caused by air pollution, achieving and maintaining air quality standards, leading the Bay Area’s efforts to fight global climate change, creating high-quality regulatory programs, and applying environmental best practices in all operations. To do so, the Air District regulates air pollution emissions from stationary emission sources such as factories, refineries, and power plants, and from smaller facilities like gas stations and dry cleaners. The Air District ensures that such facilities comply with air pollution laws and regulations, provides incentives to replace older, higher-emitting vehicles and equipment with cleaner alternatives, and gives grants and provides outreach to encourage healthy clean air choices by businesses and consumers. The Air District implements these efforts with an equity focus, aiming to reduce air quality disparities and promote environmental justice by targeting local air pollution in overburdened communities.
Technical expertise, size and structure of the firm and personnel assigned to RFQ tasks; firm’s ability to perform and complete the work in a professional and timely manner.
“Size and structure of firm” refers to the ability of a firm’s size to meet the needs of the Air District. It does not give absolute preference to larger or smaller firms.
Past experience of the firm and, in particular, experience of the firm working on projects of similar scope for other governmental agencies.
Responsiveness of the proposal, based upon a clear understanding of the work to be performed.
Cost effectiveness and reasonable fee structure.
Quality and applicability of references.
The Air District gives preferences to local businesses. “Local business” means that a firm’s headquarters is located within the nine counties of the Air District’s jurisdiction. Bidder must include a statement in their proposal self-certifying that the bidder qualifies as a local business to receive points for this criteria.
Speed and thoroughness of responding to inquiries, requests and number of days. Ability to provide full-time foreign language assistance to prospective participants.
Proposed plan to target customers. The advertising plan will be evaluated for effectiveness and the ability to reach as many prospective customers in the Bay Area as possible.
Provide the full name and title of the point of contact for this RFQ.
Provide the full email address of the point of contact noted above.
Is the project manager that will be assigned different than the designated firm representative noted above?
Provide the full name of the project manager.
Provide the full e-mail address of the project manager.
As of the submission deadline, the respondent shall have:
Certify that your firm meets the minimum qualifications set forth in the RFQ.
State overall approach to Community Emissions Reduction Plan for Bayview Hunters Point / Southeast San Francisco, including the objectives and scope of work.
Describe your firm’s related and relevant experience in providing similar services to governmental organizations, if any.
Provide three (3) work samples that the firm has completed in areas relevant to the services sought in this RFQ. Include the client, a description of the nature of the work, and the size and complexity of the project.
Provide a detailed description of the approach and methodology to be used to accomplish the scope of work. Do not simply restate or paraphrase information in this RFP or the Scope of Work in your response.
Provide projected milestones or benchmarks for completing the project within the total time allowed.
Describe the proposed management structure, program monitoring procedures, and organization of the proposed team. Provide a statement addressing your firm’s ability and willingness to commit and maintain staffing to successfully provide the services requested in the RFQ.
Provide the following information about the staff to be assigned to the project:
List any subcontractors that will be used and the work to be performed by them. Include the estimated number of hours or percentage of time the subcontractors will spend under the contract.
If no subcontractors will be used, please respond here with: "N/A"
Provide a minimum of three (3) references of other, similar projects including company name or public entity, contact name, title, phone number and e-mail address for all references listed. For each reference, include a description of services provided and dates the services were provided. The Air District reserves the right to contact references to verify and validate the information provided.
All working papers are the property of the Air District. Respondent hereby acknowledges that if the respondent firm is awarded the contract, the firm will retain project related papers and related reports for a minimum of five (5) years.
Address possible conflicts of interest or appearance of impropriety regarding other clients of the firm that could be created by providing services to the Air District. Describe procedures to be followed to detect and resolve any conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety. The Air District reserves the right to consider the nature and extent of such work in evaluating the quote.
If no conflicts of interest, please respond here with: "N/A"
“Generative AI (GenAI)” means an artificial intelligence system that can generate derived synthetic content, including text, images, video, and audio that emulates the structure and characteristics of the system's training data (Gov. Code § 11549.64.). Respondents must include a statement disclosing:
If GenAI will be used during contract performance, the quote must include a brief description of its use.
If awarded a contract, all work performed must comply with applicable state, federal, and local laws and regulations, including any restrictions or disclosure requirements related to the use of GenAI.
Provide the following regarding fees/cost:
If needed, upload any additional information or other essential data that may assist in the evaluation of your quote.
NOTE: DO NOT INCLUDE ANY COST INFORMATION HERE
Respondent hereby certifies that all information provided within this quote is accurate to the best of their knowledge. Respondent acknowledges that they have examined and carefully studied all solicitation documents and any addenda and that they have provided any necessary proof of their authority to submit a quote on behalf of the Company thereby committing the Company to the information contained within.
Briefly describe the services within which you are looking for qualified service providers.
Provide your response in a format as if filling in the highlighted blank of the statement below:
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“Air District”) seeks proposals from qualified firms to provide _____________________.
Do you want to include an estimated budget in the request?
What is the established budget amount for this project?
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Do you want to include a preference for local business?
Select all pieces of the technical proposal that you wish to require. You will be given the ability to modify existing requirements and add any additional requirements as necessary for this individual RFP by updating the Proposal Format, Content, and Submittal (Vendor Questionnaire) section.
Do you wish to utilize the electronic pricing table available within OpenGov Procurement? Do you wish to obtain a full breakdown of fees and other costs submitted by Proposers within the Vendor Questionnaire? You may choose to use both if you wish.
An example of when you may wish to use both is to obtain consistent pricing for a project through the electronic pricing table for an easier evaluation process but you may also wish to receive a more in depth breakdown via an uploaded file as well.
Select the evaluation criteria that you will be applying to the review and scoring of the proposals received in response to this RFP. The evaluation committee will be scoring all criteria that you select here and any additional criteria you add to this individual RFP. You may add additional criteria and modify the options for these later in the creation process.
Which contract type is the applicable type that will be awarded as a result of this RFP?
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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