Active SLED Opportunity · COLORADO · COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES
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Colorado Springs Utilities requests proposals for professional engineering services to assess variable costs of water delivery, develop a cost calculation tool, and support capital budget planning for water delivery alternatives.
Colorado Springs Utilities is requesting proposals from qualified Respondents with demonstrated experience in long-term water rights, raw water conveyance and storage, electrical rates and pumping power costs, water treatment, and finished water distribution. The selected Respondent shall provide professional engineering services as described below: 1. Identify and quantify both the variable operational and variable capital costs in delivering water from source to customer tap for multiple delivery alternatives. 2. Develop a spreadsheet-based tool (or alternate easy-to-implement option) to calculate variable operational costs, for Utilities use following completion of the work. Utilities intends to use the tool in ongoing internal evaluations. 3. The work will inform future analyses and capital budget prioritization decisions related to the delivery alternatives. The delivery alternatives will help to quantify the major barriers and costs to fully treat all locally available water supplies and will enable comparison of alternative configurations. **Solicitation Type**: RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal) **Source ID**: PU.AG.USA.1243.C18118176 **Piggyback Contract**: No **Question Acceptance Deadline**: 06/17/2026 05:00 PM EDT **Questions are submitted online**: Yes **Bid Submission Type**: Electronic Bid Submission **Owner Organization**: Water Infrastructure Planning **Solicitation Number**: RFP-RP-G8473 **Reference Number**: 0000423098 **Pricing**: In attached document **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Bid Documents | Documents defining the proposal | Yes | No | **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Bid Documents | Documents defining the proposal | Yes | No | **Pre-Bidding Events**: Event Type: Optional Pre-Proposal Meeting | Attendance: Recommended | Event date: 05/27/2026 04:30 PM EDT | Location: Leon Young Service Center 1521 Hancock Expressway, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Room: Culebra Peak | Event Note: Respondents planning to attend should RSVP to Ryan Plumstead no later than 48 hours in advance and provide the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of all attendees. This information shall be provided via email at rplumstead@csu.org In person attendance is recommended and preferred for this Pre-Proposal Meeting. A Microsoft Teams meeting invite can be provided upon request.
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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