Recovery Capacity Study SOQ

The Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), is soliciting sealed Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) for Recovery Capacity Study. SOQs will be received on or before the day and time stated on the cover sheet. 

CAWCD desires to enter into a contract with a professional engineering consulting firm (Consultant) to study and evaluate recovery projects in the three Active Management Areas (AMA) to develop direct recovery facilities with a total capacity of 100,000 acre-feet per year.  The desired result of these studies is a better understanding of possible recovery infrastructure projects to pump long-term storage credits for introduction into the CAP aqueduct.

The effort to complete this work is expected to be considerable with specialists required in the areas of civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering; hydraulics, survey, and estimating.  CAWCD will supply existing information on CAWCD owned recharge facilities as necessary, however an extensive amount of field work and meeting/phone conferences with CAWCD personnel may be necessary.  This is anticipated to be a multi-phase project with this being considered phase one.  Additional phases may include exploratory well drilling or could lead directly into a construction phase for one or more facilities.

A MANDATORY PRE-SOQ SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE will be held on June 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM at CAWCD Headquarters, and also available virtually via MS Teams. 

All prospective proposers are required to attend the pre-submittal conference.  Attendance is a condition of participation in the solicitation and failure to attend will disqualify a submitted proposal.  Failure to attend will not be grounds for protest or contract claim.

Attendees must RSVP with Erin Reilly, Procurement Contract Administrator, at ereilly@cap-az.com no later than 4:00pm on June 16, 2026. Upon RSVP, confirmation with further instructions and link to virtual meeting will be provided.

The purpose of this meeting will be to clarify the contents of this SOQ. CAWCD personnel will present background information on the recovery capacity analysis. Respondents will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Any doubt as to the requirements of this SOQ, or any apparent omission or discrepancy should be presented to CAWCD at the Pre-Submittal meeting. CAWCD will then determine the appropriate action. If necessary, CAWCD will issue a written addendum to this SOQ.  Oral statements or instructions shall not constitute an addendum to this SOQ.

Project Details

• Reference ID: C116808
• Department: Procurement-Goods & Services
• Department Head: Maria Hernandez (Maria Hernandez)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-25T22:00:00.000Z

Meetings & Milestones

Evaluation Criteria

• Project Understanding and Approach (40 pts)
• Expertise, Qualifications, & Experience (30 pts)
• Project Schedule (30 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Did you download the attachment and read through the entire Request for SOQ Document? (required)
• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here, in one (1) PDF document which includes the following:

  1. Completed Section D, Consultant Form
  2. Completed Section E, Questionnaire
  3. Evidence of financial stability
  4. Certificate of good standing from Arizona Corporation Commission (or other appropriate government regulatory agency) in the state incorporated. 
  5. A resolution from an officer of the corporation indicating that the person or persons submitting the proposal are legally authorized to bind the Respondent to a contract.
  6. Completed Addendums, if any
• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toCentral Arizona Project, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanWednesday, July 8, 2026 addressed to:

  Central Arizona Project
  Erin Reilly
  23636 N 7TH STREET
  Phoenix,AZ85024

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Recovery Capacity Study SOQ"), and Contract Number ("C116808") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Central Arizona Project so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into ProcureNow from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?