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Reference Number

0000286611

Issuing Organization

Boulder County

Owner Organization

Office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience

Solicitation Type

RFQ - Request for Qualifications (Formal)

Solicitation Number

7339-22

Title

Climate Innovation Fund

Source ID

PU.AG.USA.1520.C9838801

Details

Location

United States, Colorado, Boulder County

Piggyback Contract

Description

Purpose/Background
Boulder County is committed to promoting local initiatives to remove and sequester carbon dioxide and to bolster landscape resilience and restoration in the face of climate change. Towards this commitment, the Office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience is launching a ‘Climate Innovation’ fund to support local projects focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and landscape resilience and restoration.

Boulder County is leveraging a two-step process for project review to streamline the application process for both applicants and for reviewers:

Prepare and submit a short-form proposal through the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). This does not need to have all of the particulars fleshed out, but should demonstrate project potential.

Projects that meet Boulder County’s quality criteria will be invited to submit a long-form proposal through the Request for Proposals (RFP).

While not all project proposals will be invited to submit a long-form proposal (RFP), we have included the requirements for both in this document in order to give applicants a clearer understanding of what Boulder County is prioritizing, and what materials should be compiled.

Through this process, Boulder County anticipates making between one and three awards at a total of no more than $450,000 across all projects.

This document contains detailed guidance on RFQ and RFP content and formatting requirements in Section 4 (Appendix) as well as contextual guidance on eligibility, quality criteria, motivation, and background for this program. Please see the table of contents above for directions to individual sections.

[1] Local projects here ideally meaning projects within Boulder County or within this region of Colorado.

Written Inquiries
All inquiries regarding this RFQ will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. May 2, 2022. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than May 6, 2022.

Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

Submittal Instructions
Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on May 27, 2022.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).

Dates

Publication

04/15/2022 10:29 AM MDT

Question Acceptance Deadline

05/02/2022 02:00 PM MDT

Questions are submitted online

Closing Date

05/27/2022 02:00 PM MDT

Prebid Conference

04/28/2022 12:00 PM MDT

Contact Information

Boulder County

303-441-3525

purchasing@bouldercounty.org

Pre-Bidding Events

Event Type

Prebid Conference

Attendance

Recommended

Event date

04/28/2022 12:00 PM MDT

Location

Zoom Meeting

Event Note

Information Session Webinar: 12PM April 28th
Link in bid document on Page 5 in Times and Milestones table.
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Bid Submission Process

Bid Submission Type

Physical Bid Submission

Additional Bidding Instructions

Submittal Instructions
Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on May 27, 2022.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).