Aspen (the City) seeks to develop an IRP to analyze its water rights portfolio and develop a robust plan to provide a safe, legal and reliable water supply to its customers through 2065, while respecting the City’s commitment to environmental stewardship.
Aspen operates an Integrated Water Supply System, which includes surface water, groundwater, ditch water, reclaimed water and mine water rights. The current system has limited raw water storage, with less than a day’s worth of storage, above the water treatment plant. The City desires to move its existing conditional storage rights, which are located on Maroon and Castle Creeks, to other more environmentally compatible sites.
Utility staff have researched several strategies for developing an IRP and desire consulting services to identify the most appropriate method for the City. It is important to include other City departments, City leaders and the community during the IRP strategy development. The IRP work will be broken into two phases.
Phase I - consultant to engage City staff and stakeholders in the development of the IRP strategy and use this input to develop a robust SOW for the development of an IRP. The City desires to have a completed SOW for the IRP work by early 2020.
Phase II –the SOW developed in Phase I will be implemented, resulting in a detailed IRP that will serve as a roadmap for the City’s long-term water strategy.
This request for proposal seeks to engage a consultant team to deliver Phase I of the project to the City. At the conclusion of Phase I work, the City will select a consultant to deliver Phase II of the project. The consultant team that successfully wins the contract for Phase I work will be eligible to work on Phase II of this project.
