- Department:City Manager's Office, Public Works Utilities and Operations
- Category:Request For Proposal, Request For Qualification
- Start Date:January 11, 2022 10:21 am
- Close Date:February 01, 2022 4:00 pm
City of Davis
Request for Proposals
Comprehensive Solid Waste Cost of Service/Rate Study
The City of Davis is requesting proposals from qualified firms to perform a comprehensive solid waste cost of service/rate study. The purpose of this cost of service study is to validate the appropriate rate structure and recommend rates for the City that generate adequate revenue to operate the utility. The study will consist of:
- Preparation of a cost of service analysis, with the incorporation of Senate Bill 1383 compliance into annual expenditures
- Development and analysis of appropriate rate structures (up to 4 alternatives), including variable garbage rates, variable organics rates, special rates, and opt-out rates. Variable organics are defined as:
- Commercial: subscription frequency & subscription capacity
- Multi-Family Residential: subscription frequency & subscription capacity
- Single Family Residential: subscription capacity and subscription type (including those with on-street yard material pile collection service and without the service)
- An estimate of the City’s cost to provide billing service for each rate structure
- Determination of the rates necessary to meet the City’s revenue requirements
- Development of appropriate customer service fees for each user class, including customer cost allocation.
- Development of a Rate Model (based on a City-provided template) in excel format that can be used by the City in monitoring the Solid Waste Fund, and
- Participation and presentations in meetings with staff, commissions, City Council, and the community, if necessary.
The Study will analyze a 10-year period, with a five-year Proposition 218 rate adjustment schedule implementation.
Contact Information for Questions/Communications
All requests, questions or other communications regarding this RFP shall be made in writing to the City via email only. Address all communications to Jennifer Cariglio, Management Analyst:
Jennifer Cariglio
Management Analyst
Public Works Department
JCariglio@cityofdavis.org
Questions about this RFP are to be submitted to Jennifer Cariglio by January 18, 2022 at 12:00pm. Questions submitted after the due date or via phone will not be accepted. All substantive questions and answers will be published below (in PDF) and distributed to applicants.
Submittal Information
Consultants interested in submitting a proposal for this project should respond to this RFP with a written proposal providing all the information requested. The proposal will be considered complete only if all of the items listed under the Proposal Requirements are included.
Proposals shall be delivered via email to Jennifer Cariglio at JCariglio@cityofdavis.org on or before 4:00 pm, Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
Subject Line: Solid Waste Cost of Service
Click HERE for the full proposal and to download more information.