Worcester, Massachusetts Engineering Services RFP
The City of Worcester is looking for a firm to provide professional engineering services for watershed planning per the attached requirements and specifications of the Department of Sustainability & Resilience.
Scope of Work
The Department of Sustainability and Resilience’s Lakes and Ponds Program seeks qualified engineering candidates to develop three Watershed Based Plans (WBP) for the Tatnuck Brook Watershed, Mill Brook Watershed, and Lake Quinsigamond Watershed (watershed study areas). The deliverables from the RFP will result in three actionable 9-element Watershed Based Plans (WBP) that meets EPA’s requirements for the federal Clean Water Act Section 319 Program. The WBPs will identify pollutant loads and load reduction targets, provide stakeholders with a roadmap to restoration and protection, and make future implementation projects eligible for Section 319 funding. Additionally, where no impairments are identified, the plan will provide a set of practices to ensure that water quality is maintained.
The nine elements that must be included in an EPA-approved Watershed Based Plan are identified below.:
- An identification of the causes and sources of pollution that will need to be controlled to achieve the load reductions estimated to fix the impairment, and to achieve any other watershed goals identified in the watershed-based plan.
- An estimate of the load reductions expected for the management measures described.
- A description of the NPS management measures that will need to be implemented to achieve the estimated load reductions (include a map or detailed description).
- An estimate of the amounts of technical and financial assistance needed, and/or the sources and authorities that will be relied on, to implement this plan.
- An information/education component that will be used to enhance public understanding of the project and encourage their early and continued participation in selecting, designing, and implementing the NPS management measures that will be implemented.
- An expedited schedule for implementing NPS management measures identified.
- A description of interim, measurable milestones for determining whether NPS management measures or other controls are being implemented.
- Criteria to determine whether loading reductions are being achieved over time, and if progress is being made towards attaining water quality standards and, if not, the criteria to determine if this plan, or a related TMDL, needs to be revised.
- A monitoring component to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation efforts over time.
View the full RFP on The City of Worcester website.
Submission Information
Lastly, the deadline to submit proposals is due at 10:00am on Wednesday October 9, 2024.
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