Water Storage Infrastructure Cost-benefit Assessment Approaches

Alberta’s population and economy are growing and demand for water from communities, agriculture and industry is increasing.

Alberta is working to enhance water availability and security, including but not limited to, evaluating water storage and infrastructure to help increase our water security and reduce the risks posed by floods and droughts for generations to come. Alberta’s water storage and infrastructure must meet the needs of citizens and industries, balance cultural, social, economic, environmental and technical considerations, and provide sound investments for the province.

The water storage and infrastructure plan will build on previous studies and will be informed by:
-        Reviewing funding and delivery approaches for water infrastructure;
-        Identifying long-term water storage needs;
-        Standardizing cost-benefit assessments for water infrastructure (the focus of this project); and
-        Completing technical evaluations of potential water storage and related infrastructure.

The intent of the Water Storage Infrastructure Cost-benefit Assessment Approaches project is to assess various methods and options for conducting cost-benefit assessments when evaluating potential large water storage and infrastructure projects and recommend and develop standardized approach(es) that enables comparability across multiple projects in Alberta.

Proposals must be submitted electronically, via email, in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format by the RFP Closing Date and Time to the following email address: EPA.WatershedResilience@gov.ab.ca

The email subject line should indicate that it is a Proposal and include the RFP number and title.

The complete Proposal should be in one (1) email, including attachments, and should not be larger than 25MB to facilitate receipt by the Province. If multiple emails are required to accommodate attachment sizes, the emails should provide clear instructions on how the Proposal is to be integrated (e.g. 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3).

The official time and date of receipt of the Proposal will be determined by the email received time as recorded by the Government of Alberta’s email server. Proponents should be aware that, prior to such electronic delivery, incoming emails are subject to consistency checks and antivirus scans, which process can take several minutes or longer to complete. The Province will not be responsible for failures (technical or otherwise) that may result in a Proposal not being received prior to the RFP Closing Date and Time.
If the Proposal cannot be opened after reasonable efforts are made by the Province, the Proposal will be rejected.

The Proposal should be secured against accidental modification by the Province while being searchable and printable in its entirety.

Proposals must be received before 14:01:00 Alberta Time on the RFP Closing Date, or the Proposal will be rejected.

Proposals received after the RFP Closing Date and Time will be deleted.