REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
for Tomato Stand Fish Passage
Project. RFP #482-24-01
ADDENDA
Prospective bidders are responsible for reviewing any
published addenda regarding this bid at
ebmud.com/business-center
CONTACT
Bert Mulchaey, Supervising Biologist
(510) 287-2038
bert.mulchaey@ebmud.com
RESPONSE DUE
April 23, 2024
1:00 p.m. PST
SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO*
Bert Mulchaey, EBMUD
bert.mulchaey@ebmud.com
*Hardcopy proposals will not be accepted
375 ELEVENTH STREET . OAKLAND . CA 94607-4240 . WWW.EBMUD.COM/BUSINESS-CENTER/
EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
RFP for Tomato Stand Fish Passage Project
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. STATEMENT OF WORK
A. SCOPE
B. PROPOSER QUALIFICATIONS
C. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
D. DELIVERABLES / REPORTS
II. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A. OPTIONAL SITE WALK
III. DISTRICT PROCEDURES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS
A. RFP ACCEPTANCE AND AWARD
B. EVALUATION CRITERIA/SELECTION COMMITTEE
C. PRICING
D. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD AND PROTESTS
E. WARRANTY
F. INVOICING
IV. RFP RESPONSE SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
A. DISTRICT CONTACTS
B. SUBMITTAL OF RFP RESPONSE
C. RESPONSE FORMAT
ATTACHMENTS
EXHIBIT A – RFP RESPONSE PACKET
EXHIBIT B – INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
EXHIBIT C – CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT D – IRAN CONTRACTING ACT CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY INFORMATION TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS
REV 5/16/23
Tomato Stand Fish Passage Project
I. STATEMENT OF WORK
A. SCOPE
It is the intent of these specifications, terms, and conditions to describe fish passage
analysis, design and permitting services.
East Bay Municipal Utility District (District) intends to award a 2 year contract to the
Proposer(s) who best meets the District’s requirements.
The East Bay Municipal Utility District is completing a fish passage project at the Tomato
Stand Project site on Pinole Creek on EBMUD’s Pinole Valley Watershed in Contra Costa
County. The Project site is located on an unpaved fire road approximately 50 feet from
Alhambra Valley Road (37.969825, -122.215572). Pinole Creek supports a steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) population that is part of threatened Central California Coast
Steelhead District Population Segment (DPS) as defined by the National Marine Fisheries
Service. The Tomato Stand Culvert is the last remaining culvert on the main stem of
Pinole Creek that restricts access for O. mykiss to spawning and rearing habitat
upstream. The culvert allows fish passage under high flows, but drought conditions
exacerbate and impede fish passage due to lack of depth in the culvert and an increase
in the leap height required for fish to enter the culvert at the downstream end.
The Pinole Creek Tomato Stand Fish Passage Project will replace a perched, undersized
30 foot long, 6-foot corrugated metal culvert with a channel-spanning bridge and
channel improvements to improve fish passage at the site for steelhead and resident
rainbow trout. The bridge will not be open to the public and the main purpose is to
provide access for fire vehicles, maintenance personnel and farm equipment. EBMUD
has received grant funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board for the planning and
permitting stages of the project. The planning and permitting phases will include the
following tasks: baseline site surveys and assessment, fish passage analysis, bridge and
channel design, environmental permitting, project management and grant
administration. This RFP seeks a qualified consultant to complete baseline site surveys, a
fish passage assessment, fish passage design, environmental permitting and facilitate
meetings as required for the project. EBMUD staff will perform grant administration
duties.
B. PROPOSER QUALIFICATIONS
1. Proposer Minimum Qualifications
a. Proposer, Proposer’s principal, or Proposer’s staff shall have been
regularly engaged in the business of providing fish passage design and
environmental permitting services for at least five (5) years.
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