Utility Framework Consultant Services

The vendor is required to provide operates a large network of utilities including: medium voltage electrical, steam and condensate return, chilled water, sewer and storm water, telephone and data, domestic water, fire protection, and reclaimed water.
- Review and cataloguing of the university’s documentation of its existing utility distribution/collection, production and treatment systems.
- This information exists in various formats including drawings of existing systems, condition assessments, feasibility studies and reports.
- The information exists in various formats including AutoCAD, GIS, pdf, tiff files, Microsoft word documents and hard copy files.
- Review of the university’s current modeling software utilized for the analysis of production, distribution/collection and consumption of centrally generated and distributed utilities and assessment and recommendation and implementation, training, updating and ongoing maintenance of appropriate modeling software for each utility/collection system.
- Research, review and evaluate alternative and sustainable/renewable sources of energy and water for life cycle cost benefit compared to renovation and renewal of existing assets to support of the university’s commitment to reduce its dependency on fossil fuel derived energy and conserve water resources. 
- In particular, the selected firm will ensure consistency of this scope of work with the sustainability framework of the university’s 2015 campus master plan, and the 2024 sustainability action plan with an emphasis on assessing and recommending those measures for energy utilization, production, transmission, distribution, storage and control/regulation.
- Firms are also required to demonstrate significant experience in the research, analysis and design of water conservation measures, and clean and efficient alternative energy sources and methods for transmission, distribution, storage and control/regulation - particularly in the context of assisting its clients in achieving climate action/carbon reduction and sustainability goals. 
- Experience with medium voltage protective relaying, SCADA, capacity planning, arc flash mitigation, and achieving electrical coordination on 25-50 megawatt cogeneration, grid interactive campus distribution systems is required. 
- Proponent shall have utility company sub-station design experience inclusive of minimum115 KV transmission high side bussing design. 
- Experience planning and designing urban, or large campus sewage, storm water, central loop heating and cooling, and water distribution is required.
- Budget: $5,000,000 and $7,000,000.

- Contract Period/Term: 3 years
- Pre-Proposal Conference Date: July 28, 2025
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: August 05, 2025