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Bidding Opportunity
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Climate Innovation Fund

Due Date: 05/27/2022 2:00 pm
Bidding Number: RFQ #7339-22
Bidding Categories: Office of Sustainability, Climate and Resilience
Pre-bid Date and Time: 04/28/2022 12:00 pm
Pre-bid Location:

Information Session Webinar: 12PM April 28th.

Zoom link in bid document, page 5, Timeline & Milestones Table

Other Comments:

Purpose/Background

Boulder County is committed to promoting local initiatives to remove and sequester carbon dioxide and to bolster landscape resilience and restoration in the face of climate change. Towards this commitment, the Office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience is launching a ‘Climate Innovation’ fund to support local projects focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and landscape resilience and restoration.

Boulder County is leveraging a two-step process for project review to streamline the application process for both applicants and for reviewers:

Prepare and submit a short-form proposal through the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). This does not need to have all of the particulars fleshed out, but should demonstrate project potential.

Projects that meet Boulder County’s quality criteria will be invited to submit a long-form proposal through the Request for Proposals (RFP).

While not all project proposals will be invited to submit a long-form proposal (RFP), we have included the requirements for both in this document in order to give applicants a clearer understanding of what Boulder County is prioritizing, and what materials should be compiled.

Through this process, Boulder County anticipates making between one and three awards at a total of no more than $450,000 across all projects.

This document contains detailed guidance on RFQ and RFP content and formatting requirements in Section 4 (Appendix) as well as contextual guidance on eligibility, quality criteria, motivation, and background for this program. Please see the table of contents above for directions to individual sections.

[1] Local projects here ideally meaning projects within Boulder County or within this region of Colorado.

Written Inquiries

All inquiries regarding this RFQ will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. May 2, 2022. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than May 6, 2022.

Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

Submittal Instructions

Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on May 27, 2022.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).

RFQ #7339-22

The attached addendum supersedes the original Information and Specifications regarding RFQ # 7339-22 where it adds to, deletes from, clarifies or otherwise modifies. All other conditions and any previous addendums shall remain unchanged.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, BIDS will only be accepted electronically by emailing purchasing@bouldercounty.org.

RFQ #7339-22 Addendum 1

The attached addendum supersedes the original Information and Specifications regarding RFQ # 7339-22 where it adds to, deletes from, clarifies or otherwise modifies. All other conditions and any previous addendums shall remain unchanged.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, BIDS will only be accepted electronically by emailing purchasing@bouldercounty.org.

RFQ #7339-22 Addendum 2

Template for Cost per Ton Calculations (1)

The attached addendum supersedes the original Information and Specifications regarding RFQ # 7339-22 where it adds to, deletes from, clarifies or otherwise modifies. All other conditions and any previous addendums shall remain unchanged.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, BIDS will only be accepted electronically by emailing purchasing@bouldercounty.org.

RFQ #7339-22 Addendum 3

The attached addendum supersedes the original Information and Specifications regarding RFQ # 7339-22 where it adds to, deletes from, clarifies or otherwise modifies. All other conditions and any previous addendums shall remain unchanged.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, BIDS will only be accepted electronically by emailing purchasing@bouldercounty.org.

RFQ #7339-22 Addendum 4

Cost per ton template (1)