Update – February 20, 2015 – Columbia’s City Council adopted Resolution R‐2015‐015 at the City Council Meeting on February 17, 2015, amending the Efficiency Opportunities Related to the Operation and Maintenance of the Water & Wastewater Treatment and Distribution Systems Public Private Partnership Request for Expression of Interest currently available through the City’s Bid Online portal.
This resolution allows the City to proceed with the RFEI but restricts the types of proposals that will be considered. Proposals for “sale, lease, service concession arrangement or certain public‐private financing or refinancing of the system or any related capital improvement projects” will not be considered. Firms recommending all other ideas still have until 5:00 PM on February 23, 2015 to submit their proposals.
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Resolution R‐2015‐015 can be found online in the Council Meeting Revised Agenda for Tuesday, February 17, 2015, available at www.columbiasc.net/city‐council/agendas. The Request for Expression of Interest: Efficiency Opportunities Related to the Operation and Maintenance of Water and Wastewater Treatment and Distribution Systems, Public Private Partnership can be found online at www.columbiasc.net/depts/purchasing/engrfi002b‐14‐
15_efficiency_opportunities.pdf. For more information about the City’s water and sewer systems, visit
www.columbiasc.net/utilities‐engineering. For more information on City procurement opportunities and Bid Online, visit www.columbiasc.net/purchasing/opportunities.