1. INTRODUCTION

1. Purpose: The City of Ridgecrest intends to have a consultant complete an energy and water resilience study that will identify and analyze vulnerabilities to be addressed by the region. This study is meant to be comprehensive in identifying critical and aging infrastructure; points of failure (energy and water); transportation limitations; flood, wind, heat, extreme weather, drought, and chronically overdrawn water table as natural risks; identify and secure communication risks, and to create an action plan to support the continued mission readiness of NAWS China Lake. The City requests GIS Data created to also be included within the study. The purpose of this document is to invite proposals for these deliverables.
2. Intent: It is the City's intent to solicit proposals, along with fee proposals, from firms. After receipt of the proposals, scoring of the proposals will be performed. The top ranked firm will be contacted, and the proposal will be discussed in detail. The fee proposal will be discussed and negotiated in contract terms for scope, cost and schedule. It is the intent of the City to negotiate specifically: contract cost for time and deliverables with an amount not to exceed. The negotiation of fee will evolve around the appropriateness of the fee relative to the scope of work. It is also the City's intent to negotiate the time to perform the services and the resources available to perform the services with one firm. However, if successful contract terms, (appropriateness of scope, cost, timing, and firm's resources) cannot be negotiated with one firm, then the next ranked firm will be called in to negotiate terms, etc.
3. Period of Consultant Agreement: The consultant agreement is expected to take effect upon approval by the Policy Committee established by the City of Ridgecrest on behalf of the OEA Grant Management. The City reserves the right to negotiate an extension of the contract solely within its discretion. Any extensions are subject to Policy Committee approval.

2. SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work may include, but is not limited to, the following:

I. Identify and Map Military Installation Resilience Risks

1. Collect and analyze data on critical water and energy resources and infrastructure within the designated area.
2. Analyze pertinent information related to the impacts of and response to natural and manmade hazards.
   1. Define top local natural and climate-related hazards.
   2. Define top manmade hazards.
3. Identify existing and future vulnerabilities and strengths to water and energy resources and infrastructure.
4. Identify single and/or critical points of failure, lack of redundancies, and insufficient system capacities that diminish NAWS China Lake's ability to prepare for, mitigate, adapt to, and recover from natural and manmade hazards.
5. Use GIS to map vulnerabilities and strengths and provide to the installation and stakeholders
6. Develop database of vulnerable assets and risks to operations and classification levels.

II. Identify and Assess Military Installation Resilience to Natural and Manmade Threats

1. Conduct interviews with NAWS China Lake personnel to identify risks to operations and mission capabilities.
2. Conduct interviews with stakeholders on vulnerabilities and strengths of the community's people, infrastructure, and natural resources.
3. Analyze impacts associated with natural threats, to include but not limited to: earthquake, extreme weather events, extreme drought and unanticipated changes in environmental conditions on the impairment of the continued operational utility of the installation, ranges, and military special use airspace.
4. Analyze impacts associated with manmade threats, to critical water and energy resources that may impair the continued operation and mission capabilities of the installation, ranges, and military special use airspace.

III. Understand Impacts and Consequences of Identified Vulnerabilities

1. Identify short, medium, and long-term risks and impacts to operations and mission capabilities of NAWS China Lake.
2. Quantifiably prioritize risks and vulnerabilities to operations and mission capabilities of NAWS China Lake.

IV. Map-Out Existing Responsibilities/Capabilities of Installation and Surrounding Communities

1. Identify recurring barriers to enhancing resilience for NAWS China Lake and the community.
2. Identify gaps and prioritize resilience alternatives, quantify and rank all considerations
3. Identify existing leadership responsibilities/capabilities for each identified alternative
4. Identify opportunities to collaboratively advance actions to increase resilience
5. Identify opportunities to collaboratively advance actions to increase resilience

V. Make Recommendations for Military Installation Resiliency Implementation Activities

1. Develop a Water Implementation Action Plan to inform NAWS China Lake and local agencies of current and future strategies to address and prevent threats to enhance installation resilience.
   1. prioritize actions (high, medium, or low)
   2. assign a level of urgency (ongoing, short-term, long-term)
2. Develop a Water Implementation Action Plan to inform NAWS China Lake and local agencies of current and future strategies to address and prevent threats to enhance installation resilience.
   1. prioritize actions (high, medium, or low)
   2. assign a level of urgency (ongoing, short-term, long-term)

VI. All geospatial data used for JLUS analysis and/or map production will be submitted to OEA in either the Esri File Geodatabase format (*.gdb) or Esri Shapefile format (*.shp). Regardless of the geospatial data format, all geospatial data will include metadata in either the ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification style or the SDSFIE-M style. Metadata records for each dataset will include the minimum required information per metadata style written within the organization's preferred metadata editor software; e.g., Esri's ArcCatalog. For reference purposes only, see SDSFIE Online (https://www.sdsfieonline.org/) for more information on geospatial data structures and metadata requirements.

3. CONTENT OF PROPOSAL AND SCORING

Each proposal must include as a minimum, the following:

• Qualifications of the identified Project Manager assigned to the project. — 20 PTS
• Qualifications and robustness of the resources assigned to the project. — 10 PTS
• Ability to respond in a timely manner. — 10 PTS
• Detailed scope of work for the project. — 15 PTS
• Schedule for the project. — 5 PTS
• A detailed fee proposal for time and materials with an amount not to exceed for the project. — 5 PTS
• Example(s) of similar project(s) and relevant owner contact information. — 30 PTS
• Any exceptions to this RFP or the Consultant Agreement. — 5 PTS

TOTAL - 100 PTS

4. FORMAT OF PROPOSAL

The proposal does not need to include a lot of boiler plate and pretty pictures. Keep it simple and specific to the project.

Consultants must provide the following detailed information in the following format:

1. Cover Page — Prepare a cover page with an executive summary. This cover page must be signed by an authorized officer of the firm.
2. Table of Contents — All pages of the proposal, including the enclosures, must be clearly and consecutively numbered and correspond to the Table of Contents.
3. Content of Proposal — The proposal must clearly address and discuss each item identified in 'III. Contents of Proposal'.

Provide five (5) copies of your proposal. Proposals should be submitted by no later than 5:00 PM (PST), Monday, January 18, 2021, and should be sent to the attention of:

Ricca Charlon
City Clerk
100 W. California Ave.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone: (760) 499-5002
Email: rcharlon@ridgecrest-ca.gov

5. QUESTIONS

Questions regarding the contents of this RFP must be submitted in writing on or before 12:00 PM (PST) on Monday, January 4, 2021, and directed to the individual listed below. All questions will be answered and posted to the internet on the City website on Thursday, January 7, 2021.

Meliza Ancheta
Economic Development
100 W. California Ave.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone: (760) 499-5061
Email: mancheta@ridgecrest-ca.gov