Utility Asset Management Consultant and Program Oversight Services

The City of Laredo, Texas, requires a utility asset management consultant and program manager to establish a practical, data-driven utility asset management program for its water and wastewater infrastructure. The agency is attempting to solve the challenges of aging infrastructure by assessing existing utility assets, validating available asset data, and developing a leak detection and water loss control strategy. Additionally, the agency needs to coordinate maintenance replacements with upsizing needs and integrate development planning to ensure new development infrastructure accounts for existing system improvement needs. The scope of work covers preparing a separate procurement package for contracted valve exercising services, assisting with the technical evaluation of those proposals, and overseeing the selected valve exercising contractor. The consultant must integrate field results from the valve exercising into the asset management program and prepare risk-based repair, rehabilitation, and replacement priorities. The project also requires the development of a funding strategy for improvements and the inclusion of water and wastewater system model updates to assist in the regular re-prioritizing of system improvements. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The selected contractor must perform all work onsite in Laredo, Texas, over a contract period of two years. Bidders may submit their responses digitally via email or through an online portal. The agency is looking for budget proposals to determine the cost of these services. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than July 1, 2026.