Asset Management, Operations and Asset Health Monitoring Service- Budget - Upto 250,000 USD

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is seeking proposals for asset management, operations, and asset health monitoring services for large diameter and transmission pipes. The agency aims to address the gap in monitoring existing and renewed buried water assets, as current efforts primarily focus on new infrastructure. The project seeks to understand how monitoring data correlates to the condition, defects, and failure risk of these aging assets. The scope of work includes identifying available and emerging asset health monitoring technologies for large diameter and transmission pipes. Bidders must develop effective techniques and procedures for applying these technologies, including field verification. The project also requires the development of guidelines and models to correlate data with pipe material degradation and defects, and to determine which structural health aspects can be monitored and linked to operational data. Additionally, bidders will compile existing cases of successful technology applications to water industry assets other than pipes. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations within the USA. The performance of the work will be conducted offsite. Proposals will be evaluated based on criteria not explicitly detailed in the provided text, but the agency is seeking innovative solutions for monitoring aging water infrastructure. The budget for this project is up to $250,000 USD. Proposals are due by 3:00 pm Mountain Time on Monday, September 14, 2026.