Cost Of Service Study Services

The government authority in Santee, California, requires a vendor to perform cost of service study services for water, recycled water, and wastewater services. The buyer needs the vendor to evaluate current rate structures, cost allocations, and customer classifications, and recommend improvements. The vendor must assess operating costs, capital needs, and initiatives like the County AWP Program, while developing a flexible model that analyzes CIP expenditures, reserve requirements, and operational costs. This model must separate internal operational costs from external provider costs, display bill impacts across customer classes, establish pass-through increase calculations, and provide annually updatable methods for cost allocations and fees. Additionally, the vendor must prepare 10-year financial projections to deliver transparent, legally compliant, practical, and defensible utility rates. Eligible vendors must be USA-based organizations, and performance of the work will occur offsite. Vendors may submit responses digitally through email or online, and the buyer is actively seeking proposal pricing to determine the budget. Bidders must submit all questions no later than September 14, 2026.