Yuma County Wind Energy Facility Permit Technical Review Consultant Services

Yuma County, Colorado seeks qualifications from environmental, engineering, and regulatory consulting firms to provide independent technical review of a Major Land Use Permit application for a utility-scale wind energy facility. The selected consultant will evaluate application completeness, engineering soundness, acoustics, shadow flicker, environmental and wildlife impacts, public safety, and decommissioning plans, while drafting requests for further information and preparing technical memoranda. Work will occur offsite across an anticipated project duration of two to four months. Eligibility is restricted to USA onshore organizations with relevant long-range planning, utility-scale wind review, and rural community experience. Proposals must not exceed ten pages and require firm qualifications, summaries of three similar engagements from the past five years, key personnel resumes, an approach methodology, a signed conflict of interest statement, and a fee structure rate sheet. Applicants must email submissions to Jodi Brady at [email protected] by November 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM. The county evaluates proposals based on cost effectiveness (30%), technical expertise and experience (20%), qualifications of key personnel (10%), past performance quality (10%), client references (10%), local conditions knowledge (10%), and state or federal requirements knowledge (10%).