The Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority (WRWSA or Authority) is requesting "Statement of Qualifications" (SOQs) from consultants (Consultant) interested in providing professional engineering services to complete the project known as the "2024 Regional Water Supply Plan (RWSP) Update." Work will require multidisciplinary expertise in addition to engineering, including hydrogeology, planning, environmental systems, and water quality.

The Authority's RWSP was last updated in 2019. This work effort will include updated water demand projections, evaluation of source options and potential water supply project options. The update of the WRWSA RWSP will include: updating population projections; existing and future water demands for public supply and other water use categories; traditional and alternative water supply availability; regional groundwater modeling; estimates of the amount of future demands that could be offset through enhanced water conservation efforts; reclaimed water availability and potential offsets; and recommendations regarding the WRWSA Regional Framework.

This project is cooperatively funded by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) as project Q324. Firms providing professional services for the project must demonstrate compliance with applicable rules, regulations and policies of the Authority and SWFWMD. SWFWMD may review and approve various submittals and work products including but not limited to the contract and consultant pay requests, and project reports for compliance with funding agreements.

Consultant selection will be in accordance with the Competitive Consultants Negotiation Act. Firms desiring to provide these professional services must submit five (5) paper copies and one (1) electronic copies of their SOQs in accordance with the requirements contained in the information packet to the attention of Suzannah Folsom, Executive Director, at the below listed address no later than 2:00 pm local time, October 19, 2022.

Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority
3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 228
Lecanto, Florida 34461
352-527-5795

An information packet containing details of the project and the SOQs submittal requirements may be obtained by emailing LuAnne Stout at lstout@wrwsa.org or at the above address and phone number.

Dated this twentieth day of September 2022.

Suzannah Folsom, AICP
Executive Director
Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority