(00180404).DOCX - Anne Arundel County
Steven R. Schuh County Executive
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION NO. 9212016 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Compliance Plan September 21, 2016 NOTICES/INSTRUCTIONS
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INTRODUCTION This request is for information only to assist Anne Arundel County, Maryland, (AACO) in identifying qualified companies who are capable of providing a solution to reduce the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of contaminants such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
1.2
PURPOSE The purposes of this Request for Information are: • •
To describe the County’s current pollution reduction obligations and progress towards attainment of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). To establish the areas of interest for which potential vendors may provide information to be considered by the County as potential TMDL achievement strategies.
This document is not a solicitation for services or bids. The County is seeking voluntary existing and available information regarding the means to achieve the pollution reduction goals outlined in this RFI. Submission of data associated with this RFI does not constitute an offer of services or product. Should providers submit confidential data, the County asks that each page be marked in the header with “BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL.”
RFI No. 682016
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BACKGROUND Anne Arundel County (the County) has expansive obligations under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) to reduce annual nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by 2025. Anne Arundel County’s Phase 2 Watershed Implementation Plan (2012) includes a three-part strategy to achieve the County’s necessary load reductions: 1) Upgrade its seven Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF) to the enhanced nutrient removal (ENR) standard by 2017; 2) Retire or upgrade – to de-nitrifying systems – approximately half (~20,000) of the County’s septic systems, and; 3) Restoration of the stormwater impacts associated with urban impervious surfaces in the County. By the end of 2017, Anne Arundel County will be producing approximately 238,000 lbs of nitrogen less than its load caps at its wastewater treatment plants. By the end of its MS4 permit term in 2019, the County expects to be producing approximately 50,000 lbs of nitrogen less than its pre-permit discharges. Currently, implementation of the County’s septic strategy has not been initiated. Current, near term, and 2025 nitrogen load estimates from Anne Arundel County’s urban sector are shown below:
Source
2014 TN Load
WRF
570,000
2019 TN Load (estimated) 345,969
Stormwater Septic2
657,383 518,458
607,383 518,458
2025 TN Goal
2025 Gap (estimated)
570,000 449,641 281,644
Total AA Co Gap
-186,3051 157,742 236,814 208,251
By 2025, the County estimates that, with its current resources and restoration implementation, it will fall approximately 208,000 lbs of total nitrogen per year short of its Chesapeake Bay TMDL and will face similar shortfalls in phosphorus (see below) and sediment (~20,000 tons) reductions. Source
WRF Stormwater Septic Total AA Co Gap
2014 TP Load 56,272 56,531 -
2019 TP Load (estimated) 29,999 49,831 -
2025 TP Goal
2025 Gap (estimated)
42,856 30,147 -
-12,857 19,684 6,827
SCOPE OF WORK Baseline for TMDL Reductions Anne Arundel County has made significant investments over the course of the past decade to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution to its local waterways. It has done so through a variety of strategies, including upgrading its wastewater treatment plants to the limits of technology, providing stormwater treatment for thousands of previously untreated impervious acres, and upgrading – as funding is available – hundreds of septic systems throughout the County.
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Assumes load increases at the WRFs between 2019 and 2025 based on estimates provided by AA Bureau of Utilities.
RFI No. 682016
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The County’s original Chesapeake Bay TMDL attainment strategy is laid out in its Phase 2 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), and can be found here: http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/TMDL/TMDLImplementation/Documents/FINAL_PhaseII_Report_ Docs/Final_County_WIP_Narratives/Anne_Arundel_WIPII_2012.pdf The calculus for reductions made to date as well as the guidance for accounting for future load reductions can be found in the following documents: Accounting for Stormwater Wasteload Allocations and Impervious Acres Treated – Guidance for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permits (August 2014). Maryland Department of the Environment: http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/StormwaterManagementProgram/Documents/NPDES%20 MS4%20Guidance%20August%2018%202014.pdf Non-Point Source Best Management Practices and Efficiencies Currently Used in Scenario Builder: http://archive.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/NPS_BMP_Table1_5.pdf Recommendations of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Urban Stormwater Workgroup: http://chesapeakestormwater.net/bay-stormwater/urban-stormwater-workgroup/ Anne Arundel County’s 6-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) outlining stormwater remediation projects intended to satisfy its current MS4 permit: http://www.aacounty.org/departments/budgetoffice/forms-and-publications/fy2017/FY2017%20Proposed%20CIP_17_Watershed%20Protection%20and%20Restoration.pdf Implementation practices and efficiencies approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency and/or the State of Maryland are eligible to count to toward attainment of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. By 2025, Anne Arundel County will require additional nutrient and sediment reductions of approximately the following amounts in order to satisfy the Chesapeake Bay TMDL: Pollutant Nitrogen Phosphorus Sediment
RFI No. 682016
Additional Necessary Reduction 208,000 lbs 7,000 lbs 20,000 tons
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RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS
The County anticipates significant shortfalls in the funding and implementation actions necessary to meet its Chesapeake Bay nutrient and sediment TMDL reduction goals by 2025. Therefore, we are seeking innovative, cost-effective solutions for achieving our load reduction goals by reaching out to the broader community for creative suggestions. The County requests responders to provide a summary of proposed services, background and qualifications, demonstrated experience, representative projects and technical approach. The structure of the proposal submitted should cover the following topics: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment Reductions: • Project Prioritization • Implementation Timeline • Site Control • Project Delivery Methods • Project Implementation • Project Maintenance • Assessment of Aggregate Benefit
1.6
Impact on Local TMDLs
SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION
RFI response may be submitted by hardcopy only. Submit written responses of literature no later than 1:30pm on December 8, 2016: To: Anne Arundel County, Maryland Andrew Hime, Purchasing Agent Office of Central Services, Purchasing Division 2660 Riva Road, 3rd Floor Annapolis, MD 21401 TELEPHONE: (410)-222-7672 (Direct) Faxed questions or comments may be sent to (410) 222-7642, same attention on or before 3:00pm EST on November 15, 2016. You may also e-mail to E-mail: [email protected]
1.7 OUTCOME Anne Arundel County does not guarantee any formal solicitation will be generated as a result of this RFI. This RFI is issued solely for the purpose of allowing the County to gather information concerning and evaluate options that may be available for the delivery and enhancement of these services.
RFI No. 682016
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION NO. 9212016 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Compliance Plan September 21, 2016 NOTICES/INSTRUCTIONS
1.1
INTRODUCTION This request is for information only to assist Anne Arundel County, Maryland, (AACO) in identifying qualified companies who are capable of providing a solution to reduce the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of contaminants such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
1.2
PURPOSE The purposes of this Request for Information are: • •
To describe the County’s current pollution reduction obligations and progress towards attainment of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). To establish the areas of interest for which potential vendors may provide information to be considered by the County as potential TMDL achievement strategies.
This document is not a solicitation for services or bids. The County is seeking voluntary existing and available information regarding the means to achieve the pollution reduction goals outlined in this RFI. Submission of data associated with this RFI does not constitute an offer of services or product. Should providers submit confidential data, the County asks that each page be marked in the header with “BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL.”
RFI No. 682016
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1.3
BACKGROUND Anne Arundel County (the County) has expansive obligations under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) to reduce annual nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by 2025. Anne Arundel County’s Phase 2 Watershed Implementation Plan (2012) includes a three-part strategy to achieve the County’s necessary load reductions: 1) Upgrade its seven Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF) to the enhanced nutrient removal (ENR) standard by 2017; 2) Retire or upgrade – to de-nitrifying systems – approximately half (~20,000) of the County’s septic systems, and; 3) Restoration of the stormwater impacts associated with urban impervious surfaces in the County. By the end of 2017, Anne Arundel County will be producing approximately 238,000 lbs of nitrogen less than its load caps at its wastewater treatment plants. By the end of its MS4 permit term in 2019, the County expects to be producing approximately 50,000 lbs of nitrogen less than its pre-permit discharges. Currently, implementation of the County’s septic strategy has not been initiated. Current, near term, and 2025 nitrogen load estimates from Anne Arundel County’s urban sector are shown below:
Source
2014 TN Load
WRF
570,000
2019 TN Load (estimated) 345,969
Stormwater Septic2
657,383 518,458
607,383 518,458
2025 TN Goal
2025 Gap (estimated)
570,000 449,641 281,644
Total AA Co Gap
-186,3051 157,742 236,814 208,251
By 2025, the County estimates that, with its current resources and restoration implementation, it will fall approximately 208,000 lbs of total nitrogen per year short of its Chesapeake Bay TMDL and will face similar shortfalls in phosphorus (see below) and sediment (~20,000 tons) reductions. Source
WRF Stormwater Septic Total AA Co Gap
2014 TP Load 56,272 56,531 -
2019 TP Load (estimated) 29,999 49,831 -
2025 TP Goal
2025 Gap (estimated)
42,856 30,147 -
-12,857 19,684 6,827
SCOPE OF WORK Baseline for TMDL Reductions Anne Arundel County has made significant investments over the course of the past decade to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution to its local waterways. It has done so through a variety of strategies, including upgrading its wastewater treatment plants to the limits of technology, providing stormwater treatment for thousands of previously untreated impervious acres, and upgrading – as funding is available – hundreds of septic systems throughout the County.
1
Assumes load increases at the WRFs between 2019 and 2025 based on estimates provided by AA Bureau of Utilities.
RFI No. 682016
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The County’s original Chesapeake Bay TMDL attainment strategy is laid out in its Phase 2 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), and can be found here: http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/TMDL/TMDLImplementation/Documents/FINAL_PhaseII_Report_ Docs/Final_County_WIP_Narratives/Anne_Arundel_WIPII_2012.pdf The calculus for reductions made to date as well as the guidance for accounting for future load reductions can be found in the following documents: Accounting for Stormwater Wasteload Allocations and Impervious Acres Treated – Guidance for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permits (August 2014). Maryland Department of the Environment: http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/StormwaterManagementProgram/Documents/NPDES%20 MS4%20Guidance%20August%2018%202014.pdf Non-Point Source Best Management Practices and Efficiencies Currently Used in Scenario Builder: http://archive.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/NPS_BMP_Table1_5.pdf Recommendations of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Urban Stormwater Workgroup: http://chesapeakestormwater.net/bay-stormwater/urban-stormwater-workgroup/ Anne Arundel County’s 6-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) outlining stormwater remediation projects intended to satisfy its current MS4 permit: http://www.aacounty.org/departments/budgetoffice/forms-and-publications/fy2017/FY2017%20Proposed%20CIP_17_Watershed%20Protection%20and%20Restoration.pdf Implementation practices and efficiencies approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency and/or the State of Maryland are eligible to count to toward attainment of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. By 2025, Anne Arundel County will require additional nutrient and sediment reductions of approximately the following amounts in order to satisfy the Chesapeake Bay TMDL: Pollutant Nitrogen Phosphorus Sediment
RFI No. 682016
Additional Necessary Reduction 208,000 lbs 7,000 lbs 20,000 tons
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1.5
RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS
The County anticipates significant shortfalls in the funding and implementation actions necessary to meet its Chesapeake Bay nutrient and sediment TMDL reduction goals by 2025. Therefore, we are seeking innovative, cost-effective solutions for achieving our load reduction goals by reaching out to the broader community for creative suggestions. The County requests responders to provide a summary of proposed services, background and qualifications, demonstrated experience, representative projects and technical approach. The structure of the proposal submitted should cover the following topics: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment Reductions: • Project Prioritization • Implementation Timeline • Site Control • Project Delivery Methods • Project Implementation • Project Maintenance • Assessment of Aggregate Benefit
1.6
Impact on Local TMDLs
SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION
RFI response may be submitted by hardcopy only. Submit written responses of literature no later than 1:30pm on December 8, 2016: To: Anne Arundel County, Maryland Andrew Hime, Purchasing Agent Office of Central Services, Purchasing Division 2660 Riva Road, 3rd Floor Annapolis, MD 21401 TELEPHONE: (410)-222-7672 (Direct) Faxed questions or comments may be sent to (410) 222-7642, same attention on or before 3:00pm EST on November 15, 2016. You may also e-mail to E-mail: [email protected]
1.7 OUTCOME Anne Arundel County does not guarantee any formal solicitation will be generated as a result of this RFI. This RFI is issued solely for the purpose of allowing the County to gather information concerning and evaluate options that may be available for the delivery and enhancement of these services.
RFI No. 682016
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