Advisory Services for Co-Digestion and Renewable Natural Gas at the Hunts Point WRRF

The New York City Water Board (the “Board”) is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit proposals from firms for purposes of providing advisory services to the Board and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) in connection with activities contemplated at DEP’s Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility (“Hunts Point WRRF”), including the design and procurement of assets related to the co-digestion of waste materials, obtaining commercially viable natural gas from the biogas obtained from those wastewater materials, and the transport of natural gas to commercial purchasers. The selected advisor or advisor(s) will support the Board and DEP across all phases of developing, structuring, and procuring a co-digestion and renewable natural gas program at the Hunts Point wastewater resource recovery facility.  The scope of work is expected to include evaluations drawn from disciplines which include engineering, finance, legal, tax planning, project management, procurement and supply chain management, construction, the structuring of real property transactions, and other disciplines as required.  All findings, analyses, recommendations, and work-product produced by the advisor will be documented and delivered to the Board and DEP in written form at intervals specified in the RFP and legal agreement or agreements resulting from this RFP. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None