Economic Consulting Services RFPs, Pre-RFP Signals and Bid Opportunities
See emerging pre-RFP opportunities from public-sector buyers this week based on contract renewal timing, meetings and job changes, and paired with verified contact info.
- The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission is building its first State Health Resource Plan, mandated by Section 343 of the 2024 Acts, to assess supply and demand across 24 service lines.
- HPC has hired staff and contracted with expert teams to support the plan's strategic, health care, and data planning work.
- Advisory Council members raised concerns about cost efficiency and whether proposed investments would shift care toward or away from efficient providers.
- The office plans literature reviews, data analysis, and market interviews with researchers, providers, payers, and advocates for each service area.
Meeting MentionPre-RFPDetected: Sep 24
Key Contacts · Verified by Starbridge
Elizabeth Reidy
Associate Director, Office of Health Resource Planning
- NVTA's Planning Coordination Advisory Committee is mid-way through a two-year update of TransAction, its long-range multi-modal transportation plan, with adoption scheduled for December 2026.
- Staff presented public engagement findings from June through August, highlighting congestion, transit reliability, connections, and safety as top public concerns.
- The committee is revising performance measures and weights, including a proposal to reframe a congestion reliability measure based on Technical Advisory Committee feedback.
- Upcoming analysis will use regional travel demand models, GIS, and Vision Eval to test scenarios like density…
- Regional Council received a Deloitte presentation on water and wastewater utility models at its September 24, 2026 meeting, signaling active evaluation of delivery options.
- The Region's deferred capital backlog reached $2.76 billion in 2025, an 11% increase since 2021, with over a third of water and wastewater assets rated poor or very poor.
- Area CAOs formed a Water/wastewater Technical Working Group that has met twice and drafted a scope of work for a comprehensive infrastructure and asset review.
- The working group will report back to Area CAOs on September 25, 2026, with the scope and associated funding to be brought to…
- Kechi's council is finalizing a water analysis RFP to investigate unexplained high usage and customer billing complaints, with members directing revisions to ensure independence.
- A resident publicly challenged the city's water billing, citing a 35,000-gallon usage spike and requesting an independent study, reflecting widespread community concern.
- City staff confirmed they lack in-house expertise for the RFP, enlisting their engineer PEC to draft it and underscoring the need for outside consulting.
- The council plans to issue the RFP after approving changes, then bring bids back to council for selection, with no vendor committed yet.
- EcoNorthwest presented its commissioned economic and fiscal impact study to the TriMet board, quantifying the agency's regional contributions and a $90 million annual state revenue return.
- Board members praised the study as long-needed, hard data and asked about modeling service expansions beyond the status quo, which the consultants confirmed they can do.
- TriMet plans to use the study for legislative advocacy, including road shows to the Metro Chamber and JPAC, and potential committee hearings in December.
- The study's findings are being finalized into a report, with the agency still developing talking points for communication with…
- Platte River's proposed 2027 budget dedicates about $0.3 million to continue a multiyear joint rate study with its owner communities.
- The rate study will include a formal cost of service study and rate design study to achieve common objectives with updated methodologies.
- The board will review the proposed 2027 Strategic Budget and 2027 Rate Tariff Schedules at its September 24, 2026 meeting.
- The budget notes rate design and incentive programs require modernization as the system transitions to a primarily intermittent resource mix.
- Chandler's Council reviewed a utility rate workshop that launched a new Cost of Service Analysis starting September/October 2026, to rebalance rate alignment across water, wastewater, reclaimed water, and solid waste.
- The city's proposed rate plans for FY 2026-27 through FY 2028-29 include double-digit cumulative increases (water +9.0% annually, wastewater +6.5%, reclaimed +9.0%, solid waste +4.5%).
- Staff cited significant data changes—operating costs, inflation, and infrastructure plans—as the driver for the restudy of rate misalignment and the new analysis.
- Staff directed the city to engage a new consultant for the Cost of Service Analysis, signaling openness to fresh external expertise rather than extending the prior consultant's engagement.
- The Council has not yet approved the rate increases; the public hearing on October 15, 2026, will be a decision point, and staff noted they will discuss additional consultant engagement for ongoing rate monitoring.
- Councilmembers probed study frequency, with staff noting that more frequent analyses capture real-time shifts; the final scope and vendor for the new study remain unconfirmed.
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What is a pre-RFP signal for economic consulting services?
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- Chandler's City Council work session focused on utility rates, with staff presenting a financial plan review and the need for a new cost of service analysis.
- The City has committed to a new Cost of Service Analysis starting in September/October 2026, to be completed by April/May 2027 for FY 2027-28 rate adjustments.
- Council members discussed the frequency of cost of service analyses, with staff suggesting 3-5 years as more realistic than the best-practice 5-7 years, and considering annual updates.
- The City's proposed 10-year capital improvement plan includes $372.5 million for water treatment and production facilities and $249.3 million for wastewater and reclaimed facilities.
- Planned utility rate increases of 9% for water and 6.5% for wastewater annually over three years are part of the financial plan, with public hearings scheduled as part of the key dates.
- AAMPO Executive Director Brendon Wheeler testified that the region faces a $50-55 billion added-capacity funding gap by 2050, against only $12-14 billion in anticipated funding, early in a comprehensive needs assessment.
- The MPO's Transportation Policy Board is weighing regional and local funding tools, many requiring state action, and calling for new state funding streams to close the gap.
- The committee reviewed findings from Halff's $250,000 Transit Asset Management Study, which evaluated 811 VIA bus shelters and recommended replacement actions at 151 stops, seeking endorsement of the final report.
- AAMPO is revising UPWP subtasks to procure the next Travel Demand Model on-call consultant, increasing the authorized program amount to $19,269,779, signaling an upcoming procurement for modeling support.
- The committee reviewed draft vision and goals for the Mobility 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan update, setting the stage for a long-range planning process that will require extensive economic analysis, with TxDOT receiving $755 million in federal grants for rail projects in the region.
- The Alamo Area MPO board approved a $4.7M FY27 operations budget, adding staff and authorizing real estate and site-selection resources for new facilities.
- The board amended the UPWP to fund over a dozen new planning studies, including subregional plans and a rail crossing study with dedicated budgets.
- VIA is funding a $1.57M advanced project definition for up to six rapid transit corridors, with a consultant still to be hired.
- The $2M SAGE Reconnecting Communities study will explore highway capping on San Antonio's Eastside to spur economic development, with $1.5M in FY27.
- The $3.05M UTSA Active Transportation Plan will use transportation modeling to integrate campuses, with all FY27 funds committed.
- The board is considering contracts for carpool services and legal support, but no economic consultant has been selected for these efforts.
- The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission is building its first State Health Resource Plan, mandated by Section 343 of the 2024 Acts, to assess supply and demand across 24 service lines.
- HPC has hired staff and contracted with expert teams to support the plan's strategic, health care, and data planning work.
- Advisory Council members raised concerns about cost efficiency and whether proposed investments would shift care toward or away from efficient providers.
- The office plans literature reviews, data analysis, and market interviews with researchers, providers, payers, and advocates for each service area.
- HPC is still deciding which targeted assessments to prioritize and is seeking input on selection criteria, leaving the approach open to influence.
- NVTA's Planning Coordination Advisory Committee is mid-way through a two-year update of TransAction, its long-range multi-modal transportation plan, with adoption scheduled for December 2026.
- Staff presented public engagement findings from June through August, highlighting congestion, transit reliability, connections, and safety as top public concerns.
- The committee is revising performance measures and weights, including a proposal to reframe a congestion reliability measure based on Technical Advisory Committee feedback.
- Upcoming analysis will use regional travel demand models, GIS, and Vision Eval to test scenarios like density along transit and investments in transit and travel demand management.
- The project list developed through this process will determine eligibility for regional funding in future six-year programs.
- Updated measures and weights are due back to the committee next month, with final authority decisions expected in November or December.
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