The Boston Smart Utilities Project is intended to rethink the way utility infrastructure is designed and implemented in Boston, resulting in greater coordination, efficiency, and energy savings and yielding greater environmental and community resilience. The Boston Planning and Development Agency (“BPDA”) is collaborating with a range of other City departments to identify inefficiencies in current infrastructure design and implementation processes and to propose new, more efficient and resilient design strategies for underground and overhead utility infrastructure. City departments collaborating with the BRA include the Mayor’s Office of Streets, Transportation and Sanitation, the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, the Mayor’s Office of Environment Energy and Open Space, the Department of Information Technology, Public Works Department, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, and the Boston Transportation Department.
To spearhead the Boston Smart Utilities Project, the BPDA is issuing an RFP for a “Smart Utilities Vision”, yielding engineering recommendations and policies that help to achieve our goals.
Updated News on RFP award: http://www.bostonplans.org/news-calendar/news-updates/2016/10/24/boston-planning-development-agency-selects-aecom-t
Prior relevant information below:
All responses to this RFP must be returned no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, August 22, 2016
A Bidders Conference will take place on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. at the BRA, 9th Floor, City Hall, Boston, MA in the BRA Board Room. All questions must be submitted by August 10, 5:00 pm to receive responses.