BOARD02064

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: OWC Section - Drought and Water Supply Assessment
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Section 1
Project TeamMinimum Qualifications (RFP Section 4.3)

The prought Planning Survey/Carry-over Storage Assessment Project is different from any
previous request for services that the Colorado Division of Natural Resources (DNR) and
the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) have advertised for various - and excellent-
reasons. The State's growth patterns and projections, and the effect of these growth patterns on
sustainable water supply; are among the foremost concerns of the State's water users and
providers, as indicated through CWCB's outreach efforts of the last -18 months. In addition,
CWCB has been striving to improve its ability to provide much needed support to the water
community in terms of project identification, evaluation and financing, through better, and
more focUsed, marketing and outreach efforts.

The Drought Planning Survey/Carry-over Storage Assessment Project (DPSCSA) promises to
aid the State, DNR, CWCB and the State's various water interests in not only identifying" areas
of concern", which may include areas where water supplies were not adequate to meet
demands and/or limitations in water storage
facilities treated sustainable water supply, but in
developing a mechanism for promoting improved
outreach and communications between the State
and local governments, water users, and water
providers. ,The improvement of communications
between the State and local governments was
perhaps the number one concern heard by ewCB
during its basin planning meetings. '

Mr. Bouvette leads a Team that is
configured of consummate
professionals practicing in marketing
research, public relations, and
marketing communications.

In addition, the Bouvette Consulting
Team includes highly qualified
personnel skilled in the history and
science of Colorado drought, water
supply and water supply statutory
management.

To successfully perform the DPSCSA Project, DNR
and CWCB have .identified "Minimum
Qualification" requirements for the proposed project
team. These minimum requirements are a direct
result of CWCB understanding that' the successful contractor will ne,ed to develop and
implement a marketing research-type survey (perhaps the first of its kind for CWCB) with the
appropriate technical focus on water supply conservation, development, protection, and
management - consistent with the mission of CWCB. '

1.1 Minimum Qualifications (RFP 4.3.1 through 4.3.6)
Bouvette Consulting understimds, and appreciates the unique needs of CWCB relative to the
execution of the DPSCSA Project, and has assembled a, team of experts that we believe' exceeds
the minimum requirements specified in RFP-PDA204S. A summary of our project team's
experience relevant to the DPSCSA is provided inFigure 1-1. '

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