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WRRF's Consolidation Feasibility Study - Rikers Island. This Request for Proposal (“RFx) is being released through PASSPort, New York City’s online procurement portal. Responses to this RFx should be submitted via PASSPort. To access the solicitation, vendors should visit the PASSPort Public Portal at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mocs/systems/about-go-to-passport.page and click on the “Search Funding Opportunities in PASSPort” blue box. This will take you to the Public Portal of all procurements in the PASSPort system. To quickly locate the RFx, insert the EPIN 82621P0019 into the Keywords search field. If you need assistance submitting a response, please contact help@mocs.nyc.gov. Description: Proposed NYC legislation will turn over Rikers Island ownership to DEP, and require DEP to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a new Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) on Rikers Island. Due to aging infrastructure, four existing WRRFs located near Rikers Island (Wards Island, Tallman Island, Hunts Point, and Bowery Bay) will need to be updated in the next ten years, on the order of $5 Billion. Furthermore, requirements under the CSO order in the drainage area would require additional upgrades for CSO treatment and storage on the order of $1.5 Billion, plus additional operations and maintenance costs not yet fully realized, such as anticipated additional nitrogen removal and disinfection requirements, which would not be achievable without material footprint expansion. This study is essential to prioritizing and redefining near term projects in the associated drainage area, by assessing whether these four existing WRRFs can be replaced by a new WRRF on Rikers Island. If enacted, DEP’s non-compliance in conducting this “Rikers Island Feasibility Study” will result in fines, likely equal to or greater than the study contract itself. The feasibility study will provide guidance to DEP, other NYC Agencies and various communities in NYC as to the viability of consolidating up to four WRRFs on Rikers Island over the next several decades. The project will follow a set of guiding principles to inform a decision-making framework, define and evaluate alternative scenarios, and identify considerations, recommendations and planning principles to inform future decision making and implementation. The project is envisioned as a comprehensive and detailed assessment that considers all relevant aspects needed to establish the feasibility of developing potential consolidation scenarios on Rikers Island, including technical, environmental and financial analyses.