Specifications include, but are not limited to:The scope of services for this project is for professional services to perform comprehensive financial planning, cost of service studies, rate design, public information, and financial benchmarking for the water, sewerage, and drainage systems of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. The consultant should prepare recommendations that, upon implementation by mid-year 2020, would ensure at a very high degree of likelihood that all bonded indebtedness would be immediately rated at a level of minimum investment grade or higher. Likewise, the consultant should prepare recommendations that, upon implementation in 2021 and beyond, would ensure at a reasonable degree of likelihood that all bonded indebtedness would be rated at a level of ‘AA’ or higher by 2022. The planning horizon for this project should be 2020-2029. The first five years of the financial plan should be detailed while the second five years may be summarized. All reports, presentations, spreadsheet applications (including formulas), documentation, and other project materials should become property of the Sewerage and Water Board upon completion of the project.