Introduction The City of Trenton, Department of Water and Sewer, Trenton Water Works, services approximately 64,500 customers within its distribution system of the City of Trenton and portions of the surrounding communities of Hamilton Township, Hopewell Township, Ewing Township, and Lawrence Township. The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments require that community water systems provide customers with an annual report on quality of drinking water. As such, Trenton Water Works is required to complete the (CCR) Consumer Confidence Report in accordance with the regulations set forth by the EPA. Objectives The objective is to find technical and fee proposals from qualified firms. These proposals are necessary to obtain the services of a consulting firm that would provide services to develop, prepare, print and mail the Consumer Confidence Report. Trenton Water Works has adopted a format for the document. A copy of the 2025 Report is attached for your use in preparing the response to this BID. Specifications 1. The consultant shall be required to demonstrate that they have a thorough understanding and knowledge of the current State of New Jersey and Federal regulation. The consultant shall prepare the CCR report for Trenton Water Works to fulfil all the requirements of the regulation. The consultant shall be responsible for providing an electronic editable form of the CCR report for both the review documents and the final approved version. 2. Proposals that deviate by reducing tasks listed in the scope of work may be considered non-compliant and therefore may not be considered. 3. Develop a timeline in accordance with the work described in the scope of work. Completion of the report by the consultant and submittal of documents in a format for printing shall be done within two months of the issuance of the purchase order or February 14, 2026, whichever is first. 4. The consultant shall provide a data management plan that will organize and assimilate data as well as collect the necessary data for the purpose of publishing the report. This shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the compilation of maps, flow charts, and any other necessary information. The Trenton Water Works laboratory data shall be provided in a manual/hard copy form and therefore the consultant shall be responsible for the conversion of the manual data to electronic. 5. Provide no less than 3 possible color schemes for the report to the Trenton Water Works coordinator for consideration.
