Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The selected respondent(s) will be responsible for providing technical assistance at the direction of DEEP in one or more of the Core Services listed below. Respondents must submit a proposal for at least one of the Core Services listed below (i.e. Core Services A or Core Services B, in their entirety), and may submit a separate proposal for each listed Core Services, as described in Section IV.D below. Core Services A: Climate Resilience For Core Services A, the selected respondents will be expected to provide the following core services: • Provide grant management support to DEEP by reviewing quarterly reports; monitoring progress; tracking reimbursements; developing and tracking metrics for climate resilience indicators, performance, and outcomes; and other related grant management tasks. • Support coordination/communications between DEEP resilience project grantees and design engineers to ensure funded projects and their progress adequately align with technical requirements detailed in submitted applications as well as program requirements. • Draft and develop technical, educational, and informational materials about climate resilience, including but not limited to nature-based solutions, green infrastructure, stormwater management, living shorelines, and community engagement strategies for grantees and relevant stakeholders. • Conduct outreach on the grant program, including but not limited to the development of factsheets, webinars and other outreach materials as needed. • Assist DEEP with developing federal grant applications related to climate resilience, including identifying funding opportunities and evaluation criteria; developing cost benefit analyses using Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) methodologies and other relevant studies required for applications; supporting DEEP with public processes, including but not limited to attending public meetings and reviewing and analyzing written comments submitted, and identifying match funding opportunities from existing programs in Connecticut at the direction of DEEP. • Provide DEEP with climate resilience planning and/or information and analysis of any issues that arise during the process of completing the above tasks, including but not limited to, extreme heat planning, climate risk vulnerability assessments, all hazard planning, flood modeling, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, site studies and selection, project scoping activities, project feasibility analyses, field studies, environmental and engineering studies and analyses related to resilience project, and alternatives analyses.
