The general scope of work for the RFI is to seek proposals for Public Private Partnerships related to evaluating, exploring, and/or implementing a desalination capability for clean drinking water in the Santa Teresa Industrial Park, Santa Teresa Port of Entry, and/or Chaparral areas of the County. Submitters should describe: • Their vision of how the County and the submitter might partner together to advance the possibility of using brackish water to provide clean drinking water in one or more of the identified areas. • The role the County would play in the proposal, and the anticipated costs to the County. • The proposed scope and scale of the project. • Plans for securing funding for the project. • Qualifications of the submitter (and any other partners). Because desalination is a new concept for New Mexico and since an award cannot be made based off the request for information submitters may submit multiple proposals for consideration. Each submission should be no more than 20 pages in total. The County may invite top submitters to provide an in-person or online presentation and to have further discussion. Once an RFP is ready the County may enter into multiple partnerships as a result of this RFI but Offerors are aware an RFP may or not be issued. Furthermore, the County may issue future RFIs related to water, wastewater, and desalination opportunities and respondents may be contacted for these future opportunities.
