DRA-12126 - USA (El Centro, California) - Cost Recovery Fee Study Services - Deadline December 10,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide cost recovery fee study services to the government authority located in El Centro, CA.• This study is to evaluate the full cost of providing private project–related services to ensure its fees and charges for services for private projects are fair, equitable, and legally defensible.• Refine project scope, deliverables, schedule, date requirements, and communication protocols • Provide a written Project Work Plan and timeline, including milestones, data requests and review periods.• Request, collect, and review all necessary financial, operational, staffing, and workload data • Identify current challenges, inefficiencies, and opportunities for fee restructuring an consolidation. • Identify the total cost of providing each service at the appropriate activity level and in a manner that is consistent with all applicable laws, studies, rules and regulations governing the collection of fees or charges provided for services. • Recommend appropriate fees and charges based on the consultant’s analysis together with the appropriate subsidy percentage for those fees where full cost recovery may be unrealistic. • Establish a Third–Party Plan Check Fee Structure providing a clear recommendation and implementation guidelines on whether the division should mandate fixed fees for third–party plan checks.• Retain the current flexible actual–cost billing model, or adopt a hybrid approach depending on the project category. (2) The contract period will be for five years.(3) All the questions must be submitted no later than November 24, 2026.