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Advisory council to solicit update of 2019 economic assessment; $45,000 cap, June 30 deadline
Summary
Volunteers on the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council have drafted a request for proposals to update the 2019 assessment of potential costs from declining Great Salt Lake levels. The solicitation will be capped at $45,000 and contractors must complete and bill work by June 30 because fiscal-year funds expire then.
Council member Leland Myers described a planned solicitation to update the 2019 avoided-cost assessment of declining Great Salt Lake levels and to consolidate more recent studies into an updated economic assessment.
Myers said the council has limited funds and that the brief scope must focus on compiling published studies, updating economic estimates where possible, and providing an expert assessment of the reliability of those numbers. “We’re telling them also that the total maximum allowable is $45,000 because that's what we have,” Myers said, and that the contractor will be required to finish work and bill by June 30 because the council’s fiscal-year money expires then.
Members discussed the scope and whether $45,000 is sufficient. Several council members volunteered to participate on a selection committee to review proposals and to provide technical input. Joe Havas and others asked that the council be given an opportunity to review proposals and preliminary reports; staff said the selection committee would review proposals and the contractor would bring a preliminary report back to the council before public distribution.
The solicitation will be posted soon; staff asked interested council members to contact Angela Gong to volunteer for the selection committee. The council emphasized coordination with other state research efforts—such as the Great Salt Lake tech team and commissioner's office—to avoid duplicative work and to target gaps in knowledge.
