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Pro osol to Provide Water Sewer, and Public Works Grant Writing Services P 9 Accountability Simply put, we take ownership of our work. The ESS team is built on the principles of performing high quality work where the Principals are directly involved and accountable for the projects we submit. Working together, with transparency and cooperation between ESS and our clients, this overall approach to grant -writing contract projects have helped ensure our clients' success. 4. Optional Additional Services Additional Services ESS staff are fully capable of bringing their extensive experience in design and construction of water utilities to provide additional services as needed. As former agency personnel, ESS team members are fully prepared to support the City Project Manager with all required analysis, reports, design review and specification sections, cost estimating, preparation of staff reports, and resolutions as needed. ESS is also available to review the project documents prior to advertisement to make sure that specifications meet all the grant requirements such as those needed for Federally funded projects or EPA labor compliance requirements. ✓ SWRCB announced project readiness as a criterion for higher ranking 30 days prior to grant deadline. ESS staff used their technical expertise to prepare specifications on behalf of four agencies that all received the highest ranking and the requested funding. ✓ In an expedited grant application for the City of Santa Ana, ESS was tasked with preparation of all the grant requirement documents including CEQA, cost estimates and direct coordination with SCE and City's consultants to finalize the technical reports for a successful award from BOR on a hydropower improvement project. D. FIRM AND TEAM EXPERIENCE Background Engineering Solutions Services (ESS) was founded by Sudi Shoja, PE, a former City Engineer who has more than 29 years of experience in managing CIP and Water and Sewer programs of over $100 million. She founded ESS in 2012 with the goal of assisting local entities in achieving their goals in funding and compliance, program management, quality assurance/quality control, and project delivery. She leverages her successful experience with transforming the agencies where she worked from losing funding to securing the maximum grant funding possible, meeting the various funding agency requirements, and serving as examples for successful audit processes. As a result, she has earned a reputation that gained us our impressive repeat client list in a short timeframe. Included below are a few examples: • ESS applications received over 30% of the awarded funds from Bureau of Reclamation for its clients in March 2022 • ESS applications received 20% of the awarded funds from Department of Water Resources for its clients in December 2021 • Received approval from WIFIA for over $50 million for two projects 15