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Appendix ATTACHMENT 1 SCOPE OF WORK CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR WATER, SEWER AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS GRANT WRITING SERVICES RFP NO.: 22-064 Introduction and Background: The City of Santa Ana is located in the County of Orange in Southern California. The City encompasses 27.5 square miles and a population of over 335,000 people. The City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency is soliciting proposals from professional firms for grant writing services. The primary emphasis will be seeking grant related funds for Water and Sewer programs all other programs will be secondary. In the past the City has utilized professional grant writing consulting firms on as needed basis to meet the goals and objectives of the City. The goals of this proposal for consulting services are to identify areas of funding needs, grant research and funding, development, and grant program administration and delivery to the City's Public Works Agency. In summary, the City of Santa Ana is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide grant writing services. This request for proposal (RFP) provides interested qualified firms with the information enabling them to submit a Service Bid Proposal and to provide the services described herein. Description of Work: The Consultant/s will seek funding opportunities primarily for water and sewer programs, secondarily for all other programs with an emphasis on securing funds for capital projects. The selected consultants are expected to search for relevant grant opportunities and inform the City of their applicability. When relevant grant opportunities are identified and approval to proceed is granted by City, the consulting firm shall prepare the necessary grant application documents and submit grant applications on behalf of the City for approval or fully support the City in applying. All the work shall be coordinated with Public Works Agency personnel. The successful firm(s) shall have experience in grant writing, grant program development and administration for Federal, State, and Local entities including and not limited to: • US Department of Commerce -Economic Development Administration (Public Works and EAA programs) • US Department of Housing and Urban Development (CDBG) • US Department of Interior -Bureau of Reclamation • California Department of Water Resources City of Santa Ana RFP 22-064 0--- 44