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