The City of Waco is soliciting proposals for SCADA support, maintenance, and on-call services for water and wastewater facilities. The deadline for questions is February 25, 2026, and proposals are due by March 12, 2026. The contract is expected to have a maximum duration of 1 year with 4 possible renewals for a 5 year total agreement. The evaluation will be based on the published criteria and points, and the city may conduct discussions or interviews and may negotiate with the highest ranked proposer. The city reserves the right to reject any and all submittals.
The selected contractor shall perform the phase 0 assessment and deliver the report, risk register, asset inventory, and roadmap within the first sixty days of contract start, according to Exhibit A. within the first sixty days of contract start, the selected contractor shall perform the phase 0 assessment and deliver the report, risk register, asset inventory, and roadmap in accordance with exhibit a.
The evaluation criteria include relevant firm experience and qualifications, technical approach and service delivery model, OT cybersecurity maturity and exhibit B response, oncall coverage model and response commitments, phase 0 approach and exhibit A response, and cost and overall value. proposals will be scored using the following criteria: 1. relevant firm experience and qualifications, including municipal water and wastewater scada support, 15 points 2. technical approach and service delivery model, including documentation, change control, testing, and turnover deliverables, and ability to implement and adhere to exhibit c, scada tics minimum standards and draft manual reference, 30 points 3. ot cybersecurity maturity and exhibit b response, including remote access controls, patch and vulnerability management, and reporting, 15 points 4. oncall coverage model and response commitments, including remote acknowledgement, escalation plan, and onsite response assumptions, 15 points 5. phase 0 approach and exhibit a response, including inventory methodology, risk scoring approach, and roadmap format, 10 points 6. cost and overall value, including hourly rates and any proposed fee structure, 15 points
Qualified firms should submit their qualifications through the city of Waco's Bonfire portal. qualified firms should submit their qualifications through the city of wacos bonfire portal at wacotexas. bonfirehub. comlogin.
The written protest must be filed no later than 5: 00 p. m. on the fifth 5th business day from the date of receipt of notification of the recommendation for the contract award. he written protest must be filed no later than 5: 00 p. m. on the fifth 5th business day from the date of receipt of notification of the recommendation for the contract award.
