Lead lateral line 2025 RFEI

The New York City Water Board (the “Board”) is soliciting conceptual proposals to assist the Board and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) with respect to financing, performing, and administering the replacement of lead-containing lateral water service lines and components. The preliminary Scope of Work is described in the Request for Expressions of Interest (the “Request” or “RFEI”) document, available using the link below. The Board and DEP are issuing this Request for purposes of establishing the extent of marketplace interest in providing these services and in order to structure a subsequent Request for Proposals that would draw interest from lenders and other service providers and that would result in the successful completion of the Scope of Work.

The preliminary Scope of Work includes administering a customer-focused program designed to accomplish the replacement of those lateral water service lines and components that contain lead content, evaluating and funding loans or a similar instrument to assist City property owners wishing to absorb the cost of the replacement through a financial product, and coordinating the lending and administration process as it relates to third party vendors. Prospective proposers are free to submit indications of interest covering the entire Scope of Work or that involve only specific sections, and are free to submit responses in cooperation with other firms, as joint ventures, or on a standalone basis.