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ATTACHMENT B SCOPE OF WORK INDIAN RIVER COUNTY VULNERABILITY AND SECURITY EVALUATION WATER SUPPLY, TREATMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION INTRODUCTION On June 12, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. Although water system security has always been important, this new legislation requires that each community water system serving a population greater than 3,300 to conduct a vulnerability assessment and submit it to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) . Authorized by this legislation, the USEPA requires vulnerability assessments to include a review of pipes and constructed conveyances, physical barriers, water collection, pretreatment, treatment, storage and distribution facilities, electronic, computer, or other automated systems utilized by the public water system, the use, storage, or handling of various chemicals and the operation and maintenance of the water system. SCOPE OF WORK This proposal provides for a systematic security vulnerability assessment, using an EPA- approved methodology, to determine the utility' s mission, identify threats to the system, define consequences for potential breaches in security, evaluate current equipment and procedures, recommend improvements to the physical protection systems, and provide associated budget- level costs for recommended upgrades . In order to complete this evaluation, CDM (CONSULTANT) will assign a senior, experienced water professional versed in all aspects of the water system design and operations as well as security procedures and public relations. The senior professional will be supported by the full CONSULTANT staff with specialized knowledge in key areas (instrumentation, structural, toxicology, etc.) TASK 1. 0 -KICKOFF WORKSHOP 1 . 1 Kickoff Workshop . CONSULTANT will conduct a workshop session with Indian River County Utilities Department (IRCUD) staff to : 1 ) present an overview of the RAM-WsM methodology, 2) review/ develop the water utility' s mission statement, and 3) prioritize the goals and objectives of the vulnerability assessment. Additionally, CONSULTANT will work with key IRCUD' s upper management employees to review the utility' s mission statement. CONSULTANT will also develop between 3 to 5 specific goals for the mission statement objectives and prioritize those goals using pair-wise comparisons . Those weighted goals will be used to rank each of the water system' s major components . B- 1 mh1244