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This Solicitation opportunity from California was posted on August 14, 2025. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

Category 1 - Professional Services for Commercial Efficiency and Electrification Program

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RFP194784State & Local

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The City of Palo Alto Utilities is seeking qualified third-party firms to provide comprehensive professional services for its Commercial Efficiency and Electrification Program through three distinct RFP categories. These categories include conducting energy and water efficiency assessments, developing customer characterization tools for outreach and engagement, and offering technical assistance and equipment analysis. Bidders can submit proposals for one or multiple categories, but must do so separately for each, including distinct cost proposals. Each category will be evaluated independently and may be awarded to multiple vendors, allowing for a flexible and tailored approach based on project scope and expertise. The program aims to achieve measurable reductions in utility bills and greenhouse gas emissions by deploying high-efficiency equipment, electrification technologies, and water-saving measures. The City intends to act as a strategic coordinator, overseeing program direction and customer engagement, while selected vendors will deliver technical implementation, engineering management, and performance tracking. The contract size ranges from five to ten million dollars, with a deadline for submissions set for September 17, 2025. The initiative emphasizes a partnership model that combines large firms capable of full turnkey delivery with specialized experts focused on specific technologies or customer sectors, ensuring a versatile and effective program delivery.

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Agency

California → Palo Alto UtilitiesView Agency

NAICS

541618 - Other Management Consulting ServicesView NAICS

Place of Performance

CA, USA

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Documents

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RFP194784 - Professional Services for Commercial Efficiency and Electrification Program

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Category 1 Cost Proposal for RFP194784 - Commercial Efficiency and Electrification

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City of Palo Alto Insurance Requirements

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Firm Experience Qualifications Form

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City of Palo Alto Professional Services Agreement Sample

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AgencyCalifornia → Palo Alto Utilities
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The three (3) RFPs listed below are for the Professional Services for the Commercial Efficiency and Electrification Program. The City is soliciting proposals on three categories of activities to operate the program:RFP194784 – Category 1 Energy and Water Efficiency & Electrification AssessmentsRFP195689 – Category 2 Develop a customer characterization tool for customer identification, outreach, engagement, and project management.RFP195690 – Category 3 Technical Assistance and Analysis of Equipment OptionsYou may bid on any or all of these categories. You may use the same proposal document to bid on multiple categories, BUT YOU MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE COPY IN OPENGOV FOR EACH CATEGORY YOU WANT TO PROPOSE ON, AND YOU MUST SUBMIT A SEPARATE COST PROPOSAL FOR EACH CATEGORY. For example, if you wish to propose on Categories 1 and 3, but not 2, you submit your proposal document in OpenGov for RFP194784 and RFP195690, but not RFP195689. If you just wanted to submit for Category 2, you would submit one proposal into RFP195689. Each Category will be evaluated separately and may be awarded to more than one consultant. The City of Palo Alto Utilities (City)  seeks qualified third-party firms (vendors) to partner in delivering full-service, turnkey implementation and engineering management consulting services for commercial energy efficiency (EE), building electrification (BE), and water conservation efforts. This includes traditional resource savings programs as well as projects delivered under Energy Services Performance Contracting (ESPC) models, which may allow customers to pursue improvements with no up-front costs, repaid through realized utility savings. The City is looking for proposals that deliver measurable reductions in customer utility bills and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through deployment of high-efficiency equipment, electrification technologies, and water-saving measures.The City envisions serving as the strategic coordinator, providing direction, customer engagement and program oversight, while selected proposers offer technical expertise, implementation services and performance tracking. A flexible vendor pool will be established, potentially including a large firm(s) capable of comprehensive turnkey program delivery, as well as specialists focused on specific technologies or customer sectors.  This model will enable a tailored approach based on project scale and complexity.