RFQ for Multi-Agency Guaranteed Energy Performance Contracting Services

PBC Alert 11-017 The PBC on behalf of its clients, including the City of Chicago, the Board of Education and other Sister Agencies and unity of Local Government that ask to participate in the program are soliciting proposals through this Request of Qualifications and Proposals from energy service companies interested in providing comprehensive energy management and energy-related capital improvement service for a Multi-Agency Guaranteed Energy Performance Contracting Program to be managed by the PBC for the benefit of its User Agencies. Services and improvements delivered on a performance contracting basis for the Program may allow the PBC and its User Agencies to:

  • incur no initial capital cost,
  • achieve significant long term savings which are measured and verified,
  • obtain an annual savings guarantee which will be equal to or greater than the total annual Program financing costs,
  • obtain consistent levels of occupant comfort and system functionality, and
  • finance the Program over an extended contract term.

A copy of the RFQ/P including the submittal forms can be found at: https://pbcchicago.com/content/working/opening_display.asp?BID_ID=392 A mandatory conference for all ESCO’s will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 2:00 pm at the Daley Center, 50 West Washington, Room CL115. Each ESCO must send at least one representative to the mandatory pre-submittal conference to be eligible for consideration Part 1 Qualification submittals must be delivered to the Public Building Commission, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington, Room 200, by noon, Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Information on this RFQ and all of the projects currently open for bid is available at www.pbcchicago.com. Public Building Commission of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chairman Erin Lavin Cabonargi, Executive Director