STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 14, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a one-year consultant contract for a solar siting study for the Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability - Ameresco, Inc., most advantageous proposer of two - Not to exceed $249,652 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This consultant contract will provide for a solar siting study for the Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability (OEQS). The contract will engage the services of a firm to provide short-term and longer-term planning and cost analyses of economically feasible, potential City-owned or privately owned (under lease agreement) solar photovoltaic (PV) assets. Efforts also include estimating emission reductions from those assets, identifying optimal locations for PV installations, project priorities, and funding options for the City to consider during project planning and related budget processes.
This contract is necessary for OEQS to meet related performance measures in both the Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) to address planned actions in the Energy Sector, (CECAP Action Number E7: "to develop more renewable energy projects, and to complete a solar siting study"). The project also addresses measures in the Racial Equity Plan (REP), (REP Action Number Ei.30, to "provide access to community solar opportunities for qualified households with the greatest need by 2025").
A six-member committee from the following departments reviewed and evaluated the qualifications:
* Building Services Department (1)
* Office of Data Analytics & Business Intelligence (1)
* Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability (2)
* Small Business Center Department (1)
* Office of Procurement Services (1)...
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