The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
On behalf of
The Connecticut State University System, the Regional Community Technical College
System and Charter Oak State College,
And the University of Connecticut
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06106
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Request for Qualifications
Electricity Supply
Exhibit A, Specifications and Submittal
Requirements
CSCU RFQ #1705
Feb 3, 2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. PROCUREMENT CALENDAR ............................................................................................................. 3
2. CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 3
3. PURPOSE OF PROCUREMENT AND PROPOSAL CONDITIONS................................................ 4
4. ACQUISITION METHOD ...................................................................................................................... 6
5. SINGLE OR MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS FOR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE ...................... 6
6. CONTRACT TERM ................................................................................................................................ 6
7. CONTRACT EXTENSION ..................................................................................................................... 6
8. FEE STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................... 7
9. SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 7
10. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES .................................................................. 9
11. EVALUATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA ..................................................................................... 9
12. RFQ RESPONSE PACKAGE ..............................................................................................................10
1. DESIGNATED ACCOUNT MANAGER/PROJECT TEAM ...............................................................................10
2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................10
3. REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................................10
4. REQUIRED FORMS...................................................................................................................................11
13. ATTACHMENTS ..................................................................................................................................12
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1. PROCUREMENT CALENDAR
EVENT
DATE
TIME
Solicitation Released
Feb 3, 2017
Posting of Usage Data
Feb 3, 2017
Supplier Teleconference *
Feb 9, 2017
10:00 AM
Written Questions May Be Submitted
no later than(Email is acceptable)
Feb 13, 2017
5:00 PM
Demo Auction Held for Suppliers
As needed, but prior to of Feb
24, 2017
Posting of Answers to Supplier
Questions
Feb 16, 2017
Technical Response Due Date and
Time
Feb 22, 2017
Notification of Qualification
Feb 24, 2017
Posting of Auction Schedule
Feb 24, 2017
Price Submittal through Auction
Mar 1, 2017
Contract Awards
Mar 1, 2017
Signed master contract to be sent to
CSCU
Mar 3, 2017
Supply Contract Service Start Date
May 1, 2017
3:00 PM
* Interested Suppliers are invited to call into the Supplier Teleconference. The call-in number will be posted on the Announcement Page.
Only questions about the terms and conditions of the RFQ and account data will be addressed during this call.
Notifications, releases and amendments to this RFQ will be posted on:
www.ct.edu/about/rfp
And
http://www.exchange.enernoc.com/WebPortal/Public/Announcement.aspx?ID=tnazVtnGnOA%3d
2. CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions regarding this RFQ must be submitted in writing to Doug Ginsberg (contact information listed below) and copied to Francesca
Catucci of Enernoc, [email protected].
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Address:
Procurement Leader/Contact:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Doug Ginsberg
860.723.0107
860.723.0006
[email protected]
3. PURPOSE OF PROCUREMENT AND PROPOSAL CONDITIONS
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) is requesting from Contractor the supply of all electricity commodity components up
to the Delivery Point. The Full Requirements Electricity Supply shall be delivered to facilities that are located in the Local Distribution
Company (LDC), Eversource and United Illuminating (UI).
The “Delivery Point” for such electricity shall be that point on the electric system at which the LDC takes possession of the electricity for
final delivery of the electricity to the meter(s) of the specific facilities. This same Delivery Point shall be where the facility takes title to
the electricity.
“Full Requirements Electricity Supply” shall be defined as: All components of firm electricity supply, including but not limited to energy
charges, congestion, ancillary services, and line losses under all applicable requirements by Independent System Operator New England
(ISO – NE), Contractor coordination tariffs and agreements, LMP adjustments, Client account management activities including all fees,
capacity charges, and billing and reporting requirements under this Contract, but not including other costs and rates related to the delivery
or distribution of electricity by the LDC. Such firm, full requirements electricity shall be equivalent to the relevant to LDC’s basic service
product. Winter Reliability Charges shall be treated as a pass through cost.
Additionally, any prospective contractor must be willing to adhere to the following conditions and must positively state them in the
proposal.
1. Any contract awarded as a result of this RFQ shall be in full compliance with the statutes and regulations of the State of
Connecticut and include the Contract Provisions required by the State. Any portion of the contract determined to be in conflict with
said statutes and/or regulations will be interpreted so as to be in compliance.
2. Proposals are subject to rejection in whole or part if they limit or modify any of the terms and conditions and/or specifications of
the RFQ.
3. The Contractor shall not add, delete or change any term or condition contained in the solicitation as a prerequisite to
supplying energy to CSCU under the contract award as a result of the auction.
4.
Proposals are binding commitments and may be incorporated into any contract awarded.
5. The successful bidder shall comply with all applicable CSCU Policies including the Ethical Conduct Policy, which may be found
by visiting: www.ct.edu/hr/policies. The successful bidder shall also comply with all federal and state statutes and regulations
including, but not limited to, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) in the
protection of all data where and as applicable.
6. All proposals submitted in response to this RFQ become the property of the State of Connecticut, and are subject to the
provisions of Section 1-210 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Freedom of Information). See Section 19 below.
7.
Any oral agreement between any agency or employee and a bidder shall be superseded by the written agreement.
8. CSCU reserves the right to amend or cancel this RFQ; award in part; reject any and all proposals, in whole or in part; contract
with one or more proposers for services; correct any and all inaccuracies due to clerical error in any contract awarded.
9. Proposer warrants that proposer did not participate in the RFQ development process, nor had any knowledge of the contents of
this RFQ prior to its issuance.
10. No employee of the proposer participated, in any way, in the preparation of this RFQ.
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11. Proposal was not made in connection with any competing vendor submitting a separate response to this RFQ.
12. Proposal is submitted without collusion or fraud of any kind.
13. Proposer shall bear any and all cost incurred in responding to this RFQ.
14. Any subsequent contract(s) arising from this RFQ may be extended to other constituent units of higher education and other State
of Connecticut agencies. The use of this award is voluntary and is contingent upon acceptance by the contractor.
15. Any contract awarded is subject to the Non-discrimination compliance requirements mandated by C.G.S. Section 4a-60 and 4a60a, as amended.
16. Any contract awarded shall be subject to Executive Orders of the Governor, State of Connecticut:
 Executive Order No. 3 regarding nondiscrimination promulgated June 16, 1971, and to the guidelines and rules of the State
Labor Commissioner implementing said Executive Order;
 Executive Order No. 17, promulgated February 15, 1973, requiring contractors and subcontractors to list employment openings
with the Connecticut State Employment Service;
 Executive Order No. 16, promulgated August 4, 1999 regarding Violence in the Workplace Prevention Policy;
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The Contract may also be subject to Executive Order No. 14 of Governor M. Jodi Rell, promulgated April 17, 2006, concerning
procurement of cleaning products and services and to Executive Order No. 49 of Governor Dannel P. Malloy, promulgated May
22, 2015, mandating disclosure of certain gifts to public employees and contributions to certain candidates for office. If
Executive Order 14 and/or Executive Order 49 are applicable, they are deemed to be incorporated into and are made a part of the
Contract as if they had been fully set forth in it. Said Executive Orders are incorporated herein and made a part of this RFP, as
though fully set forth herein.
17. For all state contracts as defined in Connecticut General Statutes §9-612(g)(2), as amended by P.A. 10-1 having value in a calendar
year of $50,000 or more or a combination or series of such agreements or contracts having value of $100,000 or more, the authorized
signatory to this Agreement expressly acknowledges receipt of the State Election Enforcement Commission’s notice advising state
contractors of state campaign contribution and solicitation prohibitions, and will inform its principals of the contents of the notice.
18. A Certificate of Insurance (“Certificate”), certifying that the vendor carries Commercial General Liability insurance. An original
Certificate shall be submitted to the System prior to commencement of work. The Certificate shall provide evidence of coverage in
the amount of $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit (CSL) per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage.
Coverage shall include Premises Liability, Operations, Independent Contractors, Products and Completed Operations, Contractual
Liability and Broad Form Property Damage coverage. If an aggregate limit applies, said limit shall apply separately to the project, or
the general aggregate limit shall be twice the occurrence limit. Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability is required and
must meet statutory coverage requirements prescribed by the Worker’s Compensation statutes of the State of Connecticut. The
Employer’s Liability coverage must provide minimum limits of $100,000 each accident, $500,000 Policy Disease Limit, $100,000
each employee. Policies shall list the State of Connecticut, its officers, officials, employees, agents, Boards and Commissions as
Additional Insured. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to the System and the State
of Connecticut. The vendor shall assume liability for any and all deductibles in any and all insurance policies. Vendor warrants that
he/she will maintain in force all insurance coverage cited in this section while providing services to the System.
19. Freedom of Information - Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) is a public entity and its records including
responses to this RFP, are public records. See Conn. Gen. Stat. §§1-200, et seq., and especially §1-210(b)(24). Due regard will be
given for the protection of proprietary or confidential information contained in all proposals received. Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-210(b)(5).
However, all materials associated with this RFP are subject to the terms of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)
and all applicable rules, regulations and administrative decisions. If a firm is interested in preserving the confidentiality of any part of
its proposal, it will not be sufficient merely to state generally that the proposal is proprietary or confidential in nature and not,
therefore, subject to release to third parties. Instead, those particular sentences, paragraphs, pages or sections that a firm believes to be
exempt from disclosure under FOIA must be specifically identified as such. Convincing explanation and rationale sufficient to justify
each exemption consistent with Section 1-210(b) of FOIA must accompany the proposal. The rationale and explanation must be
stated in terms of the reasons the materials are legally exempt form release pursuant to FOIA. Firms should not require that their
entire proposal, note the majority of the proposal, be confidential. Any submitted proposal, once execution of a contract is complete
and any completed contract will be considered public information. CSCU has no obligation to initiate, prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding or to seek a protective order or other similar relief to prevent disclosure of any information that is sought pursuant to a
FOIA request. The contractor has the burden of establishing the availability of any FOIA exemption in any proceeding where it is an
issue. In no event shall CSCU have any liability for the disclosure of any documents or information in its possession which CSCU
believes are required to be disclosed pursuant to FOIA or other requirements of law.
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4. ACQUISITION METHOD
CSCU is utilizing an internet-based energy auction platform provided by EnerNOC to obtain pricing for this procurement. The
procurement will be a multi-step bidding process. Suppliers (i.e. potential Contractors) will be required to submit an un-priced technical
proposal which will be evaluated in accordance with this RFQ. Suppliers whose technical proposals are found unacceptable will be so
notified. Suppliers whose technical proposals are found to be acceptable will be invited to participate in the upcoming reverse auction.
Supplier’s prices shall be submitted at www.wesplatform.com in accordance with the instructions in this Solicitation and the EnerNOC
website
http://www.exchange.enernoc.com/WebPortal/Public/Announcement.aspx?ID=tnazVtnGnOA%3d. CSCU will request pricing for various
pricing products, account groups, and contract terms.
All pricing information must be submitted by the close of each reverse auction event. A detailed auction schedule will be posted prior to
the auction date. This schedule is subject to change. All bids submitted through the auction platform on the day of the auction are
considered binding until 3:00 PM that day. Bids will only be considered on the date that they are received. Once a price quote for the
account is accepted and awarded, no further quotes for that account will be considered.
It is the intent of CSCU to award a contract(s) to the qualified supplier(s) on the basis of “best value” to CSCU. CSCU will consider
items such as supply term and price when determining the “best value.” CSCU reserves the right to reject any and all quotes received if it
is determined that it is in the best interest of CSCU
CSCU will issue notice of award by electronic mail to the selected supplier on behalf of all agencies listed in the Data Exhibit. Notice of
award is official, and the selected Supplier will receive a notice of award email on the bid date, no later than 3:00 PM Eastern . Please
see sample award language below:
This email shall serve as official notification from CSCU that the supplier has been awarded the bid for CSCU RFQ #1705,
pending the final execution by both parties and the Office of the Attorney General of the Master Contract for the Purchase of
Electricity.
Price Group Description: CSCU Accounts
Green Percentage: X%
Term: X Months
LDC: Eversource and UI
Winning Bid: $0.0XXX/kWh
Within 48 hours of award, supplier must send a hard copy of the signed Master Contract to Doug Ginsberg, CSCU, 61 Woodland Street,
Hartford, CT 06105. The Master Contract shall be signed by both parties and shall be executed upon the final signature of the Connecticut
Attorney General’s office. The final Master Contract will be returned to the supplier in the weeks following the auction award.
Alternate bids (bids on terms or conditions different than those established by this Contract) are not permitted; all prices submitted
through the auction platform shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Contract. It shall be the express responsibility of the
Supplier to understand both the rules and the mechanics of the auction platform. As part of this procurement a teleconference and a demo
auction will be provided to assist any Supplier who requests it.
5. SINGLE OR MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS FOR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE
Multiple Suppliers may be invited to bid in the auction. However, only one Supplier will be awarded a Contract to serve any one (1)
individual account
6. CONTRACT TERM
Refer to Master Contract. A draft of the contract has been attached this RFQ. CSCU reserves the right to modify the contract or waive any
informality as it deems to be in the best interest of CSCU. By submitting qualifications the Supplier accepts the contract and any
modifications that CSCU deems necessary to it without exception. Exceptions to the contract submitted by the Supplier at any time will
not be considered.
7. CONTRACT EXTENSION
Refer to Master Contract.
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8. FEE STRUCTURE
Refer to Exhibit B.
9. SPECIFICATIONS
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
It shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to coordinate with the LDC as necessary to resolve issues related to the LDC’s regulated
services and to ensure the reliable supply of electricity to the facilities included in this Contract. Metering services shall continue to be
provided by the LDC.
If at any time -- unless under a condition of Force Majeure, fault of the LDC, or breach by CSCU -- an account covered by this Contract is
forced to accept Standard Office Service Rates from the LDC serving in its capacity as the utility supplier of last resort, the Contractor
shall be responsible for payment of any additional electric costs incurred over and above the Contract award price.
In addition, the Contractor shall promptly, within two weeks, notify CSCU if the Contractor learns that the LDC has removed an account
from supply and placed it on basic service resulting from the actions of the Contractor other than in connection with the expiration of the
Contract. If the Contractor fails to notify CSCU promptly, a reconciliation will be implemented consistent with the difference between
the rate for such basic service and the rate charged by the Contractor.
NOMINATING AND BALANCING RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the Contractor’s responsibility to conduct all required nominations on behalf of the facilities specified in the Data Exhibit. The
Contractor shall be fully familiar with the imbalance, transmission grid loss, and line policies of the LDC, the interstate/intrastate
transmission companies and the ISO-NE. Any costs and/or penalties associated with these items will be borne by the Contractor.
ENROLLMENT
The Contractor will be responsible for switching accounts from the applicable LDC (or third-party contractor) to Contractor and fulfilling
any obligations with the LDC to that end. If the Contractor fails to switch accounts within the terms of this contract, unless by fault of the
LDC or CSCU, penalties may be assessed based on the difference between the LDC Basic Service Rate and contract award price for the
period of time the account remained on LDC service. Additionally, the Contractor will be required to provide a spreadsheet clearly
identifying each account number being served as a result of contract award(s) and the service start date for each of these accounts. This
spreadsheet will be due to CSCU and EnerNOC on or before thirty (30) business days after Contract award.
TERMINATION
Please refer to the Master Contract. Note that CSCU will compensate the Contractor for actual and reasonable costs incurred after a
termination. For instance, the damages a Contractor would incur due to loss in market value of locked-in future quantities would
generally be considered a “reasonable cost.” However, the Contractor is not entitled to receive and CSCU is not obligated to tender to the
Contractor any payments for anticipated or lost profits.
ASSIGNMENT
Please refer to the Master Contract. If a Supplier wishes to obtain permission to assign this contract prior to contract award, the Supplier
must submit with their technical response on company letterhead: a written explanation of why they may wish to assign this contract
including all or part of the contractual obligations they wish to assign, a short narrative explaining the qualifications of the Assignee, and
proof of the creditworthiness of the potential Assignee when and how the assignment will take place if known. CSCU may choose to preapprove the Supplier’s assignment; however, if the winning Supplier chooses to exercise their right to Assign, it must be for the reason(s)
submitted in the technical response and it must be assigned to the Assignee identified in the technical response. CSCU must be notified
prior to assignment.
PAYMENT AND BILLING
Refer to Exhibit B.
ADDING FACILITIES TO THIS CONTRACT
For any additional accounts, CSCU shall provide an estimate of the facility’s electric requirements and the Contractor will be required to
provide a price for the new account under the same Terms and Conditions as this Contract. CSCU will provide this information at least
thirty (30) days prior to the desired flow date. The Contractor will have fifteen (15) days to provide a price for the new accounts. CSCU
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will have the right to decline the price if the price is not in CSCU’s best interest. Adding facilities shall be accomplished through a
bilateral modification of the contract.
If the LDC assigns a new account number to the contracted facilities, this will not be considered an addition even if a new account
number is assigned.
ADDING RENEWABLE TO THIS CONTRACT
For a variety of reasons, it is possible that certain authorized facilities may wish to increase the percent of renewable electricity of their
accounts under contract. In that event, CSCU shall provide the Contractor with an estimate of the increase and the Contractor will be
required to provide a new price for the account, reflecting the increase in renewable electricity, under the same Terms and Conditions as
this Contract. CSCU will provide this information at least thirty (30) days prior to the desired flow date. The Contractor will have fifteen
(15) days to provide a price for the account with the additional renewable electricity. CSCU will have the ability to decline the price if it
is not in CSCU’s best interest. Increasing the renewable percent shall be accomplished through a bilateral modification of the contract.
PRICING PRODUCTS
CSCU will consider several pricing products for the auction including, but not limited to the following. Winter Reliability Charges will be
treated as a pass through cost for all pricing products.
Firm Fixed Price Full Requirements: Bids for account groups with this pricing product should consist of a single price per kWh for all
Full Requirements Electricity Supply.
Firm Fixed Price Full Requirements, X% Renewable: Bids for account groups with this pricing product should consist of a single
price per kWh for all Full Requirements Electricity Supply where X% of the electricity, above the State RPS, must be generated from
renewable resources as defined by the Connecticut Statute 16-1. For the additional X%, CSCU will only accept Class I renewable energy
sources.
Fixed On Peak/Fixed Off Peak, Full Requirements: Bids for this pricing group should consist of a single price per kWh for the
Stipulated On Peak Monthly Consumption and a single price for the Off Peak Monthly Consumption for all Electricity Supply. The
auction platform will calculate a single Fixed Price Cost representing the weighted average of On Peak and Off Peak Fixed Price based on
the On Peak and Off peak Monthly Consumption stipulated in the Data Exhibit.
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On Peak: Peak hours are from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM prevailing local time in Connecticut. Peak days are Mondays through
Fridays, excluding North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) holidays.
Off Peak: Off-peak hours are all other hours.
Fixed On Peak/Fixed Off Peak, Full Requirements, X% Renewable: Bids for this pricing group should consist of a single price per
kWh for the Stipulated On Peak Monthly Consumption and a single price for the Off Peak Monthly Consumption for all Electricity
Supply where X% of the electricity, above the State RPS, must be generated from renewable resources as defined by the Connecticut
Statute 16-1. For the additional X%, CSCU will only accept Class I renewable energy sources. The EnerNOC platform will calculate a
single Fixed Price Cost representing the weighted average of On Peak and Off Peak Fixed Price based on the On Peak and Off peak
Monthly Consumption stipulated in Exhibit A3.
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On Peak: Peak hours are from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM prevailing local time in Connecticut. Peak days are Mondays through
Fridays, excluding North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) holidays.
Off Peak: Off-peak hours are all other hours.
Bandwidth: CSCU is requesting full requirements pricing, with no applicable bandwidth. However, if a supplier can not or will not
accommodate this, that supplier should indicate so in its response to this RFQ and propose bandwidth restrictions. CSCU reserves the
right to take bandwidth into account when determining a “best value” bid.
MATERIAL CHANGE
CSCU will make every effort to promptly notify the Supplier and EnerNOC in writing via email construction projects, suspensions of
service and additions or maintenance of equipment that may impact a facility's annual historical usage by more than 25%.
CSCU is currently working to implement measures to lower its consumption. CSCU expects installation of solar panels to be completed
in Q4 of 2017 with an expected reduction in load of 3 MW. Other projects are also under consideration that may, at later dates, reduce
CSCU’s annual load by another 1 – 8 MW.
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REGULATORY CHANGE
If any regulatory change(s) is imposed after this Contract has been initiated, the Contractor may pass through to CSCU any charges or
discounts that are a result of the regulatory change(s) so long as such charges/discounts are directly related to supplying electricity under
this Contract. The Contractor is required to submit a written notice of such regulatory change accompanied by an explanation of how the
change is directly related to supplying electricity to CSCU. This notice must be provided to CSCU sixty (60) days prior to the
implementation of the regulatory change.
Regulatory Change may be a new charge/discount or an increase/decrease in a current charge imposed by the relevant LDC, ISO-NE, or
ISO-NE’s successor. A Regulatory Change may also mean a new element of retail full requirements service imposed through law or
regulation by the State or the United States.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly Electronic Summary Report: The Contractor shall provide CSCU and EnerNOC with a monthly, digital electric consumption
summary containing the following information by account number: service start date, service end date, total consumption, and total
charges. The monthly digital summary must adhere to the “Payment Instructions” documents posted at
http://www.exchange.enernoc.com/WebPortal/Public/Announcement.aspx?ID=tnazVtnGnOA%3d. The summary will accompany or
precede payment of monthly fees.
CSCU reserves the right to request that the Contractor provide EnerNOC with a copy of the Contractor’s electronic data transaction with
the LDC in lieu of the Monthly Electronic Summary Report provided that this does not represent an additional burden to the Contractor.
10. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES
To be deemed responsive all Suppliers must complete and submit no later than: Feb 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM.
RFQ Response Package
Suppliers responding to this RFQ must submit one original (which must be noted as the original and must be signed in blue ink) and two
duplicate copies of the response including all required forms, licenses, references, etc.
Responses must be submitted to:
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
Doug Ginsberg
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105
All responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the RFQ #.CSCU-1705
A “mandatory” specification is one that must be met in order for a bid to be considered responsive. These are denoted throughout this
RFQ as “must” or “required.” Any bid that fails to meet a mandatory specification of this RFQ may be found non-responsive without
further evaluation unless CSCU, in its discretion, determines that the non-compliance is insubstantial, can be corrected or that an
alternative proposed by the Supplier is acceptable.
11. EVALUATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA
Selection of qualified licensed Contractors to provide supply of electricity commodity will be based on the following criteria:
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Licensing and Certification
Experience
References
Financial Condition
Completion and Submission of all required forms
Those Suppliers that have been qualified will be invited to participate in a reverse-auction. Suppliers are not required to offer pricing for
every account group offered; however pricing submitted for an account group must apply to all accounts contained in that group. The
Supplier agrees to hold its bids firm until 3:00 PM ET the day of the auction.
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The order of these factors does not generally denote relative importance. CSCU reserves the right to consider other relevant factors as it
deems appropriate in order to obtain a “best value” provider of energy consulting, procurement and contract management services. CSCU
may or may not seek additional information from Suppliers prior to making selection.
The RFQ does not commit CSCU to select any supplier, award any work, pay any costs in preparing a response or procure or contract for
any services. CSCU reserves the right to accept or reject any or all submittals received, cancel or modify the RFQ in part or its entirety,
when it is in CSCU’s best interest to do so.
NOTES AND INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPLIERS REGARDING PRICING AND USAGE DATA
The quantities to be made available to Suppliers on Exhibit A2 are estimated load requirements and are based upon the best information
available to CSCU through the LDCs at the time this RFQ was issued. The load information submitted is intended as an estimate of the
magnitude and nature of the loads during a specified time period. Such estimates are being furnished for informational purposes. CSCU
does not warrant the accuracy of the usage information provided and the Contractor will be entitled to no additional compensation and no
equitable adjustment of price if actual load requirements vary; the one exception to this will be if a bandwidth has been agreed upon by
the customer and the supplier. Since it is impossible to determine the precise quantities that will be needed during the contract term, each
Contractor shall be obligated to furnish each facility’s electric requirements in full to the Delivery Point during the term of this contract.
12. RFQ RESPONSE PACKAGE
The following are mandatory submittals for this RFQ. Failure to provide the requested information may be cause for the bid to be deemed
non-responsive and may result in disqualification.
1. Designated Account Manager/Project Team
Suppliers must include the name, address, phone number, fax number and E-mail address of the designated account manager. A valid
email address is a mandatory submission requirement for this RFQ.
Account Manager Name:
Account Manager Address:
Account Manager Phone Number:
Account Manager Fax Number:
Account Manager E-mail Address:
2. Technical Requirements
i. Licensing and Certification: The Supplier must show that it holds all necessary licenses including:
(a) Registration with the DPUC to provide electricity supply service;
(b) FERC power marketing license (Include FERC Docket No., Date of Application, and Date of Approval);
(c) Agreements in place to allow for transmission between ISO-NE and delivery points listed in this Contract;
ii. Experience: The Supplier shall demonstrate that it possesses experience providing firm supply of electricity to retail customers in
deregulated markets and is not merely acting as a broker. To document this experience, the Supplier shall provide:
(a) A narrative describing experience in deregulated electricity markets, including Connecticut;
(b) Years in business. State the number of years the supplier has been providing electricity supply related
service in the ISO-NE region.
(c) Volumes under Contract. Provide the value and magnitude of energy supply contracts transacted during
the past two years in the ISO-NE region.
(d) Confirmation that the Supplier can provide consolidated billing.
(e) Confirmation that the Supplier will not apply a bandwidth.
iii. Financials: The Supplier shall provide the following financial information:
(a) Financial Statement. Provide the firm’s most recent audited financial statement and annual report or a
direct link to the report.
(b) And the most recent Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s credit rating information available to include any
applicable support documentation. If the Supplier is privately held, please indicate as much prior to the
due date for technical responses and other arrangements can be made.
3. References
The Supplier shall also submit the contact person, company name, account size, and phone number of at least three references, preferably
from the public sector, one of which should be similar in scope to CSCU, for which your company has provided competitive electricity
supply. CSCU reserves the right to verify Supplier’s experience and references.
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4. Required Forms
(1) Vendor Profile Form; (2) Gift and Campaign Contribution Certification; (3) Consulting Agreement Affidavit; (4) Affirmation of
Receipt of State Ethics Laws Summary; (5) Nondiscrimination Certification; (6) Iran Certification; (7) Bidder Contract Compliance
Monitoring
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13. ATTACHMENTS
CT Vendor Profile Form
CT OPM Gift and Campaign Contribution Certification
CT OPM Consulting Agreement Affidavit
CT OPM Affirmation of Receipt of State Ethics Laws Summary
CT OPM Nondiscrimination Certification
CT OPM Iran Certification
Bidder Contract Compliance Monitoring
CSCU Master Contract
UCONN Contract
Exhibit B
The Data Exhibit and Auction Schedule will be posted separately here:
http://www.exchange.enernoc.com/WebPortal/Public/Announcement.aspx?ID=tnazVtnGnOA%3d
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