REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES FOR PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING (UTILITY CONSERVATION AND COST REDUCTION SERVICES)

Project Description: This Request for Qualifications Based Proposal (RFP) was advertised by Bald Eagle Area School District (“the District”) as follows:
Bald Eagle Area School District Request for Qualifications Based Proposal (RFP)
Wesley Small, Director of Facility Operations
751 S. Eagle Valley Road
Wingate, PA 16823
(814) 355-4860 - Wesley.small@beasd.net
Proposal Documents can be obtained at no cost on PennBid at https://pennbid.bonfirehub.com/. Proposals must be submitted electronically via PennBid by the date and time indicated. Questions regarding this project shall be submitted electronically via the “Ask a Question” feature in PennBid no later than the date and time indicated. Responses to questions or changes to the Proposal Documents will be posted on PennBid. Bidders who have registered with and downloaded documents for this project from PennBid will be notified by email when a change or addenda has been posted. At the time of opening, the proposals will be acknowledged, but will not be read aloud nor any information disclosed. Submissions received after the receipt deadline will not be accepted. Proposals will be held in strict confidence until reviewed and a contractor is selected. Upon review of qualifications and award of contract, qualifications will become public knowledge to anyone who submits a request.
Responses must be submitted in the format required by the RFP and must comply with all applicable minimum qualifications, laws, and regulations. All Proposals submitted are valid for acceptance by the District and may not be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days after the actual date of opening thereof.
Following receipt and review of the proposals, interviews may be conducted with the responsible offerors who submitted proposals. The District reserves the right to select the responsible offeror for contract negotiations whose proposal is determined to be most advantageous to the District. The RFP may be canceled or any or all proposals may be rejected, in whole or in part, when the District determines that it is in its best interest to do so.
For all firms interested in submitting proposals, attention is directed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Procurement Code (Title 62 Pa. CSA §§3751 et seq.) regarding Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts. All considered energy performance contracts and financing arrangements proposed must be capable of being implemented under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This project is subject to the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Law, approved August 15, 1961 (Act No. 442), as amended, and reference is made to the prevailing minimum wage rates applicable to this project which has been promulgated by the Secretary of Labor and Industry.
The District reserves the right to reject any and all responses resulting from this RFP. Late responses will not be accepted and will be returned to the submitting company unopened. The District is not liable for any cost incurred by any person or firm responding to this RFP. The District reserves the right to reject as non-responsive any submissions that do not contain the information requested in this RFP. Additionally, the District reserves the right to reject as non-responsive any submissions that are not organized and formatted as described in this RFP.
See files section for specifications and guidelines.