Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Columbus Water & Power to modify an existing contract with Go Sustainable Energy, LLC. for consulting services related to the Climate Action Plan and associated Comprehensive Energy Management Plan. The modification amount being authorized by this ordinance is $115,000.00. The original contract was authorized by Ordinance 3117-2022.
Go Sustainable Energy, LLC, will advise Columbus Water & Power (CWP) on various renewable energy and energy efficiency matters that are of interest to CWP, the Division of Power (DOP) and Sustainable Columbus. This work will support the City’s 100% municipal clean energy procurement goal by 2030 and the City’s 25% municipal energy reduction goal by 2030, among other energy and efficiency goals outlined in the Columbus Climate Action Plan (2021). This work will be performed in a manner that is consistent with the City’s existing power supply commitments.
The work includes a variety of tasks and subtasks, including, but not limited to, updates of the Division of Power’s (DOP) economic model, an analysis and mapping of DOP circuit capacity, DPU and DOP microgrid analysis, rate structure analysis and recommendations, energy audits and subsequent recommendations, Southerly solar optimization, export analysis, community solar assistance, utility programing, and energy efficiency support.
Procurement:
Columbus Water & Power solicited competitive proposals through Vendor Services and Bonfire from June 9th, 2022, to July 8th, 2022, for consulting services related to Climate Action Plan and associated Comprehensive Energy Management Plan in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code, RFQ022065. Four bids were received and were all deemed responsive and were evaluated on July 14th, 2022. The evaluation committee determined that Go Sustainable Energy, LLC. submitted the strongest proposal because of the relevant experience of its project team, its understa...
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