Request for Qualifications

 (RFQ) Publication for

ESCo / GESA / ESPC Project

 

RFQ Notice

“Notice is hereby given that Downingtown Area School District will receive sealed qualifications for a guaranteed energy savings contract until August 21, 2026 at 2:00 pm local prevailing time electronically via email, attention to:

Designated Contact:               Mr. Kelly Harper

                                                  540 Trestle Place

                                                  Downingtown, PA 19335

                                                  kharper@dasd.org

                                                  Telephone: (610) 269 - 8460

 

Upon receipt, qualifications will be acknowledged but will not be read aloud nor any information disclosed. Qualifications received after the receipt deadline will not be accepted. Qualifications will be held in confidence until reviewed and a contractor selected. Upon review of qualifications and award of contract, qualifications will become public knowledge to anyone who submits a request.

The Request for Qualifications will be available after 9:00 A.M. on August 7, 2026. Offerors are required to secure a complete copy of that document from the designated contact at the above-mentioned address.

The district is requesting qualified providers to propose energy and operational conservation measures through a guaranteed energy savings contract with the goals of energy efficiency, improved operations and maintenance, and modernization of infrastructure at District building(s). This project may be combined with other non-energy-related projects to be delivered by other project delivery methods. The District will direct the selected ESCo as to the buildings to be investigated.

Qualifications must be submitted in the format required by the request for qualifications, and must comply with all applicable minimum qualifications, laws and regulations. All qualifications submitted are valid for acceptance by the District and may not be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days after the actual date of opening thereof.

The District reserves the right to select for contract negotiations the responsible offeror whose qualifications are determined to be most advantageous to the District. The process may be canceled or any or all submissions may be rejected, in whole or in part, when the District determines that it is in its best interest to do so.

Submitting firms’ attention is directed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (62 Pa. CSA §§3751 et seq.). All proposed energy performance contracts and other financing arrangements proposed must be capable of being implemented under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

All projects awarded are 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 which has been promulgated by the Secretary of Labor and Industry.”

Reference

1.      62 Pa. C.S. § 3751:  https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM&ttl=62&div=00.&chpt=037.&sctn=053.&subsctn=000.#:~:text=(1)%20Before%20the%20award%20of,amounts%20by%20which%20energy%20or