Request For Proposal

RFP PS20191536 - PROVISION OF SUBMETERING PROGRAM

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Addendum

No updates

Amendment

July 16, 2020

Questions & Answers

July 16, 2020

CONTACT

All enquiries regarding the RFP must be addressed to:
Wen Shi, Buyer

Email: wen.shi@vancouver.ca

All enquiries must be made in writing and are to be directed only to the above contact person. In-person or telephone enquiries are not permitted. Any communication from potential Proponents to City staff other than the contact person regarding the content of this RFP may lead to disqualification of the Proponent from this RFP process, at the City’s sole discretion.

PHONE NUMBER

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FAX NUMBER

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ENQUIRIES

wen.shi@vancouver.ca

[Please specify proposal document number, proposal title and purchasing agent's name when sending email.]

Questions will be accepted, and answers posted, ONLY IF they are submitted in writing five working days prior to the bid closing date

CLOSING DATE & TIME

3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Tuesday, July 21, 2020
3:00:00 pm (Local Vancouver Time), Tuesday, August 4, 2020

All references to time in the RFP are references to the time in the City of Vancouver, as indicated in the electronic timestamp the Proposal receives upon delivery to the email address specified herein, which is in turn synchronized to Network Time Protocol (NTP) provided by the National Research Council of Canada adjusted to local Pacific Time Zone.

CLOSING LOCATION

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Proponents should submit their Proposals on or before the time and date specified in the bottom row of the table in Section 2.1 above (the “Closing Time”).

Each Proponent should submit its Proposal by email in accordance with the following:

Subject of the file to be: PS# - Title – Vendor name.

Document format for submissions:

-RFP Part C in PDF format – 1 combined PDF file, including Any other attachments if necessary;
-RFP Part C Appendix 2 Section G - Detail Technical Questionnaire for Technology Services in Excel format; and
-RFP Part C Appendix 3 - Commercial Proposal in Excel format.

Zip the files to reduce the size or email separately if needed.

Send your submissions to Bids@vancouver.ca do not deliver a physical copy to the City of Vancouver.

Submitting the files via Drop box, FTP, or similar programs, is not acceptable.

Proposals received after the closing time may be returned unopened.

Faxed proposals will not be accepted.

Please visit our Bidding Procedures page for additional information.

General Description of Requirement

The City is seeking a 3rd party energy and water utility vendor to provide a submetering program for City owned properties. The first phase of this program is to provide submetering and billing services for approximately 26 existing facilities or approximately 145 meter points across multiple tenants of varying business operations types. The successful proponent shall have extensive experience with utility submetering operations management, customized reporting, accounting and billing services, and utility governing bodies such as Measurement Canada, and the British Columbia Utilities Commission.

Depending on the result of the first phase, , and at the discretion of the City, the second phase would be adding additional submeters and billing services to other City facilities or electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on an ongoing and as needed basis. There are potentially another 500 tenants and EV charging stations that may be added to this submetering program in phase 2.

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Information Meeting

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Downloading the Document

Proponents must not electronically alter any portion of downloaded documents with the exception of adding the information requested. To do so will invalidate your bid.

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Description

PROVISION OF SUBMETERING PROGRAM

 

Fillable Part C Form of Proposal

 

 

Part C Appendix 3 Commercial Proposal

 

 

 

Section G Detail Technical Questionnaire for Technology Services

 




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Amendment

RE: CLOSING DATE EXTENSION (PART A - 2.0 KEY DATES)

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Addendum

No addendum at this time.

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Questions and Answers

Q&A 1 PDF 38 KB

ISSUED JULY 16, 2020

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