The ESCO shall be qualified to conduct an IGA and implement a Performance Contract for Facility Improvement Measures (“FIMs”) to provide energy and maintenance costsaving equipment and services. The purpose of this Contract is to focus on energy and greenhouse gas reduction, equipment maintenance/repair, etc. The ESCO, through its work under this Contract, shall support the District’s interest in significantly reducing and improving the energy and water consumption efficiency at the selected facilities and maintaining those reductions and savings for the life of the Contract. The ESCO shall evaluate opportunities for electrification of fossil-fueled systems, excluding electric resistance resistive and steam heating, wherever technically and financially feasible. The ESCO shall seek all available funding opportunities through federal funding and separate grant or rebate opportunities to support the guaranteed savings in funding the upfront and on-going project costs.