Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit sealed proposals to establish a contract through competitive negotiations for the procurement of Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) to be pre-qualified for providing Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) services for New Mexico governmental entities (“Agencies” or “Agency”). This RFP process constitutes pre-qualification for EPC services for New Mexico public facilities. ESCOs selected through separate federal, state, or private procurement processes for EPC services are not pre-qualified. Qualified Providers will be approved to provide proposals to Agencies that may choose to utilize EPC services for upgrading facilities, fleets, and water infrastructure with Energy and Water Conservation Measures (ECMs and WCMs). Such EPC services are allowed by the Public Facility Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Act (“EPC Statute”), as amended. The statute citation is New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA) 1978, Chapter 6, Article 23 (6-23). Eligible Agencies under the EPC Statute are state agencies, K-12 public school districts, higher education governmental entities, municipal and county governments, and other political subdivisions. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is for application to all eligible Agencies under the EPC Statute. EPC enables these Agencies to access financing and accomplish energy projects without using capital budgets; project financing costs are offset by energy cost savings. The Agencies and selected Qualified Providers will follow the EPC statute and program guidelines of EMNRD.
