Scope of Services: The work shall consist of providing consulting services related to publicly owned electricity and gas accounts located within the corporate boundaries of the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills. Services shall include, but not be limited to assistance with and/or execution of purchase of energy generation services for utility accounts, retrofits, incentives, utility tariff/invoice review and other energy-related projects for public facilities. Consultant should be able to provide electronic data interchange platforms to assist with the following services: The Consultant’s duties will include but not be limited to: a. Advice concerning when and how to solicit bids for the procurement of energy generation and related products through an on-line reverse auction platform and other methods. Advice may include, but not be limited to, types of products, pricing structures, length of contracts, and the timing for issuance of bids. b. Bid preparation tasks, including but not limited to compilation of historical and/or projected electric and natural gas usage data; development and dissemination of energy bid documents; analysis and recommendations regarding the acceptance or rejection of bids. c. Advice concerning applicable statutory developments, tariff optimization, and other regulatory issues. 13 d. Periodic review of contract status and timely performance of applicable post-contractual tasks; such tasks shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of a weekly energy market report, summer peak demand alerts, and any utility account related updates or alerts e. Provision of online reverse auction platform operated directly by Consultant, in addition to software tools for the automation of invoice validation and other administrative tasks, such as tracking energy cost/consumption/emissions, budgeting, and benchmarking. f. All Energy Consultant services work must conform to any applicable licensing and certification requirements, statutes and regulations. The successful Consultant shall comply will all applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules and regulations. g. Documentation of Consultant’s and any proposed subcontractor’s registrations with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities as an Energy Consultant, Energy Agent, and Energy Aggregator.
