City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/20/2016
TITLE:
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Photovoltaic Carport Feasibility
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FROM:
Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction.
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BACKGROUND:
During the City Council's goal setting session earlier this year, staff was directed to explore the feasibility of a photovoltaic carport system at multiple locations on city owned property.
DISCUSSION:
Staff developed and completed a request for proposal ("RFP") during the month of April. The RFP was independently emailed to 26 potential providers as well as advertised and publicly noticed. Staff received four (4) responsive bidders to the RFP, which were Borrego Solar, NexTera Energy, Renova Solar and Stronghold Engineering. A maximum scoring system of 130 was developed based on project development, design and construction experience, project financing, material supply, operations and maintenance experience, rebate processing, Renewable Energy Credit ("REC") experience, energy production assurance, monitoring capabilities, team organization and qualifications, system design, performance projections, guarantees and warrantees, project schedule; and, a 10% add-on for an organization located in the Coachella Valley. The high scorer was Borrego Solar.
Borrego Solar has been in business since 1980 and is the 2nd largest provider of photovoltaic solutions in the United States. Borrego provides complete in-house services to include design, engineering, construction, financing, maintenance and operations. Borrego is a California Corporation headquartered in San Diego, CA and holds a California State General Contractors B license, C10 Electrical license and a C46 Solar license. Borrego has completed over 1100 projects totaling more than 220MW of solar installations of ground mount, carport and roof mounted systems. Borrego specializes in large scale, multi-site projects for schools, local and...
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