City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/10/2016
TITLE:
Title
Approve the installation of a Photovoltaic Carport System at the Civic Center
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FROM:
Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize the City Manager to execute a Power Purchase Agreement to develop a photovoltaic carport system in the civic center parking lot under either option 1 or 2.
Option 1- New carport system only at $.1487kWh produced for 25 years
Option 2- New carport system and existing carport system at $.1317 for 20 years
Staff's recommendation would be to move forward with Option 2.
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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. At the June 29, 2016 Council meeting staff was directed to move forward with the project and the Civic Center only.
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 i...
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