City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/24/2016
TITLE:
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Agreement for the installation of a Photovoltaic Carport System at the Civic Center
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FROM:
Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a Power Purchase Agreement to develop a photovoltaic carport system in the civic center parking lot at a cost of $.1487kWh produced for 25 years.
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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 at the Civic Center only. On July 13, 2016 Council approved expanding the agreement to include taking over the existing solar system on the parking garage, however there is inadequate data available on our existing system to move forward with that expanded agreement at this time.
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 provi...
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