The Town of Morinville, (henceforth "the Client") has retained Energy Associates Inc. as energy management consultant to assist in the evaluation of RFP responses and the supplier selection process. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is for the purchase of firm, non-curtailable supply of natural gas to be delivered to facilities located in Atco Gas service territory. As a secondary goal, the Client wishes to obtain firm and competitively priced natural gas supply from a responder who is in good financial standing. Finally, the Client will utilize the responses from this RFP to establish a prequalified pool of Bidders for future natural gas transactions. Only those Bidders designated as being prequalified will be invited to bid on the district's natural gas requirements during the period of March 1, 2022 - November 30, 2024 with the option to extend the prequalification pool term by an additional 12 months (to November 30, 2025). During that time, the district has the right to secure fixed price natural gas contracts for terms up to November 30, 2030 from the prequalified pool of Bidders. Bidders that do not meet the prequalification requirements will not be permitted to bid on the district's natural gas requirements during the period of March 1, 2022 - November 30, 2024/ November 30, 2025. The Client may dissolve the prequalification pool at any time with thirty days' written notice to pool participants. For more details on the prequalification requirements The current total annual normalized natural gas energy usage by the Client is approximately 14,200 for 13 sites. Note: Sites and volumes are subject to change prior to the firm bid round. All participating Bidders will receive an updated final list for firm bid round purposes. From Proposals received, the Client will select Bidders which shall be the standard for future orders under the terms of each Contract awarded by virtue of this RFP throughout the Term of such Contracts. The terms "RFP" and "Proposal" include any revisions, amendments or additional documents made thereto, pursuant to this RFP. Questions, clarification or information regarding the RFP process or the Project Scope must be directed exclusively to Thomas Glenwright @ thomasg@eaiglobal.com, and must be in writing. Questions, clarification or information regarding the RFP process or the Project Scope must be directed exclusively to Thomas Glenwright, Senior Consultant and must be in writing. The Senior Consultant may direct such questions, clarification or information of a technical or business nature to other the Client employees or consultants. In this event, the Bidder shall copy the Senior Consultant on all such further questions, clarifications or information posed to the designated the Client employee or consultant. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disqualification of a Proposal. Should any discrepancies, omissions, ambiguities, or other conflicts in the RFP document be found, the Bidder shall bring the matter to the attention of the Senior Consultant, at least five (5) days prior to the Close Date. The Client may, in their sole discretion, determine that such information should result in a revision to this RFP, in which event Section 2.10 below shall apply. Additionally, in order for the Client to deal effectively with any Bidder concern or question, such concern or question should be communicated to the Client at minimum 5 days prior to the Close Date. Questions and answers may be copied by the Client and distributed to all Bidders by way of email or fax. The Client shall have the right to reject any or all Proposals for any reason, or to accept any Proposal which the Client in its sole, unrestricted discretion deems most advantageous to it. The lowest, or any, Proposal will not necessarily be accepted and the Client shall have the unrestricted right
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