Qualifications will be held in strict confidence until reviewed and a contractor selected. Upon review of qualifications and award of contract, qualifications will become public knowledge to anyone who submits a request. The qualifications will be to save energy and reduce operating costs at selected building(s) in the District. The District proposes to address maintenance, utility uses, and potentially space use in its facilities in the District with the focus on the projects as directed by the District. For the purposes of flexibility for the District, the inclusive building list for this RFQ is: Benner Elementary School, Marion-Walker Elementary School, Pleasant Gap Elementary School, Bellefonte Area Middle School, Bellefonte Area High School, Bellefonte Area School District Administration Building, sports facilities, and maintenance facilities. Other ancillary buildings owned by the District are hereby incorporated into this RFQ. This project may be combined with other non-energy-related projects to be delivered by other project delivery methods, including hybrid project delivery methods. Responders will need to show that they can coordinate between projects and provide value to the District with this project delivery method. The District will direct the selected ESCo as to the buildings to be investigated; the ESCo may be limited to as few as one facility and narrowed project scopes, as directed by the District. Qualifications must be submitted in the format required by the request for qualifications, and must comply with all applicable minimum qualifications, laws and regulations. All qualifications submitted are valid for acceptance by the District and may not be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) days after the actual date of opening thereof. Subsequent to the District s receipt and review of the qualifications, interviews may be conducted with the responsible offerors who submitted qualifications. The District reserves the right to select for contract negotiations, the responsible offeror whose qualifications are determined to be most advantageous to the District. The request for qualifications may be canceled or any or all qualifications submissions may be rejected, in whole or in part, when the District determines that it is in their best interest to do so. For all those firms interested in submitting qualifications, attention is directed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania s Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (62 Pa. CSA 3751 et seq.). All proposed energy performance contracts and other financing arrangements proposed must be capable of being implemented under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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