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The City of Seattle is seeking proposals for Design, Implement, and Manage Seattle City Light Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Program. Seattle City Light (City Light) is seeking a vendor to partner with who will design, implement, and manage a Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Program for City Light's service territory. The program is intended to offer comprehensive energy coaching services and support for commercial and multifamily customers greater than 20,000 square feet and will include the following tasks: Task One: Program Design Task Two: Program Implementation Plan Task Three: Program Curriculum and Training Task Four: Outreach and Recruitment Task Five: SEM Delivery Activities Task Six: Measurement and Verification (M&V) City Light is looking for a program proposal that can: Deliver at least one commercial and one multi-family cohort per year, that includes: 8-12 commercial customers and 3-5 multi-family customers, with multiple sites per customer. Include ad hoc sole delivery on an exclusive basis. Increase customer engagement satisfaction and access to City Light programs and resources. Enable equitable customer participation in City Light programs. Support energy conservation and legislative compliance pathways. Recruit cohorts resulting in an overall average energy use of 1,000,000 kWh/year per participating customer and aspire to a 3% energy reduction target per customer. Questions: All questions are to be submitted through electronically no later than 1:00 pm on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Response to Questions: November 15, 2024, 1:00pm Evaluations of Proposals/Shortlisting : December 11 - 30, 2024 Estimated Dates of Interviews (if Conducted): January 6 - 20, 2025 Announcement of Successful Proposer(s): January 21, 2025 Anticipated Negotiation Schedule : January 22 - February 12, 2025 Procurement Contact: Laurie Russ, Sr. Contracts and Procurement Specialist , laurie.russ@seattle.gov, (206) 684-3363 Unless authorized by the Procurement Contact, no other City official or employee may speak for the City regarding this solicitation until award is complete. Any Proposer contacting other City officials or employees does so at Proposer's own risk. The City is not bound by such information. This will be a three-year contract with the option to extend for an additional two years. Funding for program design, implementation, and management (not including incentives) in 2025 shall not exceed $350,000.00 without prior approval. The estimated annual reoccurring cost for program implementation is $350,000.00 per annum. Goals and budgets will be set on a calendar year basis. Implementation of the work is anticipated to be as follows: Q1 2025: Contract executed Q2 2025: Program Design completed and approved Q2 2025: Program Build-out and Implementation Plan completed and approved Q2 2025: Initial customer outreach and recruitment begins Q3 2025: Customer-facing program launch. Additional details will be agreed upon during the contracting process. Award and Contract Execution The Procurement Contact will provide timely notice of an intent to award to all Consultants responding to the Solicitation. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.