Integrated Resource Plan Services
- Client
- Glendale, California
- RFP Number
- EXTRA-74912
- Posted
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- Category
- Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe government authority in Glendale, CA seeks a USA-based organization to provide offsite integrated resource plan services. The buyer requires the vendor to develop and propose demand and energy forecasts for electric load while maintaining system reliability and resilience during extreme weather and contingency events. The contractor must develop, model, and analyze electric resource portfolio scenarios, as well as analyze resource import capabilities using existing and grandfathered transmission rights and transmission service agreements. Additional duties include recommending and developing price-sensitive programs or time-of-use rate types, establishing reliability criteria for peak demand reserve capacity, addressing localized air pollutants and disadvantaged communities, and managing distribution system integration planning. The buyer seeks proposals but specifies no set budget. Prospective bidders must submit all questions digitally no later than September 18, 2026. Bidders may submit their final proposals online or via email.
Key solicitation details
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The City of Glendale, through Glendale Water & Power, is soliciting proposals to develop its Integrated Resource Plan for a planning horizon starting 2029 through 2050, including leading public stakeholder engagement. Glendale Water & Power serves approximately 91,000 customers with an annual retail electric load obligation of approximately 1.1 million MWh. Participation is open to qualified onshore USA organizations with substantial electric utility planning experience.
- Issued by
- City of Glendale, Glendale Water & Power
- Deadline for Proposers to submit questions
- September 18, 2026 by 3PM PDT
- City of Glendale responses to Proposer questions
- October 2, 2026
- Proposal Submission Deadline
- Friday, October 16, 2026 NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM Pacific Time
- Short-listed Proposers invited to provide model and sample deliverable demonstrations
- November 2, 2026 - November 6, 2026
- How to submit
- Electronic via email and hard copy
- Submission details
- Submit two printed proposal documents (one marked original and one copy) in a sealed envelope or box to 141 N Glendale Ave, Suite 450, Glendale, CA 91206, along with an electronic submission via email.
- Place of performance
- Offsite, with in-person presence required in Glendale, CA during public meetings and stakeholder engagement
- Insurance and bonding
- Workers Compensation, Employer Liability, Commercial General Liability or Businessowners Liability, Business Automobile Liability, and Professional Liability insurance required.
How proposals are evaluated
| Experience | 20% |
| Analytical and Modeling Capabilities | 30% |
| Project Approach and Methodology | 20% |
| Cost Effectiveness | 20% |
| Compliance with Terms | 10% |
Scope of work
- Develop demand and energy forecasts for electric load through 2050
- Develop, model, and analyze electric resource portfolio scenarios
- Perform distribution system integration planning and reliability criteria analysis
- Analyze transmission rights, transmission service agreements, and resource import capabilities
- Recommend price-sensitive programs or rate types, including time of use rates
- Perform cost-effectiveness review of GWP Energy Efficiency programs
- Organize, facilitate, and lead public stakeholder engagement events
- Support revisions to the IRP and interactions with regulatory agencies
Minimum qualifications
- Substantial (10 or more years) experience and history in electric utility IRP development
- Currently maintain a regular staff of qualified experts with required experience
- Successfully prepared IRPs for utilities of comparable size and complexity
Documents to include with the bid
- Consultant Proposal (Attachment A)
- Consultant Proposal Questionnaire (Attachment B)
- Fee Proposal with estimated not-to-exceed Contract Amount and hourly rate schedule
- Campaign Finance Disclosure Form (Attachment E)
- Public Record Exempt Form (Attachment F)
Verify important details
Document checkConfirm submission instructions and amendments with the issuing agency before responding.
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