What the buyer needs

AI summary

The government authority located in Wisconsin requires a vendor to provide offsite energy programs evaluation services for its Home Energy Performance-Based, Whole House Rebates Program and High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Programs. The contractor must measure program impacts, energy savings, cost-effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and non-energy benefits while performing market research and process assessments to recommend iterative program improvements. Additionally, the vendor must perform measure-level savings analysis, analyze savings potential, and collaborate directly with the program administrator, subcontracted implementers, compliance agent, fiscal agent, systems administrator, and other contracted delivery entities. Only onshore United States organizations are eligible to bid on this opportunity. Bidders must submit all questions no later than October 12, 2026. The buyer is looking for proposal budgets to define the project cost.

Scope of work

Impact evaluation, process evaluation, and cost-effectiveness testing
Determination of appropriate measure savings and measure level savings analysis
Conducting market research, research design, and potential studies
Measuring program impacts and customer satisfaction
Quantification of non-energy benefits and analysis of program improvements
Leading Technical Resource Manual (TRM) workpapers development and review
Developing public-facing data dashboards, application tools, and visualizations
Economic impact modeling and analysis

How proposals are evaluated

Criterion	Weight / scoring
Section 3: General Requirements	400 points
Section 4: Technical Requirements	700 points
Section 6: Cost Proposal	400 points

Minimum qualifications

Must be an Onshore USA organization performing services within the United States
Key staff members must have at least five (5) years of demonstrated experience delivering evaluation services for energy efficiency or renewable resource programs
Must provide Independent Auditing Reports and management letters from the previous three (3) years using Generally Accepted Auditing Standards
Must not participate as a contractor or subcontractor in any non-evaluation contract under Focus on Energy while serving as evaluation contractor

Documents to include with your response

DOA-3832: Proposer Required Form
Attachment A: Cost Proposal
Attachment B: Proposal Factors (Hard copy response only)
Attachment C: Response to Proposer Mandatory Qualifications
Attachment D: Subcontractor Information
Resumes for key staff
Independent Auditing Reports for previous three (3) years
Examples of previous reports
Exhibit I: State of Wisconsin Security Rider
Exhibit II: U.S. Department of Energy IRA Special Terms and Conditions ALRD2 HOMES HEAR

How to submit

Method: Electronic via Wisconsin eSupplier Portal (strongly preferred) or sealed hard copy
Instructions: Hard copy proposals require an original signed proposal mailed or hand delivered to the PSC address. Cost proposal must be under separate cover.