What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe agency seeks a vendor to provide advancing operational fidelity in generation and transmission planning services. A task force will advise and guide the work, while the consultant investigates prioritized gaps and develops practical solutions, recommendations, and best practices with broad applicability across regions and power systems. The consultant must use convenings and expert engagement to gather input, test ideas, and build consensus. The consultant is responsible for analyzing, framing, and synthesizing those discussions into actionable findings and producing the final report. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to bid, and the vendor will perform the work offsite at its own office premises. All questions must be submitted no later than November 17, 2026, and the agency is currently looking for proposals.
Scope of work
- Lead substantive work investigating prioritized generation and transmission planning gaps
- Hold approximately six virtual task force convenings over 12 months
- Engage stakeholders, practitioners, and international experts
- Develop practical solutions, recommendations, and best practices
- Disseminate interim results through briefings, webinars, or short pieces
- Produce a final report of roughly 30 pages using ESIG templates
- Optionally serve as Task Force chair to organize and facilitate meetings
Documents to include with your response
- Proposal (<3 pages)
- Expertise of proposers and team biographies (<2 pages)
- Budget and schedule (<2 pages)
- Writing samples of primary authors
- Conflict of interest and confidentiality statement (if applicable)
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit via email within suggested content lengths: Proposal (<3 pages), Expertise of proposers (<2 pages), Budget and schedule (<2 pages), and Writing samples (no length limit).