For utilities, finding a good pool of vendors is critical to ensure you get competitive pricing and get your project selections approved by the PUC. Energy RFPs such as solar, wind, all-source, and energy storage RFPs require special care to make sure developers and engineering, procurement, and construction companies (EPCs) with the best projects are aware of your upcoming RFPs. You don’t want to miss out on any good projects in your service area.
Posting Energy RFPs
There are several places a utility can post an RFP to make sure a good set of vendors are aware of the RFP:
- Energy Adepto RFP Platform
- Industry organizations: NAEMA, APPA
- Website
Energy Adepto
Energy Adepto is an energy and utility RFP aggregator that finds RFPs from different sources and shares solar, renewable, wind, all-source, and energy storage RFPs. You can easily sign up and post an RFP to make it instantly available to renewable developers and EPCs that might have a project in your area.
Sign up for free to post an RFP (~5-10 min):
Industry Organizations
Some industry organizations like the North American Energy Markets Association (NAEMA) and American Public Power Association (APPA) sometimes allow you to post energy RFPs. In some cases, you are required to be a member. You can post solicitations through their websites. Some challenges with these websites are that the announcements get mixed in with other news and are sometimes delayed.
Website
At the very least, you could post the RFP announcement on your company website to make sure bidders have a centralized place to check for updates and RFP documents. Consider talking to your IT team and providing a good amount of advance notice for them to set up a website page for your RFP announcement.
Conclusion
Posting RFPs to the right audience is important to get competitive pricing and a good pool of vendors. There are several places you can post energy RFPs as a utility. Industry-specific organizations are a good option to share energy and utility-specific RFPs. Consider the Energy Adepto RFP platform to easily share and post energy RFPs.
