The City of Shellsburg, Iowa is soliciting proposals from qualified solar photovoltaic providers to design, engineer, and build a turn-key ground-mount, fixed-tilt, solar array installation capable of 193,000 kilowatt-hours annual output net-metered to the City Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). The WWTP utilizes 460 volt, 3-phase power with a 150-kilowatt diesel engine backup power generator. Respondents shall have demonstrated experience designing, planning, scheduling, permitting, and constructing complete solar PV systems, have knowledge of local utilities net metering and interconnection requirements, provide project financial analysis, and capability to provide system monitoring and maintenance. The selected PV installer will need to meet requirements set forth by the U.S. Treasury as part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s strong labor standards.
Proposals are due before January 27th, 2023 at 3:00PM central standard time. One electronic proposal shall be submitted via email to Rick Robertson at [email protected]. The proposal must be signed by a company official authorized to make a legal and binding offer submitted to the email address listed. Proposals received after the proposal submission deadline will be returned to the respondent un-opened. Proposals will not be considered for award unless submitted in the format described below. Fax proposals will not be accepted.
City of Shellsburg Resolution 11-15-2022A