Solicitations Archive
Prior Solicitations
This page archives EBCE's solicitations history.
2023 Resource Adequacy Request for Offers
East Bay Community Energy is seeking offers from prospective Resource Adequacy suppliers to Buy 2024 System and/or Flex RA (EBCE sells).
Response Deadline: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 5pm PPT
Request for Proposals (RFP): Induction Cooking Education and Awareness Grant
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is offering a Community Investment Grant of up to $300,000 to a local organization that can increase Induction Cooking Education and Awareness throughout EBCE’s service territory.
The successful grantee will propose and identify induction cooking event opportunities, and plan, design, and execute events. Induction Cooking Demonstrations are intended for community education and increasing awareness of induction technology.
EBCE seeks responses from proposers on program concepts for a service-territory community education program including:
- Customer Education: increasing consumer awareness of induction technology
- Training: increase hands-on experience and motivate consumer action to switch to induction
- Customer Enablement and Giveaways: equipment raffles, electrification enablement
Potential Program Concepts:
- Induction demonstrations at farmers markets, community vendor events
- Induction cooking demonstrations, cooking classes, cooking competitions
- Tabling at community fairs or other events
- Competitions and equipment giveaways to stimulate participation
Induction cooking education events may include, though are not limited to, these examples. We'd love to receive your innovative ideas!
Preference will be given to organizations with proposals focused on equity priority communities.
RESPONSE DUE by 6pm/COB on Monday, September 18, 2023.
RFP for Website Redesign
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) seeks proposals for website design and development services including strategy, design, development, testing, and integration. Responses are due by 5:00 pm PDT on August 22, 2023.
2023 Resource Adequacy Request for Offers
Pursuant to this Request for Offers (RFO), East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking offers from prospective Resource Adequacy suppliers to " swap 2025 System RA (sell to EBCE) for 2024 System RA (buy from EBCE)" as further described herein: EBCE buys 2025 System RA and EBCE sells 2024 System RA in the form of a swap.
Response Deadline: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 5pm PPT
RFO solicitation details are here.
Municipal Electrification Assistance
The Municipal Electrification Assistance (MEA) program was designed to support municipal agencies and school districts in meeting their building electrification goals. This program provides capital-project technical assistance, gap funding, or reach code adoption and implementation support.
For program details, please visit ebce.org/mea
Application Period: Closed.
East Bay Community Energy / San José Clean Energy 2023 Long-Term Resource Request for Offers
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) and the City of San José, as administrator of San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE) are soliciting competitive proposals for the sale and purchase of renewable energy and/or energy storage consistent with the terms and provisions in this 2023 Long-Term Resource Request for Offers (RFO). Responses are due May 2, 2023, at 5:00 PM PT.
- 2023 Long-term Resource RFO details
- Questions and Answers for the 2023 Long-Term Resource RFO (PDF) (PDF)
2023 Resource Adequacy Request for Offers (RFO)
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking offers from prospective Resource Adequacy suppliers to " sell to EBCE " or "buy from EBCE" System RA, Import RA, or Import Allocation Rights.
Completed RFO Submissions are due by 5pm PT on Friday, April 21, 2023.
Request for Proposal for Printing and Mailing Services
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide printing and mailing services for EBCE. Responses are due on April 12, 2023 (note deadline extended from April 10).
Request for Proposal for EBCE Brand Identity Evolution
EBCE seeks a firm that will partner with us to create a fresh, compelling brand identity that: increases customer engagement, positions us as a credible source of information in the clean energy ecosystem, is flexible enough to work across multiple applications and appeal to multiple audiences, and provides room for our continued growth and the evolution of our services. The high-level deliverables for this agreement are: brand name (naming ideation and testing), brand identity system, brand guidelines, updated creative assets, and website exploration. Responses are due on Jan 17, 2023.
- EBCE Brand Identity RFP document (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment A: EBCE Consulting Services Agreement Template (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- Brand Identity RFP Vendor Q&A (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Offers for Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff and Community Solar Green Tariff
East Bay Community Energy (“EBCE”) is soliciting competitive proposals for the sale and purchase of renewable energy and energy storage up to EBCE’s program capacity allocations for both the Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (“DAC-GT”) and Community Solar Green Tariff (“CSGT”) programs, consistent with the terms and provisions in this Request for Offers (“RFO”).” Responses are due on March 2, 2023.
- RFO Protocol v4 (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment A: Notice of Intent to Offer
- Attachment B: RFO Participation Agreement
- Attachment C: Project Narrative Template
- Attachment D: Offer Form
- Attachment E.1: DAC GT Proforma (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment E.2: CSGT Proforma (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment F: Disadvantaged Community Census Tracts (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
Additional resources:
- EBCE DAC-GT & CGST RFO Webinar Recording
- EBCE DAC-GT & CGST RFO Webinar Slide Deck (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE Community Solar RFO Meet + Greet Slide Deck (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE DAC-GT & CGST Respondent Questions (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Proposals for EBCE Ride Electric E-Bike Adoption Program
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking proposals for program design, marketing, outreach and implementation of a consumer-facing Electric Bicycle (e-Bike) Adoption Program (e-Bike Program) that is available to EBCE customers in Alameda County (excluding the City of Alameda), and the cities of Tracy and Stockton. EBCE has allocated $2 million dollars to initiate this program in 2023 and is planning to allocate an additional $4 million dollars over the next 2 years for a total of $6 million over 3 years. Responses are due by 5:00 PM PT on February 3, 2023. A new schedule is included in the revised RFP document.
- EBCE Ride Electric E-Bike Adoption Program RFP (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) (REVISED 12/19/22)
- EBCE Consulting Services Agreement
The slide deck from the webinar is available here (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) and the webinar recording can be seen here.
Webinar Q&A can be downloaded here (PDF) (PDF) (PDF), and the webinar attendee list is here (PDF) (PDF) (PDF).
Request for Prequalification for Tenant Improvement Project
EBCE seeks to prequalify a pool of qualified General Contractors (“Contractor(s)” or “Firm(s)”) from which to solicit bids for the renovation of an existing building that will become the new East Bay Community Energy Authority Headquarters (“Project”). EBCE has determined that all general contractors bidding on the Project must be pre-qualified prior to submitting a bid on the Project. EBCE will determine which Contractors are eligible to bid on the Project through this Request for Prequalification (“RFP”) process. Contractors interested in bidding on this Project must fully and properly complete the prequalification questionnaire and provide all materials requested. Responses are due on Feb. 10, 2023
Request for Proposals for Commercial Pay-for-Performance Energy Efficiency Program and Additional Grid Services Program
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking competitive proposals from prospective consultants or firms to provide implementation and measurement and verification (M&V) services for a (1) Commercial Pay-For-Performance Energy Efficiency Program, and an (2) Additional Grid Services Program. Bidders may propose responses for one or both programs. Responses are due by 5:00 PM PST on December 16, 2022.
RFP for Commercial Pay-for-Performance Energy Efficiency Program (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment B - EBCE Consulting Services Agreement
- Attachment C - EBCE Advice Letter 28-E-A (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment D - Description of EBCE Data and Analytics Tools and Capabilities (PDF) (PDF)
Bidder’s Webinar Registration
Option 1: November 2 - Webinar Recording and list of attendees (PDF) (PDF)
Option 2: November 10 - Webinar Recording and list of attendees (PDF) (PDF)
Question / Answer Responses (PDF) (PDF) - last updated 12/05/2022
Request for Offers: Zero-Emission Medium and Heavy-Duty Goods Movement Project Loans
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) seeks submittal of loan requests by relevant and experienced stakeholders of zero-emission medium and heavy-duty (MD/HD) goods movement vehicles (Class 3-8) and charging infrastructure for opportunities for EBCE to loan up to $3M to eligible projects located and operating in Alameda County (excluding the City of Alameda) and the City of Tracy. Responses due by 5:00pm on October 17, 2022.
- REVISED Request for Offers (PDF) (PDF) - updates are: 1) we will accept projects in Stockton and 2) the term of the EBCE loan can not exceed 10 years, nor be longer that the usable life of the asset or the customer agreement.
- Attachment A - M_H Duty RFO project description worksheet
- Attachment B -EBCE Clean Energy Loan Agreement
- Recording of Zero Emission RFO webinar
Energy Resilient Municipal Critical Facilities
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is soliciting competitive proposals for power purchase agreements from qualified third party developers to install, own, operate and maintain solar photovoltaic and solar + battery energy storage systems consistent with the terms and provisions in this Request for Offers (RFO).
- RFO Protocol (v3) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment A - Notice of Intent to Offer (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment B - Participation Agreement (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment C - Preliminary Offer Form (v4)
- Attachment D - Offer Requirements (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment E - Preliminary Engineering Package (v2) (PDF) (PDF)
- Attachment F - Solar-Plus-Storage Agreement (new)
- Attachment G - Customer Data Sharing NDA (PDF) (PDF)
- Respondent Webinar Recording (new)
- Webinar Slides (new) (PDF) (PDF)
- Response to Questions (new) (PDF) (PDF)
- Respondents will receive Attachment H after submission of Attachment A, Notice of Intent to Offer
Stage 1 Response Deadline: September 9, 2022
Stage 2 Response Deadline: October 21, 2022
Energy Storage Optimization and Bidding Cloud Software or Scheduling Coordinator Services
East Bay Community Energy is seeking proposals to procure and implement a cloud software solution to support energy storage optimization and bidding OR procure scheduling coordinator services to manage energy storage assets. Responses due by 5:00pm on August 22, 2022
- Request for Proposal (PDF) (PDF)
- Consulting Services Agreement (PDF) (PDF)
- Questions and Answers (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Proposal for East Bay Community Energy Authority Revolving Credit Agreement Services
East Bay Community Energy Authority (EBCE) is seeking proposals from qualified lenders and/or financial institutions to provide financing services for the expansion of EBCE’S programmatic and longer-term credit needs. Specifically, EBCE is seeking a revolving credit facility agreement with line(s) of credit up to $225 million of unsecured credit to support power procurement, issue letters of credit and meet cash collateral requirements, to enable local development and programmatic investments by EBCE, and other general working capital needs. EBCE intends to award contracts to the bidder(s) selected as the most optimal and responsive to this Request for Proposal (RFP).
- Click here (PDF) (PDF) for the Revolving Credit Agreement Services RFP
Final Response Deadline: 17:00 PST on June 03, 2022
East Bay Community Energy / San José Clean Energy 2022 Long-Term Resource Request for Offers
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) and San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE) are soliciting competitive proposals for the sale and purchase of renewable energy and/or energy storage consistent with the terms and provisions in this Request for Offers (RFO).
Final Response Deadline: March 21st, 2022, at 5:00 PM PT
2022 AMP Community Outreach Grants
EBCE invites community-based organizations in the East Bay to apply for grants of up $30,000 to assist with marketing, education, outreach, and customer enrollment for several programs designed to serve low-income customers.
For program details, please visit ebce.org/2022-community-outreach-grants/.
Application Period: Accepting applications now through February 25 2022. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until program funds are fully committed.
Joint CCA Request for Proposal for Joint CCA Resource Adequacy Portfolio Management Services
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE), and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), (collectively, the “Joint CCAs”), are requesting proposals from service providers to provide Joint CCA RA Portfolio Management Services for Resource Adequacy (RA) procurement (“RA Portfolio Management Services”).
Application Period: Proposers must submit one (1) electronic copy of the proposal by 2/15/2022 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
2022 Resource Adequacy Request for Offers
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking offers from prospective Resource Adequacy suppliers to "sell to EBCE" or "buy from EBCE" System or Local RA, as further described herein:
Request for Qualifications for East Bay Community Energy Authority Property Management Services and Construction Management Services
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide construction and property management services utilizing the necessary project manager personnel to oversee, manage, and administer all phases of the planning, design, construction and maintenance of EBCE’s newly purchased headquarters located in Downtown Oakland. The facility projects could range from tenant improvements, workspace configuration, electrical layouts, fire life safety upgrades, energy efficiency upgrades, water efficiency projects, security system installation, etc. Response due by 5:00 PM on October 22, 2021.
Request for Proposal (RFP) for East Bay Community Energy Financial Accounting Services
East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is seeking proposals from qualified consultants or firms to provide organizational-wide accounting services. Response due by 5:00 PM on November 5, 2021.
Request for Proposal (RFP) for Integrated Resource Planning Consulting Services
EBCE is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to provide consulting and modeling services in support of the 2022 Integrated Resource Planning proceeding, as mandated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Proposals are due by 5pm on October 19, 2021.
2021 Disadvantaged Community & Community Solar Green Tariff Request for Offers
For details please visit https://ebce.org/communitysolarrfo/
Municipal Electrification Assistance
The Municipal Electrification Assistance (MEA) program was designed to support municipal agencies and school districts in meeting their building electrification goals. This program provides capital-project technical assistance, gap funding, or reach code adoption and implementation support.
For program details, please visit ebce.org/mea
RFP for Induction Cooking Lending and Education Services
EBCE seeks responses from proposers on program designs for a service territory-wide induction cooktop lending program including consumer education and training to increase hands-on experience with and consumer awareness of induction technology. All responses must be submitted to energyefficiency@ebce.org electronically no later than 5 pm on 10/1/21.
RFP for Scheduling Coordinator
EBCE is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to provide CAISO Scheduling Coordinator and related services. Proposals are due by 5pm on September 13, 2021.
- RFP (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE Consulting Services Agreement (PDF) (PDF)
- Questions and Answers Regarding EBCE’s Scheduling Coordinator RFP (PDF) (PDF)
Request for quotes to purchase a commercial real estate property
Please see the following documents below in relation to the request for quotes to purchase a commercial real estate property for East Bay Community Energy Authority. Submissions due no later than 5pm PST, Thursday, June 24th, 2021.
- The Request for Quotes (PDF) (PDF)
- Most recent financial statements for Q3 FY 2020-2021 (PDF) (PDF)
- FY 2021-2022 Board approved budget (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE's audited financial statements for the last 3 fiscal years here: https://ebce.org/documents-and-resources/
RFP for Energy Storage Optimization and Bidding Software
EBCE desires to procure and implement a software solution to support energy storage optimization and bidding. Proposals due by 5 PM on May 7, 2021.
RFP for Engineering and Project Development Services
EBCE is seeking proposals from qualified consultants or firms to provide Engineering and Project Development Services that support development of solar photovoltaic and solar + battery energy storage assets on City and County owned facilities served by EBCE. Proposals due by 5 pm on April 19, 2021.
- Request for Proposals (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE Consulting Services Agreement (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE Responses to Questions on RFP for Engineering and Project Development Services (PDF) (PDF)
RFP for Call Center and Data Management Services
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified entities to provide Call Center and Data Management Services (CCDMS) to EBCE starting no earlier than 1/1/2022, and for a maximum term of up to 5 years. Proposals due by 5 pm on April 9, 2021.
RFP for Contract Management and Deal Capture Tool
EBCE desires to procure and implement a software solution to support asset management of its power portfolio. EBCE is seeking a tool or platform that staff can use and customize to meet the Scope of Work. Qualified firms, contractors, softwares, or entities (hereinafter “provider”), that meet the requirements outlined in this Request for Proposals (hereinafter “RFP”), and can provide the services requested, are encouraged to participate. Proposals due Fri, Feb 12th, 2021 at 5pm. Details here (PDF) (PDF).
2020 Renewable Energy & Storage Request for Offers
Details at https://ebce.org/2020-rfo/
Kitchen Electrification Grant
This grant cycle is focused on the promotion of kitchen electrification in commissary or community kitchens in EBCE’s service area.
- Webinar #1 - September 16, 10 am video recording
- Webinar #2 - September 22, 1 pm
- Final Day to Submit Questions - September 25, 2020
- Responses due October 9, 2020
- Download PDF here (PDF) (PDF)
- Revised solicitation (PDF) (PDF) (file does not include original attachments available above): Deadline extended to 10/16; Q&A deadline extended to 10/9.
- Q&A (PDF) (PDF)
Residential Pay-for-Performance Standard Offer 2020 Request for Qualifications
- Responses due 9/11/2020.
- Questions must be received by September 7.
- Responses to questions will be posted periodically to this page.
- Download PDF here (PDF) (PDF)
- Responses to Questions Received (PDF) (PDF) (9.8.20)
Request for Qualifications: Salesforce Implementation
Due date is July 22, 2020.
EBCE COVID-19 Community Grants Round 3
Any community-based organization is eligible for a grant up to $10,000 in this funding cycle. (due date is July 21, 2020).
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
- For more information, please visit our COVID19 Response Page
EBCE COVID-19 Community Grants Round 2
Any community-based organization is eligible for a grant up to $25,000 in this funding cycle. (due date is April 15, 2020).
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
- For more information, please visit our COVID19 Response Page
Call for Earth Day Art 2020
- Submit your Earth Day inspired artwork design(s). (due March 1, 2020)
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
Human Resource Generalist/Brokerage Services and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consulting services
(extended due date is January 17, 2020)
Final RFP and Addendum #1  from EBCE, PCE, SVCE, & SVP for Distributed Resource Adequacy Capacity
(due December 23, 2019)
Any changes to the original RFP are noted in blue font in the document and Addendum #1 and #2 are included in the linked RFP.
- Distributed RA Request for Proposal – Pricing & Capacity Proposal Worksheet
- 11/19 Webinar Presentation of Joint LSE Resilience for Resource Adequacy (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Proposals from EBCE and SVCE for Energy Prepayment Program
(due December 5, 2019)
Request for Proposals for Joint CCA Integrated Resource Plan Consulting Services
#1 – Q&A for RFP for Joint CCA Integrated Resource Plan Consulting Services (PDF) (PDF)
#2 – Q&A for RFP for Joint CCA Integrated Resource Plan Consulting Services (PDF) (PDF)
- IMPORTANT NOTE: The deadline for this RFP is now August 19, 2019 at 5 PM.
- An updated timeline is provided in Q&A #2.
Request for Proposals – Municipal Fleet Electrification Study
(due September 30, 2019)
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
- Q&A Response for Request for Proposals – Municipal Fleet Electrification Study (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Information – New Resource Adequacy and/or Peak Energy
(due September 27, 2019)
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- All information and resources associated with this RFI can now be found on the dedicated webpage, accessible via the above linked title.
Request for Applications – Community Outreach Grant Pilot Program
(due September 20, 2019)
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
- Q&A Response for Request for Applications – Community Outreach Grant Pilot Program (PDF) (PDF)
Request for Proposals for Accounting of Green House Gas Emissions from Retail Electric Service
(due May 24, 2019)
- DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (PDF)
- EBCE Consulting Services Agreement Template (PDF) (PDF)
- Q&A for RFP for Account of GHG Emissions from Retail Electric Service (PDF) (PDF)
Request For Proposals for Financial Audit Services for Fiscal Year 2019
Request for Proposals for Graphic and Web Design Services
(due May 17, 2019)
Request for Proposals – 2018 California Renewable Energy
Request for Proposals – Printing and Mailing Services
Request for Offers – Oakland Clean Energy Initiative
Request for Proposals – Technical Energy Services
(document updated on 6/26/18: extension of time to July 16 for bids responding to technical area 3.2 – Power Procurement Support and technical area 3.4 – Energy Risk Management and Analysis)
Request for Qualifications – Special Counsel
Joint CCA Resource Adequacy Portfolio Management Services