Electric Partnership Program Provider

Amendment 1 , resulting in  Round 2 is issued to solicit additonal proposals for Franklin County. All proposals submitted under Round One will need to be resubmitted under this Lot One Round Two.

The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with information to prepare and submit a proposal for administering the Electric Partnership Program (EPP) in Crawford, Franklin, and Marion Counties in Ohio. The State, as represented by Development, Office of Community Enhancements (OCE), intends to use the results of this RFP to select a qualified provider to administer EPP within the following counties: Crawford, Franklin and Marion.  One or more grantees will be selected through the process dictated by state laws and procurement practices. Each grantee must be an Ohio-based local public or private nonprofit agency, or unit of local government. There will be one contract awarded to one grantee per county. A Contractor can submit proposals for one or more counties, each county proposal to be submitted separately, and multiple counties can be awarded to a single Contractor.  Contract award will be determined by the highest scored submitted proposal per county.

OhioBuys training materials can be located at this site https://procure.ohio.gov/bidders-and-suppliers/resources/Bidder+and+Supplier+Training/02_OB+training

To participate or submit an inquiry for this RFx, you need to be registered in the OhioBuys Supplier Portal. Suppliers are not required at this time to be registered in OAKS. If you have a need to seek technical support, clearly specify you need access to an active Ohio Buys solicitation.

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If there is a need for technical support during your proposal submission in the last 48 hours prior to the submissions, contact 614-466-5090.  This number is for OhioBuys solicitation technical questions only; there will not be any questions answered regarding the solicitation.

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