Justin S. Greene
Commissioner, District 1
Lisa Cacari Stone
Commissioner, District 2
Camilla Bustamante
Commissioner, District 3
Adam Fulton Johnson
Commissioner, District 4
Hank Hughes
Commissioner, District 5
Gregory S. Shaffer
County Manager
August 6, 2026
SANTA FE COUNTY
RFP NO. 2026-0385-GM/JP
ON-CALL TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
ADDENDUM NO. 1
Dear Proponents,
This addendum is issued to reflect the following immediately. It shall be the responsibility of interested
Offerors to adhere to any changes or revisions to the RFP as identified in this Addendum No.1. This
documentation shall become permanent and made part of the departmental files.
Attachment A: Pre-Proposal Agenda and Sign-In Sheet
There Were No Written Questions Received
___________________________________________________________________________________
Please add this Addendum No. 1 to the original proposal documents and refer to proposal documents, as
such. This and all subsequent addenda will become part of any resulting contract documents and have
effects as if original issued. All other unaffected sections will have their original interpretation and remain
in full force and effect. Responders are reminded that any questions or need for clarification must be
addressed to John Anthony Peperas, Procurement Specialist Senior at jpeperas@santafecountynm.gov
102 Grant Avenue · P.O. Box 276 · Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0276 · 505-986-6200 · FAX: 505-
995-2740 www.santafecountynm.gov
ATTACHMENT A
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
RFP No. 2026-0385-GM
On-Call Technical Consulting Services for Battery Energy Storage Systems
July 28, 2026, at 10:00AM
Contracting Agency: Santa Fe County
• John Anthony Peperas
• Bill Taylor
• Amanda Patterson-Sanchez
• Jaome Blay
• Timothy Sintas
Procurement Specialist Senior
Procurement Manager
Procurement Planner Analyst
Fire Code Official
Operations Manager
Purchasing Division
Purchasing Division
Purchasing Division
Fire Division
Growth Management
Project Information
Santa Fe County requests proposals from qualified vendors or firms to provide engineering services as a
technical expert to provide review, analysis of development plans related to Battery Energy Storage
Systems (BESS), that include lithium-ion and other battery storage technologies.
Proposal Information
• Carefully read the Request for Proposal for requirements, terms & conditions including the sample
contract.
• Sequence of Events are listed on page 9.
• Proposal Organization – Proposal should be organized as outlined in the RFP on page 19.
• Selection of finalist(s) – the most qualified proposal received based on the evaluation factors
outlined in the RFP (pages 21-22) will be scored by a three to four-member evaluation committee.
• Preferences -
1) N.M. In-State Resident/Native American In-State Preference Certificate 80 points total
of all evaluation factors added to score.
OR
2) N.M. Resident/Native American Veterans Preference Certificate, 100 points total of all
evaluation factors added to score or Native American Preference. For more information
on State Preference visit www.tax.newmexico.gov
AND
3) Santa Fe County Preference, 50 points total of all evaluation factors added to score. For
more
information
on
County
Preference
visit
https://www.santafecountynm.gov/finance/purchasing-division/current-bid-solicitations
• Please submit all questions via email to John Peperas at jpeperas@santafecountynm.gov. The last
day to submit written questions will be Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Any contact with any other
County staff member or persons other than the Procurement Specialist Senior may be grounds
for disqualification.)
ATTACHMENT A
• Addendum will be issued on Thursday, August 6, 2026. (Only questions answered by formal
written addenda will be binding. Oral and other interpretations or clarifications will be without
legal effect.)
• Proposal Submittal Due Date:
Due Date: Friday, August 21, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM
Electronic submission via Dropbox utilizing Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/h3br4spzdnqm5tgvekvi
NAME
John Peperas
Bill Taylor
Brandon Delgado
Jaome Blay
Dominic Sisneros
Timothy Sintas
Nicholas Bartlett
Mark Gouveia
ATTACHMENT A
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
SIGN-IN SHEET
RFP No. 2026-0385-GM
ON-CALL TECHNICHAL
CONSULTING SERVICES FOR
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE
SYSTEMS
July 28, 2026, AT 10:00 AM
COMPANY
TELEPHONE
E-MAIL ADDRESS
SFC Purchasing
Procurement Specialist
Senior
SFC Purchasing
Procurement Manager
SFC Public Works
505-986-6218
505-986-6373
505-795-4953
jpeperas@santafecountynm.gov
wtaylor@santafecountynm.gov
bdelgado@santafecountynm.gov
SFC Fire Department
505-995-6526 jblay@santafecountynm.gov
SFC Growth Management 505-995-2725
SFC Growth Management 505-986-6222
Atar Fire
Coffman Engineers
djsisneros@santafecountynm.gov
tsintas@santafecountynm.gov
nick@atarfire.com
markgouveia@coffman.com
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