Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), (Energy as a Service)

The purpose of this Request for Information ("RFI") is to invite interested vendors to provide input (“Responses”) on the feasibility of the IaaS model, for new centralized infrastructure systems as well as distributed energy systems such as window heat pumps and building based electric domestic hot water systems.

This document is not a solicitation. NYCHA will not award a contract based on the responses to this RFI and a response to this RFI is not required in order to respond to any subsequent solicitation issued by NYCHA. A response to this RFI will not result in any preference or advantage in any subsequent competitive procurement.

The release date of this RFI is August 18, 2025 (the "RFI Release Date").

Questions related to the RFI must be submitted via email before 3:00 p.m. September 15, 2025, to NYCHA's Asset & Capital Management-Sustainability Department, sustainability@nycha.nyc.gov . Questions submitted must include the firm name and the submitter’s name, title, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. NYCHA will provide all questions and answers in an addendum to this RFI which will be issued via iSupplier no later than, September 24, 2025.

Responses must be received by NYCHA's Asset & Capital Management-Sustainability Department no later than 2:00 p.m. EST on October 8, 2025 (the "Response Submission Deadline").

Responders may submit any materials that they believe may be of interest or use to NYCHA, whether existing or specifically prepared for this RFI. Responders are encouraged to provide other pertinent information and ideas beyond what is specifically requested in Section B.

One electronic copy (in PDF) of the response should be submitted and received by NYCHA’s Asset & Capital Management-Sustainability Department prior to the Response Submission Deadline: 2:00 pm October 8, 2025.

Responders MUST submit a single .pdf containing all components via email to sustainability@nycha.nyc.gov by the Response Submission Deadline. NYCHA will not accept Responses by fax, or in hardcopy.