Multisource District Thermal Energy Design Study

Summary

The Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) on behalf of the City and County of Denver desires to to solicit proposals for professional services to conduct an engineering feasibility study and develop the technical design for the phased implementation of a multisource thermal energy system that will reduce the reliance of Denver municipal facilities on Xcel Energy’s district steam system and establish the foundation for a sustainable, reliable, and scalable thermal option for multiple buildings in Denver.

Purpose

CASR intends to apply to the Colorado Energy Office Community District Heating & Geothermal Readiness Grant Program with its selected vendor to obtain up to $500,000 for its proposed design study. Denver intends for its design study to enable subsequent implementation of its community district thermal energy solution and will be actively pursuing grants and compiling funding sources to support all phases of design, development, and implementation of this effort.

The Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO) has established participation requirements under the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) defined pool program as related to expenditures and related contracts by and through the City and County of Denver. The participation requirement for this project is 30%.

Goals

The goal of this work is to:

• Conduct an engineering feasibility study
• Develop the technical design for the phased implementation of a multisource thermal energy system

Application

• 10/26/2023: Issuance of RFP via BidNet
  • Proposals will ONLY be accepted electronically via the application portal
• 11/02/2023: Pre-proposal meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Microsoft Teams
  • Teams meeting link
  • Or call in (audio only): +1 720-388-6219.
    • Then dial 847639555#
    • Phone Conference ID: 847 639 555#
• 11/09/2023: Any final questions regarding this RFP must be submitted via BidNet by 10:00 a.m. local time
• 11/16/2023: we will answer all questions via BidNiet
• 11/30/2023: Final submissions due by 10:00 a.m. local time