19E - RFP - ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT

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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT The City of Santa Ana has implemented a number of programs aimed at reducing the City's carbon footprint, including retrofitting its municipal facilities, purchasing alternative energy vehicles, offering incentives for the installation of solar energy, and entering into an Energy Efficiency Partnership with Southern California Edison. Notwithstanding the progress made on these initiatives, a comprehensive, coordinated strategy is needed to meet legislative mandates and to position the City to move forward in its climate protection efforts. The City has received funding from Southern California Edison (SCE) to conduct strategic planning activities centered on energy efficiency and addressing the strategies that are related to local government goals found in the California Public Utilities Commission's Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. The City does not currently have the resources internally to coordinate development of a comprehensive plan. Thus the City is interested in utilizing the services of a consultant, funded by the SCE grant, to: • Serve as an internal resource for energy efficiency and climate protection program implementation; research funding opportunities for program implementation; interface with a number of individuals on the city's team to develop programs; facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue. • Oversee a separate third-party consultant's development of a governmental and community baseline study of green house gas emissions, emissions reduction target, and Climate Action Plan. • Survey and coordinate local training for California Green Building Codes and LEED accreditation for governmental stakeholders. • Provide all reporting and data required by the Grant. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIRED EXPERTISE Provision of consulting services required under this scope of work will require a high level of expertise. Key outcomes or tasks are included in the scope of work. The City will only consider an experienced, highly qualified consultant. If your response to this recruitment is through a team effort, it is critical that your proposal address how the various members of your team will be united in effort. The work performed by the selected consultant will be coordinated with and subject to the requirements of the City's energy partnership. Extensive experience in the areas of climate protection programs (energy conservation, social equity, environmental and economic) and policies are required. Specifically, the consultant must Exhibit 1 9/18/10 19E-3