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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Department of Capital Planning and Policy
Vendor: Ameresco, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): On-site Solar PV - Renewable Energy and Solar Solutions and Services
Contract Value: $6,200,000.00
Contract period: 1/25/2024 - 4/30/2025
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2024 $4,200,000.00, FY 2025 $2,000,000.00
Accounts: 11569.1031.11190.560105/7.00000.00000 (Capital Improvement Program)
Contract Number(s): 2385-08172
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via: direct participation.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: The Vendor shall provide turnkey services for design, permitting, procurement, construction, and commissioning of grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) array for pilot project at Skokie Courthouse and planning report for future DOC PV array and microgrid projects.
This Contract is awarded as a Comparable Government Procurement pursuant to Section 31-140 of the Cook County Procurement Code. Ameresco, Inc. was previously awarded a contract by a Request for Proposals (RFP) process through TIPS, a national government purchasing cooperative sponsored by the Region 8 Education Service Center (ESC). Cook County wishes to leverage this procurement effort. end