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Request for Proposals: An Evaluation of Long Island Power Authority’s Clean Energy Initiative Programs and Future Energy Efficiency Programs

May 6, 2009

Answers to Questions Received

April 13, 2009
The Long Island Power Authority (“Authority”) hereby solicits bona fide proposals, through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to provide LIPA a Comprehensive Review of LIPA’s Clean Energy Initiative (CEI) Programs for the last ten (10) years and an Evaluation of LIPA’s Efficiency Long Island (ELI) Initiative that has commenced on January 1st 2009.

May 1, 2009

RFP Downloads

Calendar of Events The schedule of key dates in this RFP is as follows:
	RFP Issuance	April 13, 2009
	Respondents’ Conference	April 23, 2009 - 2:00PM
	Deadline for Questions	April 30, 2009
	Answers to Questions Received
	Notice of Intent to Bid or Decline	April 30, 2009
	RFP Responses Due	Monday May 11, 2009 - UPDATED
	Proposal Selection	June Board of Trustees Meeting
	Commence Evaluation	Later date of Comptroller Approval, estimated or September 30, 2009

Questions
Any questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing and faxed to Mr. William Funk, Contract Specialist at (516) 222-9137 on or before April 30, 2009. Responses to any questions received will be posted on LIPA’s Web site at www.lipower.org as they are received. No other communication of questions and answers will be made.

Questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing via Fax, (516) 222-9137 to Mr. Funk on or before the April 30, 2009 deadline for submission of questions. Responses to any questions received will be posted on LIPA's Web site at www.lipower.org on a rolling basis. No other communication of questions and answers will be made.

LIPA will not provide reimbursement for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with this RFP, including the costs of preparing and submitting a response, providing any additional information or attending an interview. All material that is submitted in response to this RFP will become the sole property of LIPA.

Notice of Intent
Firms interested in submitting a proposal in response to this RFP should fax a Notice of Intent to Propose to the attention of Mr. William Funk, Contract Specialist at (516) 222-9137 on or before April 30, 2009. Such notice should contain the Proposer’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, contact person, and the scope(s) of services that will be proposed. Submission of a Notice of Intent is not a pre-requisite for submitting a proposal.

Six (6) copies of your proposal and a CD ROM of your proposal in Microsoft Office format are due no later than 3:00 p.m. on May 7, 2009, in a sealed package or packages. LIPA will not consider proposals received after this deadline. All proposals should be delivered to:

Long Island Power Authority
Mr. Dan Zaweski, Assistant Vice President—Energy Efficiency
c/o Maryanne Colabello— Evaluation Service Provider RFP
333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403
Uniondale, New York 11553

Proposals received after the Proposal Due Date will not be considered, nor will faxed or e-mailed proposals, whenever received. Failure to submit a proposal on time will not be waived by LIPA under any circumstances (e.g., traffic conditions, mail or courier failure, etc.).

Interviews
LIPA may conduct interviews of those proposers found to be the most qualified to provide the required services. If interviews are conducted, the Proposers selected for an interview will be notified in advance of the interview date(s).

Proposers' Conference
LIPA will host a Proposers’ Conference at its offices located at 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 403 in Uniondale, New York on April 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM. The Proposers’ Conference will include an overview of the RFP and an opportunity for Respondents to ask questions. A transcribed record of the Respondents’ Conference will be posted on LIPA's RFP Web site at http://www.lipower.org. Please notify the Authority by fax to Mr. William Funk at 516-222-9137 if you will be attending, indicating the names and titles of the attendees, by close of business on April 21, 2009.

Contact
Other than as provide for in this RFP, any contact with LIPA Board members, staff or LIPA consultants during the pendency of this RFP may be grounds for disqualification from the RFP process.

A Respondent may be disqualified from the RFP process if it has any contact regarding this RFP, beyond that allowed in this RFP, with LIPA Board members, LIPA staff or LIPA consultants during the pendency of this RFP.

Pursuant to State Finance Law sections 139-j and 139-k, this RFP includes and imposes certain restrictions on communications between LIPA and Respondents during the procurement process. A Respondent is restricted from making contacts (i.e., an oral, written or electronic communication which a reasonable person would infer as an attempt to unduly influence the award, denial, or amendment of a contract) from issuance of the RFP through final award and approval of the resulting Procurement Contract by LIPA and the Office of the State Comptroller ("restricted period") to any LIPA staff, its consultants or Board of Trustees member other than as designated herein, unless it is a contact that is included among certain statutory exemptions as set forth in State Finance Law sections 139-j(3)(a). LIPA's designated staff for this RFP, as of the date hereof is Mr. Dan Zaweski, Assistant Vice President-Energy Efficiency (516) 719-9886, Mr. William Funk, Contract Specialist, (516) 719-9235, and Ms. Kim Bregenzer, Manager of Financial Reporting, (516) 719-9820. LIPA staff and Board of Trustees (and consultants) are also required to obtain certain information when contacted during the restricted period and make a determination of the responsibility of the Respondent pursuant to these two statutes. Certain findings of non-responsibility can result in rejection for contract award, and in the event of two findings within a four year period, the Respondent is debarred from obtaining governmental Procurement Contracts. Further information about these requirements, including the contract disclosure forms can be found in LIPA’s Guidelines Regarding Procurement Lobbying posted on the RFP web site.

Contract Period
The term of the contract will be for a period of three (3) years with an Option to extend for two (2) years. LIPA at any time, in its sole discretion, may terminate the contract, or postpone or delay all or any part of the contract, upon written notice.