Guide
Contractor RFQ Guide
The DCSEU issues a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to qualify service providers to provide a broad range of direct energy efficiency services on a rolling basis. These services are described by each of the 8 Scopes of Work (SOWs). The DCSEU is especially committed to working with Certified Business Enterprises (CBEs) and other District-based contractors to create opportunities for local businesses and jobs for DC residents. If you are a service provider with skills in the electrical, HVAC, energy auditing, refrigeration management, building automation controls, building envelope, or general contracting fields, the DCSEU has opportunities for your company.
Please note this document is only meant to serve as a guide. Please refer directly to the most up-to-date RFQ on the DCSEU website for definitive information.
What are Turn-key Installation Services?
Turn-key installation services refer to a comprehensive approach where a provider handles all aspects of a project or system installation from start to finish. This can include the following:
- Planning and Design – Developing detailed plans, layouts, and schedules tailored to the customer's requirements. This can include site surveys as well as engineering design and project timeline development.
- Equipment Procurement – Sourcing and purchasing all necessary equipment and materials at the proper quality and efficiency standards required for the project installation.
- Project Compliance – Ensuring that the project obtains the necessary permits and certifications to begin. This also includes making sure that installation meets all federal and local codes and standards.
- Project Installation – Completing the onsite setup or installation of all equipment and any required electrical, mechanical, or structural systems.
- Testing and Commissioning – Confirming that all installed equipment and systems functions properly and efficiently.
- Customer Training – Providing the customer with training needed to operate and/or maintain the installed equipment.
- Post-Installation Support – Providing operations and maintenance support in accordance with service agreements and warranty services.
Scopes of Work (SOWs) Summary
- Attachment 1: Commercial & Institutional Services – The Commercial Direct Service Program is designed to assist non income eligible market rate based commercial facilities in DC, with turn-key direct service options through our direct service providers.
- Attachment 2: Income Qualified Efficiency Fund (IQEF) – The IQEF Program is designed to provide turn-key installation solutions to qualified income eligible facilities (affordable multifamily housing, shelters, & clinics) within DC.
- Attachment 3: Quality Assurance (QA) / Quality Control (QC) Residential Inspection – The QA/QC Program is designed to provide inspection services for the DCSEU for energy efficiency measure installations that occur in eligible single-family homes within DC.
- Attachment 4: Affordable Home Electrification Program – Single Family Services – The Affordable Home Electrification Program is designed to provide turn-key installation services to eligible single-family homes within DC. The effort is designed to convert existing fossil fueled heating systems (space/domestic hot water) to heat pump technologies.
- Attachment 5: Refrigeration Management, Leak Detection and Repair – The Refrigeration Management Services Program is designed to identify and provide assessments and product solutions to qualified facilities (grocery stores, hotels, hospitals, universities, food banks, breweries, etc.) within DC.
- Attachment 6: Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator (AHRA) Energy Auditing and Analysis – The AHRA Auditing and Analysis Program is designed to provide ASHRAE Level Auditing Services to qualified income eligible facilities within DC.
- Attachment 7: Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator (AHRA) Implementation Services – The AHRA Implementation Services Program is designed to provide turn-key installation solutions to qualified income eligible facilities within DC.
- Attachment 8: Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator (AHRA) Performance Testing Services – The AHRA Performance Testing Services Program is designed to provide unit-to-unit compartmentalization testing as applicable including infiltration, duct leakage, combustion safety, and ventilation flow rate, and generate recommendations based on the test results in AHRA buildings.
What Contractor Skills & Certifications Are We Looking For?
Relevant Skills
- General contracting services
- Electrical services
- Plumbing services
- HVAC and HVAC-R services (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration)
- Refrigeration installation, leak detection, and repair
- Weatherization services
- Building controls design and installation
- Commissioning (Cx) and Retro-commissioning (RCx)
Relevant Certifications
- Building Performance Institute (BPI)
- Home Energy Rating System (HERS)® Rater
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Section 608 Technician Certification
- Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
- The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification
- DC Department of Buildings (DOB) Approved Third-Party Inspectors
