Audit Contract RFP 8-9-10 (2)

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STATE OF NEVADA HOUSING DIVISION REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RESIDENTIAL ENERGY AUDITOR AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDS STATE FISCAL YEAR 2011 Request For Proposal for Residential Energy Auditor Purpose: The Nevada Housing Division (NHD) is requesting proposals from an individual(s) or company to conduct energy audits on various residential properties located in the following service areas, Clark County, Washoe County /Carson City and Elko County/ White Pine County. The purpose of the audits is to develop a list of recommended energy improvements and compare them to those currently utilized by the state’s Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program. Applicant requirements: The audits and corresponding recommendations are to be performed by a Home Energy Rating System certified rater using version 12.85 of the REM/Design energy audit software program developed by the Architectural Energy Corporation. Applicant must not be on the debarred list prohibiting them from participating in federally funded projects. Applicant is responsible for providing all testing equipment and audit software necessary to perform the audits. Project Funds: Department of Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Project Period: No more than 3 months following the date the Contract will be approved (estimated to be Sept. 15, 2010). Project Responsibilities: Contractor is to ...

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Extrait

STATE

OF

NEVADA

HOUSING

DIVISION

REQUEST

FOR

PROPOSAL

RESIDENTIAL

ENERGY

AUDITOR

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDS

STATE

FISCAL

YEAR

2011

Request For Proposal for Residential Energy Auditor

The Nevada Housing Division (NHD) is requesting proposals from an individual(s) or company to conduct

energy audits on various residential properties located in the following service areas, Clark County,

Washoe County /Carson City and Elko County/ White Pine County.

The purpose of the audits is to

develop a list of recommended energy improvements and compare them to those currently utilized by the

state’s Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program.

Purpose:

The audits and corresponding recommendations are to be performed by a Home Energy Rating System

certified rater using version 12.85 of the REM/Design energy audit software program developed by the

Architectural Energy Corporation.

Applicant must not be on the debarred list prohibiting them from

participating in federally funded projects.

Applicant is responsible for providing all testing equipment and

audit software necessary to perform the audits.

Applicant requirements

:

Project Funds

:

Department of Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Project Period

:

No more than 3 months following the date the Contract will be approved (estimated to be

Sept. 15, 2010).

Contractor is to conduct energy audits on properties described below and prioritize a list of recommended

energy improvements based upon the building type, utility costs, service area, installed costs, estimated

savings, etc.

Contractor is to coordinate the field audits through the Housing Division’s Weatherization

Program Subgrantees and/or their contractors to identify the units to be audited and scheduling of work.

The number of audits to be performed in each of the service areas is described below:

Project Responsibilities

:

Clark County Service Area

# of

# of

Washoe County/Carson City Service Area

audits

Building type

audits

10

SF/site built

10

SF/site built

Building type

2

MF (6-8 units/building, 1 story)

2

MF (6-8 units/building, 1 story)

2

MF (6-14 units/building, 2 story)

2

MF (6-14 units/building, 2 story)

4

Mobile homes

4

Mobile homes

# of

Elko County/White Pine County Service Area

audits

10

SF/site built

Building type

2

MF (6-8 units/building, 1 story)

2

MF (6-14 units/building, 2 story)

4

Mobile homes

Cost of utilities to be utilized

:

Clark County

Washoe/Carson City

Elko County

White Pine Co.

Therm (N. gas)

$.90

$1.21

$1.21

$1.21

Therm (Propane)

$2.79

$ 2.25

$ 2.53

$2.53

Killowatt Hour

$.120

$ .117

$.116

$.088

Contractor is to provide a report describing the following information for each unit being audited

and for which reimbursement is being requested:

a.

Description of Existing Measures

(include KWh of refrigerator).

b.

Description of Improvement Measures

(include evaluation criteria for refrigerator replacement and

criteria used for air sealing).

c.

Useful Life of Improvement.

d.

Cost of Improvement (provide installed cost, includes permits, fees, materials and labor).

e.

Savings attributed to Improvement Measure(s) (assume a discount rate of 3.3%).

f.

Rank the Savings to Investment Ratios (SIR) by improvement measure.

g.

Provide a copy of the REM/Design Data Collection Form to NHD if requested.

h.

List any assumptions (i.e., existing efficiencies, cfm50 air infiltration reductions, costs, savings,

etc., not identified in REM/Design energy audit software program).

Applicants will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Experience:

Please list experience in performing residential energy audits, include number of audits

performed by housing type and for whom the audits were performed (please include name and phone

number of contact).

Please include copies of Home Energy Rating Systems certification.

Staffing:

Applicant is to provide a list of staff members who have experience in performing

residential energy audits and include any training, certifications or licenses they have received related

to performing residential energy audits.

Contract costs: List the costs associated with providing the services stated under the Project

Responsibilities

identified above and other related costs.

Applicant may submit a proposal for one or

more of the service areas.

Please list the costs for each service area separately if submitting for both

service areas.

Submit costs based on building type (single family, multi-family or mobile home),

service areas and include any travel costs as a separate line item. (e.g, $450 per Single Family unit

in

Elko County plus $100/unit for travel costs).

Contract Reimbursement:

Contractor will be reimbursed at completion of work stated under Project

Responsibilities

and following a discussion of the audit recommendations.

Contractor will be

required

to submit an invoice(s) and any other required documentation prior to reimbursement of

costs.

Submittal Instructions:

Submittal Date: No later than 5:00 PM, August 27, 2010 (Electronic submissions are not acceptable)

Applicants must provide an original and 4 copies of their proposal.

Include contact information (name, phone number and email address).

Proposals are to be submitted to:

Contact

Nevada Housing Division

Craig Davis

1535 Old Hot Springs Rd., Suite 50

[phone]

:

Carson City, NV 89706

[e-mail]

Attn: Craig Davis

Interested Parties:

The individuals or companies listed below will be provided (through email) a copy of the Request For

Proposal:

Home Energy Licensed Professionals

Jim Haugh -

[e-mail]

702-686-0007

1217 Charmast Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89102

Sustainable Energy Services, LLC

Richard Blinn -

[e-mail]

702-671-6001

801 S Rancho Dr Suite E8, Las Vegas, NV 89106

SolarEnvi

Mary Venable

- [e-mail]

702-401-6126

1400 Colorado St. #C, Las Vegas, NV 89101

American Energy Audit

Russell Davis

- [e-mail]

702-448-2500

1810 E. Sahara Ave Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Performance Energy Audit

Kevin Sipes

- [e-mail]

702-496-2850

4710 Trimwater Court, Las Vegas, NV 89130

Energy Conservation Group, LLC

Tracy Foglesong

- [e-mail]

702-438-0036

3442 N. Buffalo Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89129

Home Energy Connection, LLC

Leslie Lazareck -

[e-mail]

702-451-8630

773 Trumpington Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89178

Energy Inspectors

John Gillett - [e-mail]

702-365-8080

8515 Edna Ave., Ste 210, Las Vegas, NV 89117

Energy Convergence of Nevada LLC

Steve Hendricks -

[e-mail]

775 336-8417

PO Box 19108, Reno, NV 89511

Energy Insight

Paul Taylor - [e-mail]

775-825-3176

3335 Sleepy Hollow Dr. Reno, NV 89502

Bender Engineering & Commissioning, Inc.

Jeff Bender - [e-mail]

530-582-5578 10037

East River St., Truckee, CA 96161

Public Posting Locations:

Nevada Housing Division

Nevada Housing Division

1535 Hot Springs Road, Suite 50

7220 Bermuda Rd., Suite B

Carson City, Nevada 89706

Las Vegas NV, 89119

Office of the Attorney General

Nevada State Library

100 Carson Street

100 Stewart Street

Carson City, NV 89701

Carson City, NV 89701

Legislative Counsel Bureau

Capitol Police, Grant Sawyer Building

401 South Carson Street

555 Washington Ave

Carson City, NV 89701

Las Vegas , NV 89101

This RFP is also being posted on the Nevada Housing Division’s website at

http://nvhousing.state.nv.us/