RFP 6129: Net-Zero Resilience Preparation for Municipal and Rural Electric Providers

RFP 6129: Net-Zero Resilience Preparation for Municipal and Rural Electric Providers is sponsored by NYSERDA. Supports projects that prepare municipal and rural electric providers for net-zero emissions and resilience.

Net-Zero Resilience Preparation for Municipal and Rural Electric Providers Request for Proposal (RFP) 6129 Up to $1M Available NYSERDA reserves the right to extend and/or add funding to the Solicitation should other program funding sources become available. Proposals Due: August 24 th , 2026 by 3:00 p. m.

Eastern Time* Municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives across New York State play a critical role for residents, businesses, industry, and service providers in their jurisdictions. NYSERDA seeks to support the rapid decarbonization and increased resilience of municipal utilities and rural electric cooperatives given their foundational role within communities.

NYSERDA is committed to catalyzing New York’s clean energy transition by driving innovation and investment affordabl y, reliably, and equitably to ensure reliable services, including equipp ing municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives to handle the increasing frequency and severity of shock and stress events (e.g., storms, floods, thermal extremes).

Deployment of Net Zero / Deep Decarbonization Solutions Up to $500,000/award for deployment of net-zero and/or deep decarbonization solutions that benefit New York State. Proposal Submission: Online submission is preferred. Proposers may submit Word, Excel, or PDF files (file formats include: csv, doc, docx, gif, jpeg, jpg, pdf, png, ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx, tif, txt, xls, xlsx, and zip).

Individual files should be 100MB or less in file size. Proposal PDFs should be searchable and should be created by direct conversion from MS Word, or other conversion utility. Files should not be scanned.

For ease of identification, all electronic files must be named using the proposer’s entity name in the title of the document. NYSERDA will also accept proposals by mail or hand-delivery if online submission is not possible.

For detailed instructions on how to submit a proposal (online or paper submission), click the link “Application Instructions and Portal Training Guide [PDF] ” located in the “Current Opportunities” section of NYSERDA’s website ( https://www. nyserda. ny.

gov/Funding-Opportunities/Current- Potential responders are advised that under New York State Finance Law Section 139-j, communication on procurements can be made only to designated contact persons. The Designated Contacts for this Procurement are: Crystal Soo (Designated Contact) at (646) 873-7864 or Hafiz Bello (Secondary Contact) (518) 862-1090, ext. 3533 or by e-mail at RFP6129@nyserda.

ny. gov (for technical questions). If you have contractual questions concerning this solicitation, contact Jim Cowman (Designated Contact) at 518-362-0487, or by email jim.

solicitations@nyserda. ny. gov. All Proposers should be familiar with the legal prohibitions against certain types of contacts during government procurements set forth in State Finance Law section 139-j.

In accordance with that law, contacting anyone other than the Designated Contacts (either directly by the proposer or indirectly through a lobbyist or other person acting on the proposer’s behalf) in an attempt to influence the procurement: (1) may result in a proposer being deemed a non-responsible offerer, and (2) may result in the proposer not being awarded a contract. * All proposals must be received by 3 p. m.

Eastern Time on the date noted above. Late, faxed, or emailed proposals will not be accepted. Incomplete proposals may be subject to disqualification.

It is the proposer’s responsibility to ensure that all pages have been included in the proposal. Please note: for online submission, there are required questions that you will have to answer in addition to uploading attachments and you should allot at least 60 minutes to enter/submit proposals. Please see Solicitation Proposal and Vendor Responsibility Questi .

ons pdf for a complete list of the questions proposers must answer as part of a submission. The online proposal system closes promptly at 3 p. m.

Eastern Time. Files in process or attempted edits or submission after 3 p. m.

Eastern Time on the date above, will not be accepted. If changes are made to this solicitation, notification will be posted on the “Current Opportunities” section of NYSERDA’s website ( https://www. nyserda.

ny. gov/Funding- Opportunities/Current-Funding-Opportunities. aspx .

NYSERDA’s mission is to catalyze New York’s clean energy transition as a trusted and credible resource for energy information, policies, and programs, through objective analysis and planning, innovative solutions, and impactful investments that are valued by New York residents and businesses. NYSERDA’s vision is to deliver New York’s clean energy transition in a manner that supports a healthier and thriving future for all New Yorkers.

NYSERDA's “Impacts of Climate Change on the New York Energy System” 1 Report highlighted the projected impacts of climate change on New York’s electric grid including increased peak demand resulting from more extreme temperatures and challenges related to maintaining infrastructure reliability as a result of those extreme temperatures.

These combined dynamics – a decarbonized system in a rapidly changing climate – present a set of new operating considerations and is the primary motivation for this RFP that is dedicated to municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives.

Across New York State, both municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives play foundational roles for residents, businesses, industry, and service providers in their jurisdictions. These communities will have unique challenges associated wit h goals for grid decarbonization and impending climate shocks/stresses while still maintaining grid resilience.

By addressing decarbonization and resilience together, we will maximize the value, and lifetime, of investments while enabling creative solutions for each jurisdiction.

There will be one category available within this RFP: Demonstrations of Net Zero / Deep Decarbonization Solutions Awards in this category will fund projects that deploy an innovative net-zero emissions technology or process or other innovative deep decarbonization solution in the service territory of a municipal utility or rural cooperative utility in New York State.

Successful proposals will have high potential for replication driving future investment in deep decarbonization and net zero solutions, as well as sound technical merit demonstrating significant opportunities for greenhouse gas reduction. Projects focusing on heat pump technologies, building shell retrofits, and air sealing will be prioritized.

Definitions within the context of this Solicitation: New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA). 2023. “Impacts of Climate Change on the New York Energy System”.

NYSERDA Report Number 23-30. Prepared by Energy and Environmental Economics, New York, NY. nyserda.

ny. gov/publications Resilience – Resilience refers to theability of energy systems to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions 2.

Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) – A list of identified communities based on criteria developed by the Climate Justice Working Group Commercial Technology – Commercial Technology is defined as any adequately developedtechnology that has reached maturity for deployment to commercial markets, applying novel methods, materials, algorithms, or other innovations that increase performance, reduce emissions, or provide other advantages over established technologies already in the market.

Prime electric municipal utility / rural cooperative – The ultimate beneficiary of analysis, assessments, or demonstrations from awarded projects under this solicitation. The utility must be located within New York state.

Project Team – All stakeholders involved in the submitted proposal and execution of awarded Community Impact – Impacts including but not limited to 1) reduction in community energy consumption or emissions, 2) reduced impacts on community resilience. Up to $1M is available for proposals. The maximum amount of each award will be $500k.

Program and Proposer Eligibility Project proposers may include one or more electric municipal utilities or rural electric cooperatives. Multiple municipal utilities or rural electric cooperatives can be on the same proposal but only one award per municipal utility or rural electric cooperative.

Entities other than a municipal utility or rural cooperative may apply on their behalf, provided that the proposal includes a letter of commitment from at least one New York State municipal utility or rural cooperative partner. This solicitation is for the benefit of electric municipal utilities or rural electric cooperatives only.

Proposals may be submitted by a non-utility or cooperative but must ultimately be for the benefit of one or the other. Proposals must entail the deployment of technologies that are commercially available. Any project that is not based in a municipal utility or rural cooperative’s service territory or does not have a letter of commitment from at least one New York State municipal utility or rural cooperative partner, will be ineligible.

III. Proposal Requirements Each proposal is subject to the maximum award limit for the category “Demonstrations of Net Zero / Deep Decarbonization Solutions”. Each proposal will be evaluated independently per the criteria given in Section IV.

Each proposal shall include the following information: https://www. nyserda. ny.

gov/-/media/Project/Nyserda/Files/Publications/Research/Electic-Power-Delivery/Understanding-Resilience-Valuation-for-Energy-Systems. pdf 1. Cover Letter (Template Not Provided - up to 1 page) (a) Written on proposer’s letterhead (b) References this RFP 6129 (c) Signed by a person with authority to enter into a contract with NYSERDA 2.

Proposal Narrative comprises the following sections (Template not provided); (a) Background/General Information – (up to 1 page) (i) Summarize the prime electric municipal utility / rural cooperative’s organization, operating jurisdiction, coverage area, scale of customer base, and company structure.

(ii) Include any recent climate related challenges or disruptions the municipal utility / rural cooperative or their community/jurisdiction has faced that would be pertinent to this Solicitation. (iii) Identify the key DACs in your jurisdiction and describe how they are affected by climate-related challenges. (b) Long-term Vision and Climate Goals (up to 0.

5 page) (i) Summarize the climate resiliency and energy system goals and vision of the prime electric municipal utility / rural electric cooperative for benefitting at least one service area within New York State.

(c) Proposal Team – (up to 1 page not including letters of partnership and support; letters of support do not count toward page limit) Describe the team that will execute the proposed work, including key personnel, their proposed roles, and responsibilities.

For group submissions with multiple electric municipal utilities and/or rural electric cooperatives, please also summarize the nature of the existing relationship between the parties as well as future commitments to realize emissions and/or resilience benefits within one, or more, jurisdiction(s). Successful proposals will include a multi-disciplinary team that can provide expertise on all aspects of the proposed work.

(i) Letters of Commitment (letters do not count toward page limit) Additional - 1 page per letter – Please provide letters from each entity other than the proposer, on their on their own letterhead, indicating their commitment to participating in the project as proposed.

Projects requiring access to sites, equipment, or personnel resources of a utility or other entity other than the lead proposer require a letter of commitment confirming that those resources will be made available to the successful proposer and project team. (d) Proposal Scope, Project Description: (i) Describe the climate technology or other innovative solution to be deployed.

Include details of performance, product specification, cost, scale or other relevant parameters of the solution that support decarbonization and resilience goals. (ii) Describe the relevant size or scale of the project, time horizon, and potential for replication or subsequent scaleup. (iii) Describe the work to be undertaken to achieve the goals of the proposal.

Some examples include, but should not be limited to: 1 Baseline Data Gathering 2 Adoption Forecast and Scenarios 3 Equipment/System Performance Analysis 4 Assessment of opportunities for full scale implementation 5 Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) for scaled development and implementation 1 Describe the potential risks associated with the project and a detailed risk mitigation strategy.

(v) Outcomes and Next Steps 1 Outline the ways in which successful completion of the project will get electric municipal utility(s) / rural cooperative(s) closer to their longer term climate resiliency and energy system goals, including anticipated benefits (emissions reduction, community impact, energy savings, etc.) to customers, community, and/or grid.

2 Include anticipated benefits (emissions reduction, community impact, energy savings, etc.) to customers, community, and/or grid, including anticipated benefits to DACs. Provide quantitative energy/emissions reductions, if available. 1 Outline the specific metrics you will require to judge the success of this project, and a plan for collecting them.

3. Proposed Budget (Template Provided - not included in page limit) 4. Proposed Statement of Work (Template Provided - not included in page limit) Unnecessary attachments beyond those sufficient to present a complete, comprehensive, and effective response will not influence the evaluation of the proposal.

The proposal must be in the following format: • 12 pt font and 1-inch margins for the main proposal. Images/graphics may have smaller, but legible, fonts for the captions.

Each page must contain the page number and the applicant’s organizationIn compliance with §139-j and §139-k of the State Finance Law (see Section V, General Conditions below for additional information), proposers will be required to answer questions during proposal submission, which will include making required certification under the State Finance Law and to disclose any Prior Findings of Non-Responsibility.

Proposers are required to state in their Proposals if they intend to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) for the proposed Work including reports or other deliverables. Approval for any Proposer/Seller to use any AI systems for such purposes must be expressly granted by NYSERDA. Any Proposer who submits materials to NYSERDA that are created with the assistance of AI must disclose such use to NYSERDA.

See Doing Business with NYSERDA on NYSERDA’s website for more information on the use of AI at A payment based on the final deliverable will be reserved until project completion. If awarded, NYSERDA may choose to negotiate the amount of such payment. # • Proposals that meet solicitation requirements will be reviewed by a Scoring Committee using the Evaluation Criteria below .

At NYSERDA’s discretion, proposers may be requested to interview with all or part of the Scoring Committee to address any potential questions or clarifications outlined in the proposals. Proposers will be notified if they are requested to attend an interview. 1.

Scope and reasonableness of proposed project(s) . 2. Potential for a successful proposal(s) to be replicated, scaled, or to enable future net-zero and resilience investments.

3. The extent to which the proposed work is technically feasible 4. The extent to which the proposed project/solution addresses the problem or opportunity.

5. The proposed project addresses a current challenge or opportunity that is not being addressed adequately by current industry practices and/or federal and/or other state research priorities and funding. 1.

Potential community, grid, and/or emissions impact in New York State from a successful proposal. 2. Potential for reduction of community impacts in the event of a climate shock or stress.

3. Significance of the problem or opportunity for New York State. 4.

The proposed work takes into consideration the interests and needs of disadvantaged communities (DAC) and will deliver benefits to people within DACs. 5. If the proposed work is a follow-on project to a previously funded NYSERDA project, there is clarity on what outcomes emerged from the earlier project.

1. Provide direct and quantifiable energy, environmental, and/or economic benefits to New York State (such as emissions reductions, increased resiliency and reliability, higher efficiency, and/or reduced electric costs) 2. Is the overall project cost justified and reasonable based on the level of effort proposed and the expected outcome and benefits?

3. Are equipment and, material costs based on reasonable estimates? Are the labor rates reflective of the industry?

II. GENERAL CONDITIONS Proprietary Information - Careful consideration should be given before confidential information is submitted to NYSERDA as part of your proposal. Review should include whether it is critical for evaluating a proposal, and whether general, non-confidential information, may be adequate for review purposes.

The NYS Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers law, Article 6, provides for public access to information NYSERDA possesses.

Public Officers Law, Section 87(2)(d) provides for exceptions to disclosure for records or portions thereof that "are trade secrets or are submitted to an agency by a commercial enterprise or derived from information obtained from a commercial enterprise and which if disclosed would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the subject enterprise."

Information submitted to NYSERDA that the proposer wishes to have treated as proprietary, and confidential trade secret information, should be identified and labeled "Confidential" or "Proprietary" on each page at the time of disclosure. This information should include a written request to except it from disclosure, including a written statement of the reasons why the information should be excepted.

See Public Officers Law, Section 89(5) and the procedures set forth in 21 NYCRR Part 501 https://www. nyserda. ny.

gov/About/ /media/Files/About/Contact/NYSERDA-Regulations. ashx . However, NYSERDA cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information submitted.

Omnibus Procurement Act of 1992 - It is the policy of New York State to maximize opportunities for the participation of New York State business enterprises, including minority- and women-owned business enterprises, as bidders, subcontractors, and suppliers on its procurement Agreements.

Information on the availability of New York subcontractors and suppliers is available from: Division for Small Business A directory of certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises is available from: Minority and Women's Business Development Division State Finance Law sections 139-j and 139-k - NYSERDA is required to comply with State Finance Law sections 139-j and 139-k.

These provisions contain procurement lobbying requirements which can be found at https://online. ogs. ny.

gov/legal/lobbyinglawfaq/default. aspx . Proposers are required to answer questions during proposal submission, which will include making required certification under the State Finance Law and to disclose any Prior Findings of Non-Responsibility (this includes a disclosure statement regarding whether the proposer has been found non-responsible under section 139-j of the State Finance Law within the previous four years).

Tax Law Section 5-a - NYSERDA is required to comply with the provisions of Tax Law Section 5-a, which requires a prospective contractor, prior to entering an agreement with NYSERDA having a value in excess of $100,000, to certify to the Department of Taxation and Finance (the "Department") whether the contractor, its affiliates, its subcontractors and the affiliates of its subcontractors have registered with the Department to collect New York State and local sales and compensating use taxes.

The Department has created a form to allow a prospective contractor to readily make such certification. See, ST-220-TD (available at http://www. tax.

ny. gov/pdf/current_forms/st/st220td_fill_in. pdf ).

Prior to contracting with NYSERDA, the prospective contractor must also certify to NYSERDA whether it has filed such certification with the Department. The Department has created a second form that must be completed by a prospective contractor prior to contracting and filed with NYSERDA. See, ST-220-CA (available at http://www.

tax. ny. gov/pdf/current_forms/st/st220ca_fill_in.

pdf ). The Department has developed guidance for contractors which is available at http://www. tax.

ny. gov/pdf/publications/sales/pub223. pdf .

Contract Award - NYSERDA anticipates making multiple awards under this solicitation. NYSERDA anticipates a contract duration of one to three-year standard milestone-based agreement , unless NYSERDA management determines a different structure is more efficient based upon proposals received.

A contract may be awarded based on initial applications without discussion, or following limited discussion or negotiations pertaining to the Statement of Work. Each proposal should be submitted using the most favorable cost and technical terms. NYSERDA may request additional data or material to support applications.

NYSERDA will use the Sample Agreement to contract successful proposals. NYSERDA may at its discretion elect to extend and/or add funds to any project funded through this solicitation. NYSERDA reserves the right to limit any negotiations to exceptions to standard terms and conditions in the Sample Agreement to those specifically identified in the checklist questions.

Proposers should keep in mind that acceptance of all standard terms and conditions will generally result in a more expedited contracting process. NYSERDA expects to notify proposers in approximately 10 weeks from the proposal due date whether your proposal has been selected to receive an award.

Upon receipt of this notification, a proposer can request to schedule a debrief on the selection process and the strengths and weaknesses of its proposal by contacting RFP6129@nyserda. ny. gov .

NYSERDA may decline to contract with awardees that are delinquent with respect to any obligation under any previous or active NYSERDA agreement. Accessibility Requirements - NYSERDA requires contractors producing content intended to be posted to the Web to adhere to New York State’s Accessibility Policy. This includes, but is not limited to, deliverables such as: documents (PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.), audio (.

mp3, . wav, etc.), video (. mp4, .

mpg, . avi, etc.), graphics (. jpg, .

png, etc.), web pages (. html, . aspx, etc.), and other multimedia and streaming media content.

For more information, see NYSERDA’s Accessibility Requirements on the Doing Business with NYSERDA page or download NYSERDA's Accessibility Limitation - This solicitation does not commit NYSERDA to award a contract, pay any costs incurred in preparing a proposal, or to procure or contract for services or supplies.

NYSERDA reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals received, to negotiate with all qualified sources, or to cancel in part or in its entirety the solicitation when it is in NYSERDA's best interest. NYSERDA reserves the right to reject proposals based on the nature and number of any exceptions taken to the standard terms and conditions of the Sample Agreement.

NYSERDA reserves the right to disqualify proposers based upon the results of a background check into publicly available information or the presence of a material possibility of any reputational or legal risk in making of the award.

Disclosure Requirement - The proposer is required to complete the Solicitation Proposal and Vendor Responsibility Questions as part of a submission, which, among other things, requires disclosure of any indictment for any alleged felony, or any conviction for a felony within the past five years, under the laws of the United States or any state or territory of the United States and description of circumstances for each, and disclosure of any suspension or debarment by the U.S. federal government or the New York State Department of Labor.

When a proposer is an association, partnership, corporation, or other organization, responses shall be made on behalf of the organization and its officers, partners, and directors or members of any similarly governing body.

If an indictment or conviction should come to the attention of NYSERDA after the award of a contract, NYSERDA may exercise its stop-work right pending further investigation or terminate the agreement; the contractor may be subject to penalties for violation of any law which may apply in the particular circumstances.

Vendor Assurance of No Conflict of Interest or Detrimental Effect - The proposer shall disclose any existing or contemplated relationship with any other person or entity, including any known relationships with any member, shareholders of 5% or more, parent, subsidiary, or affiliated firm, which would constitute an actual or potential conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety, relating to other clients/customers of the proposer or former officers and employees of NYSERDA, in connection with proposer’s rendering services as proposed.

If a conflict does or might exist, please describe how your company would eliminate or prevent it. Indicate what procedures will be followed to detect, notify NYSERDA of, and resolve any such conflicts.

The proposer must disclose whether it, or any of its members, or, to the best of its knowledge, shareholders of 5% or more, parents, affiliates, or subsidiaries, have been the subject of any investigation or disciplinary action by the New York State Commission on Public Integrity or its predecessor State entities (collectively, “Commission”), and if so, a brief description must be included indicating how any matter before the Commission was resolved or whether it remains unresolved.

Public Officers Law – For any resulting awards, the Contractor and its subcontractors shall not engage any person who is, or has been at any time, in the employ of the State to perform services in violation of the provisions of the New York Public Officers Law, other laws applicable to the service of State employees, and the rules, regulations, opinions, guidelines or policies promulgated or issued by the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, or its predecessors (collectively, the “Ethics Requirements”).

Proposers are reminded of the following Public Officers Law provision: contractors, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors may hire former NYSERDA employees.

However, as a general rule and in accordance with New York Public Officers Law, former employees of NYSERDA may neither appear nor practice before NYSERDA, nor receive compensation for services rendered on a matter before NYSERDA, for a period of two years following their separation from NYSERDA service.

In addition, former NYSERDA employees are subject to a “lifetime bar” from appearing before any state agency or authority or receiving compensation for services regarding any transaction in which they personally participated, or which was under their active consideration during their tenure with NYSERDA.

Any awardee will be required to certify that all of its employees, as well as employees of any subcontractor, whose subcontract is valued at $100,000 or more who are former employees of the State and who are assigned to perform services under the resulting contract, shall be assigned in accordance with all Ethics Requirements.

During the term of any agreement, no person who is employed by the contractor or its subcontractors and who is disqualified from providing services under the contract pursuant to any Ethics Requirements may share in any net revenues of the contractor or its subcontractors derived from the contract.

NYSERDA may request that contractors provide it with whatever information the State deems appropriate about each such person’s engagement, work cooperatively with the State to solicit advice from the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, and, if deemed appropriate by the State, instruct any such person to seek the opinion of the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government.

NYSERDA shall have the right to withdraw or withhold approval of any subcontractor if utilizing such subcontractor for any work performed would be in conflict with any of the Ethics Requirements. NYSERDA shall have the right to terminate any contract at any time if any work performed is in conflict with any of the Ethics Requirements.

Due Diligence – NYSERDA, at its discretion, may conduct broad due diligence to validate any or all elements of an application and to assess applicants’ prospects of success, including gathering information to assess a proposal relative to any of the topics listed in evaluation criteria, whether or not such topic is explicitly addressed in a proposal.

NYSERDA may conduct due diligence on some or all proposals based on NYSERDA’s current guidelines at the time of a review. NYSERDA staff may follow up with proposers to request additional information or clarification regarding applicant’s proposal, including questions regarding applicant’s business prospects and resources, whether or not those questions are specifically related to the elements of the proposal.

Additionally, customized due diligence may be conducted by internal or external staff or contractors based on questions on any proposal raised by NYSERDA staff and/or the Scoring Committee.

Due diligence may include (but is not limited to): interviews of independent references and background checks of team members; assessment of prior business experience of any team member associated with a proposal; research on intellectual property claims; customer and partner reference checks; market research on the applicants’ target market and any other related or possibly competitive technology or market area; research to validate any assumptions on current or future revenues, costs, capital needs, and financing prospects for proposers’ business, including similar (or unrelated) technologies, processes, or competitive solutions; or any other research that could reasonably inform the evaluation of a proposal, or the prospects for commercial success of the proposers’ business (whether directly related to, or unrelated to the specific elements in a proposal).

Due diligence may include discussions with proposers’ former and current business partners, employees, investors, customers, and competitors.

Due diligence may be conducted by NYSERDA personnel or contractors including members of the scoring committee, before, during, or after a scoring process, and prior to finalization of a contract award, any information gleaned in diligence may be used to score or rescore a proposal or apply a program policy factor.

EO 16 Protocols – Pursuant to Executive Order No. 16 issued on March 17, 2022, all vendors responding to bids or contracting with New York State must certify, using the form provided as part of this solicitation, their status with regard to conducting business operations in Russia, and that any such business operations in Russia conducted on behalf of the vendor are determined to be permitted under any of the allowable exemptions.

The term vendor is intended to encompass bidders prior to contract award, contractors who have received a contract award, contract assignees, or contractors for whom an extension to an existing contract is being pursued. Exemption decisions are in NYSERDA’s sole discretion and are final decisions. NYSERDA reserves the right to solicit additional materials or information regarding the responses or materials provided by a vendor.

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 16, all vendors will be vetted to ensure that they are not on the federal sanctions list at Office of Foreign Assets Control - Sanctions List Search page . There is no waiver or exemption process for vendors appearing on the federal sanctions list. The Executive Order remains in effect while sanctions imposed by the federal government are in effect.

Accordingly, vendors who may be excluded from award because of current business operations in Russia are nevertheless encouraged to respond to solicitations to preserve their contracting opportunities in case sanctions are lifted during a solicitation, or after award in the case of some solicitations. Attachment A – Statement of Work Template Attachment Attachment C – Sample Agreement