CSUB Solar & Battery Advanced Shovel-Ready SLPPA RFP11108

TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

NO. CSUB-RFP-11108

CSUB SOLAR & BATTERY

Advanced Shovel-Ready Site License Power Purchase Agreement

California State University, Bakersfield

9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, California 93311

Project No. PR1467 | GovMotus 26-C-2250-CP

Table of Contents

1. Bidder Snapshot and Pricing Mechanics

2. Overview and Procurement Process

3. Project Documents, Attachments, and Precedence

4. Scope of Services and Technical Requirements

5. Commercial Terms and Cost Proposal Requirements

6. Proposal Submission and Responsiveness

7. Evaluation and Award

8. Required Forms and Cost Proposal Form

RFP Attachment A - Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule

RFP Attachment B - Baseline Rider C Performance Guarantee Requirements

RFP Attachment C - RFP Project Document / Exhibit Applicability Matrix

RFP Attachment D - RFP General Provisions

RFP Attachment E - Site Walk and Parking Instructions

1. Bidder Snapshot and Pricing Mechanics

Trustees are soliciting proposals for an advanced shovel-ready 20-year Site License Power Purchase Agreement for the California State University, Bakersfield Solar & Battery Project. The purpose of this front-end summary is to allow developers, finance teams, and EPC partners to understand the Project, pricing mechanics, schedule, and major risk allocation quickly. The detailed RFP, SLPPA, riders, attachments, and addenda remain controlling.

1.1 Two-Minute Project Summary

Item Bidder-Facing Requirement

Project Type Advanced shovel-ready 20-year PPA

Campus California State University, Bakersfield

University Contact

Information for Solicitation and Delivery of Sealed

Proposals

Andrew Duncan

Contract Specialist

Procurement & Contracts

Administration West Building, Room 102

9001 Stockdale Highway

Bakersfield, CA 93311

661-654-3182 aduncan@csub.edu

Technical & Cost Proposal

Due

September 16, 2026 before 3:00 pm to the above address

PV Size 4.55 MWdc / 3.5 MWac

BESS Size 2.93 MW / 11.75 MWh

Battery Type Three Tesla Megapack 2 XL units with domestic-content configuration

Solar Inverters Ten CPS 350 kW 800V inverters

Utility / Interconnection PG&E; 21.6 kV behind-the-meter non-export. PG&E interconnection approval has been received for the current Project configuration based on current utility documentation; remaining pre-parallel inspection (PPI), non-export verification, commissioning/testing, documentation, and PTO requirements remain.

Microgrid Yes, via SEL control devices and related system controls

Required PTO / Project

Completion

December 1, 2027

NTP Anticipated November 25-26, 2026, with immediate construction start following

NTP

PPA Term 20 years

Item Bidder-Facing Requirement

Solar Production Guarantee 7,675,565 kWh Year 1, representing 90% of P50 and inclusive of expected curtailment; 0.50% annual degradation thereafter, subject to Attachment B/Rider

C measurement rules and exclusions for excused curtailment and other excluded events.

PV Curtailment Up to approximately 25% initially and expected to reduce over time as campus load, operations, and dispatch conditions evolve. PG&E curtailment and insufficient campus load under the non-export configuration are addressed as exclusions in Attachment B/Rider C and are not treated as proposer-caused production shortfalls except to the extent Rider C expressly provides otherwise.

CSU Transaction Fee 7% of Construction-Cost Base, as defined in Section 5.2 and the SLPPA;

includes BESS/battery equipment and installed physical Project costs counted once, and is included in PPA pricing.

Plan / Approval Status Fire, permit, CEQA, and CSU approval readiness anticipated during August

2026, subject to CEQA, CSU, fire/life-safety, plan-check, and permitting review. Final permits and approvals remain pre-NTP conditions.

Academic / Research Access Required reasonable accommodation, subject to safety, operations, warranty, cybersecurity, vendor, maintenance, insurance, and site-security limits

Campus Load Shedding CSUB cost/responsibility, but Successful Proposer must support integration

Expected Incentives ITC, Domestic Content, and Energy Community assumptions; Proposer responsible for tax/incentive diligence and risk. CSUB expects lower PPA rate with these incentives.

Equipment Changes Separately tabbed alternates may be submitted for consideration; base proposal must price the specified Project; Tesla BESS mandatory unless Trustees approve otherwise by addendum or written amendment.

1.2 Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost

The Successful Proposer shall assume and incorporate into its PPA pricing a bundled Project Advancement and

Procurement Cost of $5,745,215.92. This bundled cost is a required pricing and financing assumption. It is not a separate Trustees payment and is not one lump-sum payment due on one date.

Payment Bucket Amount Timing / Treatment

Pre-NTP Project

Advancement Payment

$1,996,087.70 Due during the anticipated November 18-24, 2026 pre-NTP payment window, before Trustees issue Notice to Proceed. Includes pre-award development, studies, surveys, CEQA, building permit, CSUB services, and paid Tesla battery deposit.

Payment Bucket Amount Timing / Treatment

Post-NTP / Vendor-

Schedule Procurement

Obligations

$3,749,128.22 Forward-going GSR/Tesla procurement obligations to be paid, assumed, or performed according to applicable GSR/Tesla/vendor procurement documents, assignment materials, and payment schedule provided after award.

Bundled Project

Advancement and

Procurement Cost

$5,745,215.92 Included in Proposer PPA pricing and financing assumptions.

The bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost does not include the CSU Transaction Fee as a separate payment obligation. The CSU Transaction Fee shall equal seven percent (7%) of the Construction-Cost Base defined in Section 5.2 and the SLPPA and shall be included by Proposer in its PPA pricing. Underlying battery, equipment, procurement, deposit, delivery, tax, or construction costs included in the bundled amount shall be included once in the Construction-Cost Base to the extent they are part of the installed physical Project cost, but the bundled amount shall not be added again as a duplicate separate line item.

A fifteen percent (15%) deposit was paid June 17, 2026 to secure the Tesla battery package and preserve the

Project delivery schedule. The timing and amount of the deposit may be relevant to tax-credit, beginning-of-construction, domestic-content, FEOC/PFE, placed-in-service, and incentive analysis. Trustees make no representation that the deposit or any other Project action satisfies any tax or incentive requirement. Each

Proposer is responsible for its own tax, legal, accounting, and incentive diligence.

Proposer shall include all applicable taxes, including any battery-related sales, use, procurement, delivery, or vendor taxes, in its PPA pricing. No separate tax pass-through, reimbursement, or price adjustment is permitted unless expressly provided in the SLPPA or approved by written amendment.

1.3 RFP Schedule

Milestone Date / Window

Issue / Advertise RFP Issue July 15, 2026; public advertising/posting July 15-August 4, 2026;

proposal period remains open through

September 16, 2026

Mandatory Job Walk August 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at the job walk meeting location shown in RFP Attachment E

- Site Walk and Parking Instructions

RFI Deadline August 12, 2026 by 5:00pm

RFI Responses / Addenda August 19, 2026

Proposals Due September 16, 2026 before 3:00pm

Bid Opening September 17, 2026

Review & Score Bidders September 18-22, 2026

Intent to Award September 23-October 6, 2026

Vendor Signs SLPPA / Provides COIs October 7-27, 2026

Campus Signatures October 28-November 3, 2026

Milestone Date / Window

OGC Review / Approval / Execution November 4-17, 2026

Pre-NTP Project Advancement Payment Window November 18-24, 2026

Notice to Proceed November 25-26, 2026

Required PTO / Project Completion December 1, 2027

Dates are subject to adjustment by Trustees through written addendum. The public advertising/posting window does not close the proposal period; the RFP remains open through the proposal due date, and the mandatory job walk, RFI deadline, RFI responses, and addenda occur during the proposal period. Oral statements do not modify the RFP.

Mandatory Job Walk / Site Walk. The mandatory job walk will be held on August 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at the job walk meeting location shown in RFP Attachment E - Site Walk and Parking Instructions. Proposers are responsible for reviewing the parking options and meeting-location map in Attachment E before arriving on campus.

2. Overview and Procurement Process

2.1 Purpose

The purpose of this RFP is to select one qualified SLPPA Provider to finance, construct through properly licensed contractors, own, operate, maintain, and ultimately remove or transfer the CSUB Solar & Battery System in accordance with the RFP, SLPPA, riders, attachments, RFP Project Documents, and addenda.

2.2 Proposal Delivery, Questions, and Addenda

Proposals must be received by the University contact at the address and deadline stated in the campus-specific coversheet or final addendum. Late proposals will not be accepted. Questions must be submitted in writing before the RFI deadline. Responses and RFP changes will be issued only by written addenda. Proposers must acknowledge all addenda in their proposals.

2.3 Public Records and Confidentiality

Trustees and University are public entities. Proposal materials may be subject to disclosure under applicable public-records laws. Proposers should avoid submitting trade secrets, proprietary information, confidential vendor materials, NDA-restricted materials, or cybersecurity-sensitive information unless required for evaluation. Broad confidentiality markings are not sufficient and do not guarantee nondisclosure.

2.4 RFP General Provisions

The RFP General Provisions attached as RFP Attachment D are incorporated into this RFP and govern the procurement process, except to the extent expressly modified by this RFP, the campus-specific coversheet, any addendum, or other written procurement instruction issued by Trustees. The RFP General Provisions govern procurement through award and do not supersede the executed SLPPA after award except to the extent a provision expressly survives or is incorporated into the SLPPA.

3. Project Documents, Attachments, and Precedence

3.1 RFP Project Documents

RFP Project Documents are non-confidential materials issued to proposers during the RFP process. They include this RFP, RFP Attachments A through E, the draft SLPPA, public exhibits, project drawings and specifications, production schedules, interconnection summaries, schedule assumptions, site information, cost assumptions expressly stated in the RFP, and addenda.

RFP Project Documents will be made available to proposers through Trustees' designated Box link:

https://csub.box.com/s/lmk6wvrojrja7wq1va8igmjyom8xrq1x

Trustees may also issue addenda, clarifications, supplemental documents, or updated drawings/specifications through written procurement channels.

• Draft SLPPA and SLPPA riders/attachments issued with the RFP.

• CSUB Solar & Battery 90% IFP June 9 stamped plan set and June 9 sheet updates, to the extent released by

Trustees.

• Krazan & Associates February 12, 2026 geotechnical report, to the extent released by Trustees.

• PG&E/interconnection summaries and non-export/PPI/PTO information appropriate for disclosure.

• RFP Attachments A, B, C, D, and E, including the Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule, baseline Rider C requirements, campus safety/access/EHS standards, and addenda, are expressly incorporated into this RFP and mandatory for the base proposal.

3.2 Post-Award Assignment Materials

Post-Award Assignment Materials are not RFP Project Documents and will not be provided to all proposers. They include GSR/Tesla invoice materials, vendor assignment documents, vendor consent documents, procurement-transfer documents, proprietary vendor materials, NDA-restricted materials, detailed contract backup, assignment schedules, assumption agreements, and related implementation materials.

Post-Award Assignment Materials will be provided only to the Successful Proposer as needed to complete assignment, assumption, vendor consent, procurement transfer, closing, or implementation. Such materials shall not create a right to reprice, withdraw, condition, delay, or refuse award if materially consistent with the RFP, RFP Project Documents, SLPPA, accepted proposal, and stated aggregate cost obligations. Material inconsistencies shall be handled through a meet-and-confer process and written clarification, vendor modification, assignment modification, SLPPA amendment, or other written agreement.

3.3 Order of Precedence

1. Written amendments signed by Trustees and SLPPA Provider after award.

2. Addenda issued by Trustees.

3. Executed SLPPA.

4. SLPPA riders and attachments, with project-specific riders controlling over generic Solar 4 language to the extent of conflict.

5. This RFP, including the campus-specific coversheet, RFP Attachments A through E, and Cost Proposal Form.

6. RFP Project Documents, only to the extent expressly incorporated or listed in Section 3.1.

7. Accepted portions of the Successful Proposer's proposal.

8. Post-Award Assignment Materials, only for implementation of assignment, assumption, vendor consent, procurement transfer, and GSR/Tesla obligations.

Post-Award Assignment Materials shall not override the SLPPA, modify the PPA rate, create any separate

Trustees payment obligation, or materially expand the Successful Proposer's obligations beyond those reasonably disclosed in the RFP, SLPPA, RFP Project Documents, accepted proposal, or stated aggregate cost obligations, unless approved by written amendment or other written agreement accepted by Trustees.

3.4 Bynum Inc. Conflict and Prohibited Participation

Bynum Inc., as Pre-Award Developer & Representative, is not eligible to submit a proposal, participate as an owner, equity member, financing party, lender, tax-equity participant, sponsor, controlling participant, or undisclosed consultant of a Proposer, or receive undisclosed compensation from a Proposer. A Proposer may reimburse Bynum Inc. only for approved amounts expressly identified in this RFP and the SLPPA. Any interaction with Bynum Inc. must occur only through Trustees-approved procurement channels or disclosed assignment/reimbursement procedures.

https://csub.box.com/s/lmk6wvrojrja7wq1va8igmjyom8xrq1x

3.4.1 Availability of Agilitech Group as Project Engineer / Potential Primary Contractor or Project Team

Member

Agilitech Group performed pre-award engineering for the Project for Bynum Inc., as Pre-Award Developer, on a time-and-material basis to support design, permitting, interconnection, and Project readiness. That pre-award engineering engagement is complete. The completed engagement does not, by itself, disqualify Agilitech Group from being named by a Proposer as that Proposer's Primary Contractor, project engineer, EPC contractor, commissioning-support provider, or related project team member, provided the conditions in this Section and the

Primary Contractor qualifications in this RFP are satisfied.

Agilitech Group is available to all Proposers on equal terms. A Proposer may, but is not required to, name

Agilitech Group as its Primary Contractor or project team member. Agilitech Group may serve as a Proposer's

Primary Contractor only if the relationship is disclosed in the Proposal, the prior engagement is complete, no non-public proposal information or evaluation influence is exchanged, the arrangement does not create an unfair procurement advantage, and Agilitech Group satisfies the mandatory Primary Contractor license and experience requirements stated in this RFP.

Neither Bynum Inc. nor Agilitech Group may participate in proposal evaluation, scoring, recommendation, selection, or award. Any communication with Bynum Inc. or Agilitech Group during procurement must occur only through Trustees-approved procurement channels or through disclosures and procedures expressly authorized by the RFP or addenda.

If Agilitech Group is pre-committed or exclusively aligned with one Proposer before proposals are due, that arrangement must be disclosed and submitted to Trustees and OGC for review before award because it may create an organizational conflict issue. Agilitech Group is treated as a shared neutral resource only if genuinely available to all Proposers on the same terms.

A Proposer naming Agilitech Group shall affirmatively disclose Agilitech Group's prior time-and-material engineering relationship with Bynum Inc. and shall certify that no non-public proposal information, evaluation influence, or prohibited procurement advantage was exchanged. Naming Agilitech Group as Primary Contractor or as a committed specialist firm does not eliminate any mandatory license, experience, disclosure, or committed-team requirement in this RFP.

Agilitech Group was engaged for completed engineering to support permit/design readiness and is not being provided as a source of ongoing non-chargeable assistance to the Successful Proposer. If a technical issue arises from a material fault, error, or omission in Agilitech Group's completed pre-award engineering work, correction or support related to that engineering issue shall not be treated as an additional charge to the PPA Provider or to

Bynum Inc. as Pre-Award Developer, except to the extent otherwise approved in writing by Trustees.

4. Scope of Services and Technical Requirements

4.1 Advanced Shovel-Ready Delivery Structure

The Project is procured based on developed design documents, technical specifications, interconnection status, equipment selections, schedule assumptions, and RFP Project Documents. Certain approvals, permits, reviews, or conditions may remain pending as of RFP issuance, including CEQA, CSU, fire/life-safety, utility, plan-review, or permit-related approvals. Award, SLPPA execution, NTP, construction, energization, and commercial operation remain subject to completion of all required approvals and conditions.

The Successful Proposer shall accept responsibility for the advanced shovel-ready design of the on-site Solar &

Battery System, subject only to accepted proposal exceptions, addenda, approved substitutions, or written direction from Trustees.

4.2 System and Equipment Requirements

• Solar PV: 4.55 MWdc / 3.5 MWac ground-mounted system.

• BESS: 2.93 MW / 11.75 MWh, consisting of three Tesla Megapack 2 XL LFP units.

• Solar inverters: ten CPS 350 kW inverters with required warranties.

• Base proposals must price the specified design and equipment.

• Tesla Megapack BESS is mandatory unless Trustees approve otherwise by addendum or written amendment.

• Separately tabbed alternates may be submitted for Trustees' consideration, including non-battery equipment changes, commercial/value-engineering alternates, or other value-adds, but the base proposal must remain unconditional and must price the specified Project. The Tesla Megapack BESS may not be replaced or conditioned unless Trustees expressly authorize otherwise by addendum or written amendment.

A separately tabbed alternate submitted in addition to a complete base proposal shall not, by itself, render the base proposal conditional or non-responsive, provided the base proposal fully accepts and prices the specified Project and the alternate is not stated as a condition of the base proposal.

• Proposer bears cost, schedule, tax-credit, interconnection, warranty, permitting, and redesign risk for proposer-requested changes unless Trustees expressly accept otherwise.

4.3 Interconnection, Controls, Metering, and Campus Load Shedding

PG&E interconnection approval has been received for Queue #4542-RD / EGI Ref. #132869017 based on currently available utility documentation and the current Project configuration. This approval is not permission to operate and remains subject to remaining PPI, non-export verification, testing, commissioning, documentation, and PTO requirements. The System is designed as a 21.6 kV behind-the-meter, non-export interconnection. The

SLPPA Provider remains responsible for applicable non-export controls, PPI documentation and requirements, testing, inspections, commissioning, and PTO requirements assigned to SLPPA Provider. Material utility changes after award that are not caused by SLPPA Provider shall be addressed under the SLPPA change, schedule-relief, or written-amendment procedures, as applicable.

The system design includes Aderis Energy SCADA/Monitoring, SEL Microgrid Controller, Energy Toolbase, revenue-grade metering, and non-export controls. CSUB is responsible for selecting campus loads to be shed and for campus-side SEL relay work, campus fiber, or related campus-side infrastructure. The SLPPA Provider shall reasonably coordinate with CSUB and support integration with the Project controls architecture to support load shedding. No microgrid control of the existing solar carports are required by PGE, but SLPPA provider may need to account for control if needed.

4.4 Plan, Permit, CEQA, and Approval Status

Permit and approval readiness is anticipated during August 2026, subject to completion of CEQA, CSU, fire/life-safety, plan-check, and permitting review. Final permits and approvals remain pre-NTP conditions. Trustees are responsible for managing CEQA approval. The Successful Proposer shall reasonably cooperate with Trustees and provide information reasonably requested to support CEQA, permitting, or approval requirements, but shall not commence construction until Trustees issue Notice to Proceed.

4.5 Construction, O&M, Warranties, and Training

• Assign a single project manager and maintain a CPM schedule through award, contract execution, NTP, procurement, construction, commissioning, PG&E PPI, PTO, acceptance, and closeout.

• Coordinate site logistics, staging, laydown, fencing, access, traffic, dust, noise, parking, campus circulation, shutdowns, and restoration.

• Comply with prevailing wage, apprenticeship, DIR registration, certified payroll, licensing, safety, environmental, CSU, and campus requirements.

• Maintain the 20-year Tesla warranty and preventive maintenance arrangement for the BESS, 20-year inverter warranties, solar module warranty, and required structural/racking warranties.

• Provide emergency shutdown procedures, first-responder information, University personnel training, O&M manuals, record documents, as-builts, and monitoring/data handoff documentation.

4.6 Academic and Research Accommodation

The selected PPA Provider shall reasonably accommodate CSUB academic and research activities related to the

Project at no additional charge, with reasonable advance notice and subject to safety, operational, warranty, cybersecurity, vendor-access, maintenance, insurance, interconnection, and site-security requirements.

The accommodation shall include reasonable supervised site access, coordination with CSUB faculty, staff, students, and researchers, and secure access to available solar PV, battery, metering, monitoring, and system-performance data reasonably available to the PPA Provider. The PPA Provider is not required to provide access to operational controls, cybersecurity-sensitive information, confidential financing, or any data or access that would compromise safety, warranty compliance, interconnection compliance, system operation, vendor confidentiality, or applicable law.

CSUB may, at its own cost, install or request installation of research sensors, monitoring equipment, or similar academic/research equipment at or near the Project site, provided such equipment does not materially interfere with Project construction, operation, safety, warranties, maintenance, cybersecurity, interconnection compliance, or PPA Provider obligations. Proposer shall submit a concise Academic and Research Accommodation Statement, not to exceed two pages.

4.7 PTO / Project Completion, LDs, and Performance Guarantees

PTO / Project Completion means the date on which the System has received PG&E permission to operate, completed required commissioning and acceptance testing, is capable of delivering electricity to Trustees in accordance with the SLPPA, required revenue-grade metering and monitoring are operational, required safety approvals have been obtained, and the System is ready for commercial operation, subject only to minor punch-list items that do not impair safe operation, metering, performance, or campus use.

Liquidated damages are $3,500 per calendar day for each day after December 1, 2027 that PTO / Project

Completion has not been achieved, subject to SLPPA/Rider C relief events, including delays caused by PG&E, Trustees, Force Majeure, campus shutdowns, or other events outside SLPPA Provider's reasonable control.

Rider C shall define the final performance guarantee requirements. Minimum requirements include the

Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule in RFP Attachment A, Year 1 guaranteed production of 7,675,565 kWh, 0.50% annual degradation thereafter, annual solar shortfall remedy, BESS annual availability of at least 98%, dispatch functionality, measurement and verification, annual true-up, exclusions, remedies, and cure rights.

Battery capacity and degradation are governed by the Tesla warranty and preventive maintenance requirements, not by a separate broader capacity guarantee unless expressly accepted in Rider C.

5. Commercial Terms and Cost Proposal Requirements

5.1 All-Inclusive PPA Rate

The SLPPA Provider will sell electricity generated or discharged by the System to Trustees at a single all-inclusive 20-year PPA price stated to four decimal places in dollars per kWh. Any annual escalator shall not exceed 2.0%. The PPA price must exclude Renewable Energy Credits and Environmental Attributes which are reserved for Trustees' benefit.

Except as expressly stated in the RFP, SLPPA, or written addendum, the proposed PPA rate shall include all costs, charges, taxes, reimbursements, procurement obligations, transaction-fee assumptions, financing costs, design costs, engineering costs, construction costs, permitting costs, interconnection costs, testing, commissioning, inspection, operating, maintenance, warranty, insurance, incentive, end-of-term, removal/restoration, and other costs necessary to perform the SLPPA. No separate initial fee, upfront payment, mobilization charge, reimbursement request, contribution, cost-sharing request, or other charge is payable by

Trustees outside the proposed PPA rate unless expressly provided in the SLPPA or approved by written amendment.

5.2 Required Project Cost Disclosures

Required Disclosure Who

Provides

Purpose

Bundled Project

Advancement and

Procurement Cost:

$5,745,215.92

Trustees /

RFP

Fixed pricing and financing assumption included in Proposer PPA rate.

Initial Total Project Price

/ Total Installed Cost

Proposer Shows Proposer's full installed-cost basis behind the PPA rate;

broader than the Construction-Cost Base and not a separate Trustees payment.

Construction-Cost Base for CSU Transaction Fee

Proposer Allows Trustees to verify the 7% Transaction Fee calculation using the defined installed physical Project cost base, including

BESS/battery equipment and procurement costs counted once and excluding financing, developer return, long-term O&M, and duplicate bundled-cost line items.

Estimated CSU

Transaction Fee

Proposer 7% of Construction-Cost Base, included in PPA pricing and not payable separately unless expressly approved by written amendment.

PPA rate and annual escalator

Proposer Basis for 20-year evaluated LCOE / Net Present Cost.

'Initial Total Project Price / Total Installed Cost' means Proposer's full installed-cost basis used to support the PPA rate, including the Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost, the Construction-Cost Base, proposer/developer/EPC costs, equipment not included in the bundled cost, taxes, interconnection and utility costs, permitting, design, financing, transaction-fee assumptions, reserves, O&M/warranty assumptions, removal/restoration assumptions, and other costs reflected in the PPA economics. This disclosure is for transparency and evaluation and does not create a separate Trustees payment.

'Construction-Cost Base' means the mutually comparable cost base used solely to calculate the CSU Transaction

Fee. It includes the full installed physical Project cost for the System, including BESS and battery equipment/procurement, PV modules, inverters, racking, transformers, switchgear, controls, balance-of-system equipment, sales/use taxes, freight, shipping, delivery, civil/electrical work, labor, EPC/general contractor costs, contractor general conditions, contractor overhead/profit, permitting, interconnection construction work, commissioning, testing, and construction contingency. It excludes the CSU Transaction Fee itself, financing, tax-equity, lender costs, developer return or sponsor profit, tax-credit or incentive monetization costs, long-term

O&M, extended warranties not part of construction or equipment purchase, insurance not allocable to construction, end-of-term removal/restoration, utility bills, and other non-construction commercial costs. The

Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost shall not be added to the Construction-Cost Base as a separate duplicate line item; however, the underlying battery, equipment, procurement, deposit, delivery, tax, or construction costs included in that bundled amount shall be included once to the extent they are part of the installed physical Project cost. Proposer shall not manipulate cost allocations to reduce the Transaction Fee.

5.3 Tax Credits and Incentives

Proposers shall confirm their expectation that the Project, as specified, qualifies for the 30% ITC, Domestic

Content adder, and Energy Community adder, subject to all applicable requirements. The SLPPA Provider bears tax-credit and incentive qualification, documentation, monetization, disallowance, recapture, delayed placed-in-service, domestic-content, Energy Community, FEOC/PFE, SGIP, prevailing-wage, and apprenticeship risk, except to the extent directly caused by Trustees' breach or a Trustees-directed change.

SGIP, if available, may be pursued by the SLPPA Provider. Trustees do not guarantee SGIP availability, and failure to obtain SGIP shall not increase the PPA price.

5.4 Price Validity and Firmness

Prices, rates, escalators, and cost assumptions shall remain firm and irrevocable for 180 days after the proposal due date and, if award occurs within that period, through SLPPA execution and NTP, provided NTP occurs on or before November 30, 2026. Proposer is not entitled to unilateral repricing, withdrawal, separate upfront charges, or PPA-rate increase due to ordinary financing, procurement, tax-credit, market, or post-award assignment risk.

5.5 End-of-Term Treatment

End-of-term purchase, transfer, removal, and restoration rights shall be governed by the SLPPA. The RFP does not require a mandatory mid-term purchase-option price. The SLPPA shall provide Trustees an option to pursue purchase of the System at the end of the 20-year Term at fair market value, as determined under the SLPPA. If

Trustees do not purchase the System, the SLPPA Provider shall remove the System and restore the Licensed Area as required by the SLPPA.

5.6 Bonds

Trustees require payment and performance bonds for the initial physical construction/installation work. The

Successful Proposer shall deliver, before Notice to Proceed, a payment bond and a performance bond using the

CSU-approved forms included in Rider F. Each bond shall be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Trustees-approved bondable physical installation/construction work cost. Bond amounts shall not be based on the full 20-year PPA value, the full Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost, major equipment procurement, Tesla/GSR/BESS procurement, financing, tax-equity costs, developer return, or long-term O&M unless Trustees expressly require otherwise in writing. Delivery of required bonds is a pre-NTP condition.

6. Proposal Submission and Responsiveness

6.1 Primary Contractor License and Minimum Experience - Pass/Fail Mandatory Qualification

Definition of Primary Contractor. For purposes of this RFP and the SLPPA, "Primary Contractor" means the

California licensed contractor named in the Proposal that will be directly responsible for performance, coordination, and accountability for the Project installation work, including the integrated civil, structural, medium-voltage electrical, solar PV, BESS, controls, non-export, intentional-islanding, commissioning-support, safety, and closeout work. The Primary Contractor may use subcontractors, specialist firms, and key personnel, but remains responsible to the SLPPA Provider and Trustees for the integrated Project installation scope.

License - mandatory qualification. The Primary Contractor shall hold, in its own name, current and active

California Contractors State License Board Class A - General Engineering and C-10 - Electrical Contractor license classifications, each in good standing, as of the Proposal submission deadline. A Proposal that does not demonstrate both classifications as of the Proposal submission deadline shall be deemed to fail this mandatory qualification and is not subject to post-submission cure. A Class B - General Building license, alone or with a C-

10 license, does not satisfy this requirement. A C-46 Solar Contractor license is not an acceptable substitute for the required C-10 Electrical Contractor license.

Status, DIR, workers' compensation, and documentation. The Primary Contractor shall be registered with the

Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), shall have workers' compensation coverage as required by law, and shall have no disqualifying revoked, suspended, expired, or otherwise ineligible license status and no disqualifying disciplinary status. The Proposal shall include current CSLB license-detail documentation for the

Primary Contractor evidencing the required Class A and C-10 classifications, dated within thirty (30) days of the

Proposal due date, together with DIR registration evidence and workers' compensation evidence.

Primary Contractor medium-voltage experience - mandatory qualification. The Primary Contractor entity shall demonstrate, in its own name, prior completed experience on at least one project involving medium-voltage electrical work at 12 kV or higher. Holding the required Class A and C-10 license classifications does not, by itself, satisfy this experience qualification.

Committed-team safety-critical experience - mandatory qualification. The Proposer shall demonstrate, through the

Primary Contractor and/or named, contractually committed specialist firms or key personnel, prior completed experience in each of the following: (a) protective relay configuration and programming; (b) non-export and reverse-power control at a utility-interconnected generating or storage facility; (c) intentional island operation, meaning a facility designed and commissioned to operate as an intentional island and not merely a non-export facility; (d) battery energy storage integration, including the storage control and energy-management interface;

and (e) commissioning or acceptance testing of an integrated solar, BESS, microgrid-control, non-export, or island-capable project. Capabilities (b) and (c) shall not be satisfied by the same project scope unless that scope demonstrably included both non-export/reverse-power control and intentional-island operation.

Required identification and commitment. For each experience item relied upon, the Proposal shall identify the firm or individual relied upon, confirm that the firm or individual is contractually committed to this Project, and identify the prior project, role, scope, completion date, voltage level where applicable, control/commissioning scope where applicable, and owner or reference information sufficient to permit verification. A Proposer may rely on named, committed specialist firms or key personnel for specialized controls, relay, BESS, intentional-islanding, or commissioning experience, but the Primary Contractor must itself satisfy the medium-voltage experience requirement.

Trustees verification. Award is conditioned on Trustees' verification, as of the award determination, that the

Primary Contractor holds active Class A and C-10 license classifications in good standing and satisfies the mandatory experience floor, with no disqualifying disciplinary, revoked, suspended, expired, or otherwise ineligible status. Trustees may rely on CSLB records, DIR records, workers' compensation evidence, proposal materials, reference checks, and other authoritative sources. If CSLB or other verification systems are unavailable at the time of award determination, Trustees reserve the right to extend the evaluation or award schedule, request alternative authoritative proof, or condition award until verification can be completed.

Scored experience above the mandatory floor. The mandatory qualifications in this Section are pass/fail minimum qualifications. Experience above the mandatory floor will be evaluated and scored under the applicable technical evaluation criteria, including demonstrated experience with medium-voltage work at 12 kV or higher, protection coordination, protective relay configuration and programming, non-export/reverse-power control, microgrid interconnection protection, intentional island operation, BESS control integration, and commissioning of integrated solar, BESS, non-export, or island-capable projects. Non-export-only experience does not satisfy intentional-islanding experience.

If the Primary Contractor is Agilitech Group or any other party that performed pre-award engineering for Bynum

Inc. or the Pre-Award Developer, the Proposal shall include the disclosure and certification required by Section

3.4.1. Trustees and OGC may review any exclusive pre-proposal alignment or other relationship involving a Pre-

Award Developer-affiliated or pre-award engineering firm for organizational conflict, equal-access, procurement fairness, and eligibility concerns.

6.2 Technical Proposal Requirement - Scored Primary Contractor and Committed-Team Experience

Narrative

In addition to satisfying the mandatory pass/fail qualifications, each Proposer shall submit a narrative describing the demonstrated experience of the Primary Contractor and its committed team relevant to the Project's safety-critical scope, including medium-voltage work at 12 kV or higher, with particular weight given to experience near the Project's 21 kV interconnection voltage; protection coordination; protective relay configuration and programming; non-export/reverse-power control; microgrid interconnection protection; intentional island operation; BESS control integration; and commissioning of integrated solar, BESS, non-export, or island-capable projects. This narrative is scored and supplements, but does not replace, the mandatory qualification floor.

6.3 Proposal Format

Proposals must be divided into the tabs below, indexed and tabbed. Trustees may request clarification or additional information as permitted by applicable procurement requirements.

Page limits. Excluding required forms, financial statements, insurance and bond evidence, licenses, resumes, addenda acknowledgments, exceptions schedules, and appendices expressly requested by Trustees, proposal narrative page limits are: Tabs 1-4, 10 pages total; Tabs 5-12, 10 pages per tab; Tab 13, 2 pages; Tab 14, 10 pages plus the Cost Proposal Form; and Tab 15, no narrative page limit for required attachments. Trustees may disregard narrative pages exceeding these limits.

Tab Content

Tab 1 Cover Letter / Addenda Acknowledgment

Tab 2 Exceptions to RFP Terms and Conditions

Tab 3 Exceptions to SLPPA Terms and Conditions

Tab 4 Minimum Responsiveness / Required Certifications

Tab 5 Project Understanding, SLPPA Responsiveness, and Risk Allocation

Tab 6 Technical Conformance, System Design Acceptance, and Performance Basis

Tab 7 BESS, Microgrid Controls, Non-Export Interconnection, and Cyber/Data Architecture

Tab 8 Project Schedule, Procurement Plan, and ITC Deadline Execution

Tab 9 Construction Management, Campus Coordination, Safety, and Compliance

Tab 10 Operations, Maintenance, Warranties, Performance Guarantees, and Lifecycle Reliability

Tab 11 Capital Finance, Credit Strength, and Incentive / Tax-Credit Compliance

Tab 12 Project Team, Comparable Experience, Key Personnel, and References

Tab 13 Academic and Research Accommodation Statement (2-page maximum)

Tab 14 Cost Proposal

Tab 15 Required Attachments / Forms

6.4 Minimum Responsiveness

A proposal may be rejected as non-responsive if it fails to satisfy material requirements. At minimum, each proposal must:

9. Be submitted on time and in the required format with all forms, certifications, cost proposal materials, addenda acknowledgments, and exceptions schedules.

10. Provide a complete 20-year all-inclusive PPA rate stated to four decimals, with any annual escalator not exceeding 2.0%.

11. Confirm that the PPA rate includes RECs, Environmental Attributes, the Bundled Project Advancement and

Procurement Cost, CSU Transaction Fee, applicable taxes, and all other required costs.

12. Accept the specified solar PV system, mandatory Tesla Megapack BESS, non-export interconnection, system-side microgrid/site controls, SCADA/monitoring, warranties, O&M obligations, and coordination with CSUB campus-side load-shedding infrastructure.

13. Disclose Initial Total Project Price / Total Installed Cost, construction-cost base for the CSU Transaction Fee, and estimated CSU Transaction Fee.

14. Provide evidence of financial capacity and credible financing sufficient to make required payments and perform the SLPPA.

15. Confirm compliance with prevailing wage, apprenticeship, DIR registration, licensing, insurance, bonding, safety, and CSU requirements.

16. Submit solar production, BESS dispatch, BESS capacity/degradation, BESS availability, peak-demand-reduction, and incentive compliance information sufficient for evaluation.

17. Submit the Academic and Research Accommodation Statement.

18. Identify all exceptions, assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, or deviations. Material exceptions to core commercial terms may result in rejection.

19. Certify no prohibited Bynum Inc. participation and no undisclosed side agreement or compensation.

20. Demonstrate completed California solar + BESS experience, Rule 21/non-export experience, PPA financing capability, DIR/prevailing wage experience, and BESS safety experience.

6.5 Proposal Exceptions and Core Commercial Terms

Trustees may reject a proposal as non-responsive if it conditions, qualifies, or reserves an exception to core commercial or project terms, including the 20-year term, all-inclusive PPA rate, prohibition on separate upfront charges, Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost, pre-NTP payment timing, post-NTP/vendor-schedule obligations, CSU Transaction Fee, REC and Environmental Attribute structure, academic/research accommodation, performance guarantee structure, PTO / Project Completion deadline, LD framework, post-award assignment-materials framework, insurance, bonding, prevailing wage, DIR registration, licensing, safety, or other material CSU requirements.

Trustees' review, scoring, clarification, discussion, or negotiation does not accept any exception unless Trustees expressly accept it in writing.

For avoidance of doubt, a separately tabbed alternate that complies with Section 4.2 and is not a condition, qualification, or exception to the base proposal shall not by itself constitute a prohibited condition or qualification of the base proposal.

6.6 Small Business and DVBE

Small Business Preference and DVBE incentive requirements, waivers, and forms shall be handled according to the CSU forms and the final RFP instructions. The Bynum conflict/prohibited participation certification shall remain separate from the SBE/DVBE package.

7. Evaluation and Award

Award will be made to the responsible and responsive proposer whose proposal receives the highest combined score and is determined by Trustees to provide the best overall value. Trustees are not obligated to award to the lowest price proposal.

7.1 Evaluation Categories

Evaluation Category Points

Minimum Responsiveness Requirements Pass/Fail

Project Understanding, SLPPA Responsiveness, and Risk Allocation 55

Technical Conformance, System Design Acceptance, and Performance Basis 75

BESS, Microgrid Controls, Non-Export Interconnection, and Cyber/Data Architecture 75

Project Schedule, Procurement Plan, and ITC Deadline Execution 80

Construction Management, Campus Coordination, Safety, and Compliance 60

Operations, Maintenance, Warranties, Performance Guarantees, and Lifecycle Reliability 85

Capital Finance, Credit Strength, and Incentive / Tax-Credit Compliance 85

Project Team, Comparable Experience, Key Personnel, and References 55

Academic and Research Accommodation 30

Technical / Quality Points 600

Evaluated 20-Year PPA LCOE / Net Present Cost 320

Initial Total Project Price / Total Installed Cost Transparency 40

Cost Proposal Completeness, Transparency, and Rate Risk 25

Required Project Cost / Bundled Cost Compliance 15

Cost Proposal Points 400

Total Possible Points 1,000

7.2 Cost Scoring

Cost Proposals will be evaluated based on the overall economic value to Trustees over the required 20-year term.

Cost scoring will be based on the proposed all-inclusive PPA rate, escalation, guaranteed production, Initial Total

Project Price / Total Installed Cost transparency, construction-cost base, CSU Transaction Fee assumptions, bundled cost compliance, and rate risk.

The LCOE / Net Present Cost score is calculated as: LCOE Cost Points = 320 x (Lowest Evaluated Cost /

Proposer's Evaluated Cost). Evaluated Cost means total 20-year evaluated payments calculated using the offered

Year 1 PPA rate, annual escalator, and the RFP Attachment A Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule as the uniform evaluation production proxy, unless Trustees specify a discount rate or alternate calculation by addendum. Evaluated LCOE means Evaluated Cost divided by the total 20-year Guaranteed Solar Production

Schedule in RFP Attachment A. The Attachment A schedule is used for evaluation comparability only and does not change the billing basis under the SLPPA, which remains actual metered delivered Electricity plus any expressly payable Deemed Generated Energy/In Lieu amounts. Trustees may adjust evaluated cost to account for arithmetic errors, inconsistent assumptions, hidden charges, proposed billing on a different energy basis, or costs required by the proposal but not included in the stated PPA rate.

7.3 Academic and Research Accommodation Scoring

Trustees will evaluate whether the proposer's Academic and Research Accommodation Statement is clear, practical, safe, data-aware, and consistent with the SLPPA. Higher scores will be awarded to proposers that provide meaningful accommodation for CSUB academic and research activities without impairing safety, cybersecurity, operations, warranties, interconnection compliance, financing, tax-credit assumptions, or SLPPA performance obligations.

7.4 Clarifications, Interviews, BAFOs, Negotiations, and Rejection Rights

Trustees may conduct interviews, request clarifications, verify references, review financial capacity, evaluate exceptions, shortlist proposers, request best-and-final offers if permitted, negotiate with the highest-ranked proposer, proceed to the next-ranked proposer if negotiations fail, or reject any proposal that contains material exceptions, unacceptable risk shifts, incomplete cost information, unsupported incentive assumptions, inadequate financing evidence, or other deficiencies.

7.5 Protests

A proposer filing a protest must do so within three working days after the Notice of Intent to Award is issued. The proposer must submit a complete written statement of the facts supporting the protest. Trustees' written decision is final.

8. Required Forms and Cost Proposal Form

The Cost Proposal Form and required acknowledgments shall be completed and submitted in Tab 14. Trustees may reject proposals that omit required acknowledgments, condition mandatory costs, or propose charges outside the all-inclusive PPA rate.

Cost Proposal Item Response

Year 1 SLPPA kWh rate for solar production $__________/kWh

Annual rate escalator / yearly percentage change, if any, not to exceed 2.0% __________%

Initial Total Project Price / Total Installed Cost $__________

Construction-cost base used for CSU Transaction Fee $__________

Estimated CSU Transaction Fee included in PPA pricing $__________

Bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost included in PPA pricing Initial: ________

Pre-NTP Project Advancement Payment included in PPA pricing and accepted Initial: ________

Post-NTP / Vendor-Schedule Procurement Obligations included in PPA pricing and accepted

Initial: ________

All applicable taxes included; no unauthorized pass-through Initial: ________

Cost Proposal Item Response

Acceptance of RFP Attachment A Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule Initial: ________

Solar shortfall remedy accepted Initial: ________

Academic and Research Accommodation accepted Initial: ________

End-of-term treatment governed by SLPPA accepted Initial: ________

I hereby agree to perform the work in accordance with the RFP, executed SLPPA, RFP Project Documents, addenda, and accepted proposal, subject only to exceptions expressly identified in the proposal and accepted by

Trustees in writing.

Signature Item Response

Name / Title ______________________________

Signature ______________________________

Company as Licensed ______________________________

Contractor License Number, if applicable ______________________________

Address ______________________________

Telephone / Email ______________________________

Federal I.D. ______________________________

RFP Attachment A - Guaranteed Solar Production Schedule

The following schedule is expressly incorporated into this RFP and is based on Year 1 guaranteed solar…