124065 O5 List of Respondents.pdf

This is a Solicitation List of Respondents document prepared by the State of Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (NDWEE) for Request for Proposal Number 124065 O5, which seeks vendor services to develop and implement a Carbon Intensity Data Bank and Grants Program supporting the Opportunity for Nebraska: Reducing Emissions and Decarbonization Program (ONE RED). The solicitation requested a qualified contractor to design, develop, and maintain secure digital platforms including a CI Data Bank system for uploading verified carbon intensity scores, a Precision Agriculture and Carbon Intensity Grants Program digital interface, automated payment systems, cybersecurity and data privacy protections, user training materials, customer support, and advanced reporting and analytics capabilities. The electronic solicitation opened February 23, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time, with a written question deadline of February 2, 2026. The Intent to Award was scheduled for March 11, 2026, and contract execution was anticipated for March 23, 2026, with an initial term through September 30, 2029 and options to renew for two additional six-month periods.

Five responsive solicitation responses were submitted by ARVA Intelligence Corp, Carbon A List dba Transform Ag, Concourse Tech Inc, Full Value Agriculture Inc., and Incite AgPro LLC (incite.ag). One non-responsive solicitation response was submitted by Landoption. The procurement is subject to availability of EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grant funds awarded to Nebraska in October 2024, with specific budget values not disclosed in solicitation documents. Bidders were required to submit firm, fixed labor rates organized by category that would remain constant throughout the contract term. The contractor must identify all subcontractors with their respective scopes of work and estimated costs, maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including workers' compensation, commercial general liability, commercial automobile liability, professional liability, cyber liability, and commercial crime insurance, and utilize StreamLink Software Inc. (DBA AmpliFund) for data management protocols. No incumbent vendor or current contractor is identified, indicating this is a new procurement. Evaluation criteria allocated 25 points to Corporate Overview, 65 points to Technical Response, and 10 points to Cost, with optional 20 additional points for vendor demonstrations, for a maximum score of 120 points.