2016-RFI-45_Survey.pdf

This Request for Information (RFI) 2016 RFI-45 is an Informational Survey that offers the opportunity for you to share ideas on service delivery models for energy efficiency measures and renewables in low income communities in California.

Responses will be used to assess the feasibility of service delivery models for the Department of Community Services and Development's Low Income Weatherization Program (LIWP), funded by California Climate Investments.

About Your Organization:

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Primary Contact

Email Address

Phone Number

1. Organizational Information*

2. Type of organization/ business:

Non-profit

For-profit

Governmental

Other (please specify)

3. Years in business:

Less than 5 years

5 - 15 years

16 - 25 years

26 years or more

4. Operational structure

Services provided by in-house staff

Services subcontracted

Services coordinated through affiliations

Combination of above

Other (please specify)

This section allows interested parties to identify the county or counties in which they have the capacity to serve as a LIWP Regional Administrator for Energy Efficiency (EE) and/or Solar Photovoltaics (PV) services, or the capacity to serve as a subcontractor for Energy Efficiency and/or Solar PV services, either under a Regional Administrator model or directly with CSD.

Counties listed under Question 5 are those counties that have designated Disadvantaged Communities currently served by LIWP. However, since CSD is using this RFI opportunity to also assess service delivery capacities for any future program expansion, all additional counties are listed in Question 6 for optional responses.

Regional Capacity

Regional

Administrator (EE)

Regional Administrator (Solar

PV) EE Contractor Solar PV Contractor Other Contractor (Specify Below)

Alameda

Butte

Contra Costa

Fresno

Imperial

Kern

Kings

Los Angeles

Madera

Merced

Monterey

Orange

Riverside

Sacramento

San Bernardino

San Diego

San Francisco

San Joaquin

San Mateo

Santa Barbara

5. Capacity to Serve County or Counties with DACS (Check all that Apply) as:

Santa Clara

Santa Cruz

Solano

Stanislaus

Tehama

Tulare

Ventura

Yolo

Yuba

Regional Administrator (Solar

PV) EE Contractor Solar PV Contractor Other Contractor (Specify Below)

Other (please specify)/Comments:

Regional Administrator (Solar

PV) EE Contractor Solar PV Contractor Other Contractor (Specify Below)

Alpine

Amador

Calaveras

Colusa

Del Norte

El Dorado

Glenn

Humboldt

Inyo

Lake

Lassen

6. Capacity to Serve Other County or Counties (In Case of Further Expansion of Designated DACs - Check all that Apply) as:

Marin

Mariposa

Mendocino

Modoc

Mono

Napa

Nevada

Placer

Plumas

San Benito

San Luis Obispo

Shasta

Sierra

Siskiyou

Sonoma

Sutter

Trinity

Tuolumne

Regional Administrator (Solar

PV) EE Contractor Solar PV Contractor Other Contractor (Specify Below)

Other (please specify)/Comments:

7. CSD currently has funds allocated for LIWP from the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, to be expended through June 30, 2018. Should additional funds be allocated in the future, please comment on your experience in or your ability to scale production to meet increased funding levels, and/or expand service areas or eligibility criteria:

LIWP provides a range of services to low income households. In order to gauge organizational and regional capacities, please identify all services and measures your agency has experience in providing (directly or through subcontractors), or could build capacity to provide (directly or through subcontractors) with LIWP funding

Measures and Services:

Experience as Direct

Provider Experience Managing

Subcontractors Can Build Capacity to

Provide Directly Can Build Capacity to

Manage Subcontractors

Weatherization/Energy Efficiency measures e.g.: pipe wrap, shower heads, aerators, plug loads, cover plate gaskets, caulking, sealing small holes in a building's envelope, window/door replacement, insulation, lighting, etc..

Appliance Replacement e.g.: refrigerator, washer and dryer replacements, ceiling fans, etc.

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

(HVAC)

Water Heating

Solar Water Heaters

(S-WH)

Solar Photovoltaics

Marketing, Outreach and Intake

IT and secure reporting capabilities

Workforce Development

Contract Administration

Comments:

8. Check all the services and measures your organization is capable of performing to help CSD meet its programmatic goals.

If "Yes", discuss your experience with outreach to and intake from low-income communities

9. Do you have experience providing services to low-income populations?

Yes

No

If yes, please provide details:

10. Do you have experience in performing whole-building assessments or energy audits for single family dwellings (including buildings with 2-4 residential units in a building).

Yes

No

If yes, please provide details

11. Do you have experience with the financing or procurement of Solar PV or Thermal systems?

Yes

No

If yes, please provide details

12. Do you have a Quality Assurance (QA) program?

Yes

No

13. Do you have the technical capacity to securely store electronic data locally?

Yes

No

Unsure

14. Do you have the technical capacity to create and export a .xml file?

Yes

No

Unsure

Comments:

15. Which reimbursement models are familiar to your organization? Check all that apply.

Fixed-fee (payment amount does not depend on resources used or time expended)

Time-and-materials (payment for materials and hours spent/billed)

Other

Optional Responses provided in this section will help CSD gain insight into ideas and suggestions for the future of LIWP

Comments and Suggestions:

16. Do you have suggestions for leveraging funding from other programs with LIWP funding (e.g.

current/future federal, state and local program funds)?

17. Do you have any suggestions for how workforce development may be realized and quantified under

LIWP?

18. Do you have any suggestions for how other co-benefits to disadvantaged communities may be realized and quantified under LIWP?

19. What other ideas or suggestions do you have to expand upon the current LIWP program (e.g. choice of measures, service delivery models, outreach, etc.)

20. Do you have any other feedback, comments or information you’d like to add regarding this Request for Information?

21. Would you like your email address to be added to receive alerts regarding LIWP in the future?*

Yes

No

Thank you for your responses. Respondents opting to send any additional input are requested to email their input to Kavita.Dorai@csd.ca.gov and reference "Response to RFI: Single Family Energy Efficiency and Solar PV Services" in the subject line and in any attachments. Deadline for survey and email responses is 5:00 pm on Wednesday March 30, 2016.