C2CE Final RFQ cover letter to Interested Parties (Signed).pdf

March 9, 2024

To: Interested Parties

CARBON POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY PROJECT(S) AT THE SAVANNAH

RIVER SITE – NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

This letter hereby serves as the official notice to interested parties and prospective offerors that the Department of Energy (DOE) is releasing the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) pertaining to a Realty Agreement for Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE) Project(s) at the Savannah River Site. The Final RFQ can be found on the accompanying website (https://www.energy.gov/em/em-clean-energy-land-reuse).

Electronic media will be the primary method of communication regarding this RFQ. The RFQ, amendments issued, responses to questions received from prospective Offerors, and other official communications from the DOE will be posted on the EM Cleanup to Clean Energy website and, when necessary, on SAM.gov. Interested Parties/Prospective Offerors shall be responsible for reviewing the website regularly for information, notices, and updates regarding the RFQ.

Questions pertaining to the RFQ shall be submitted in writing to the following email address:

SRSCleanEnergy@srs.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, March 22, 2024.

Prospective Offerors shall use the enclosed “Industry Comment Template” when submitting questions. To facilitate a thorough and timely response to all questions, Prospective Offerors are encouraged to submit questions pertaining to the RFQ as early as possible, but no later than the date shown above. DOE will post amendments issued to the RFQ, responses to questions, and other official communication via the EM Cleanup to Clean Energy website and SAM.gov (amendments only). DOE intends to answer all questions pertaining to the RFQ as thoroughly and efficiently as possible.

Background

Under Executive Order 14057, the Department has been tasked with using a “coordinated, whole-of-government approach” to achieve 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity on a net annual basis by 2030, including 50 percent 24/7 carbon pollution-free electricity.

(Section 102(a)(i), 86 Fed. Reg. 70935 (December 13, 2021)). Pursuant to the Department’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, DOE is exploring the best ways to https://www.energy.gov/em/em-clean-energy-land-reuse mailto:SRSCleanEnergy@srs.gov

Interested Parties -2-utilize DOE-owned and controlled lands for clean energy generation. DOE will lead by example by siting and constructing on-site CFE generation and storage projects in a manner that maximizes compatibility with native plants and wildlife at its Sites.

The DOE contemplates issuing a Realty Agreement for CFE Project(s) at the Savannah River Site by selecting one or more Qualified Offerors that will utilize the Property for the purposes set forth in the RFQ and consistent with Executive Order 14057. The Realty Agreement with the Government is ultimately for the purpose of installation, maintenance, and operation of a solar power generation facility that maximizes the amount of CFE production for the available land and its interconnection with the local public electric utility system. The anticipated Realty Agreement duration will include three periods – development, construction, and initial operations, consistent with best practices for the proposed project type. The basis for selection of the Offeror(s) is outlined in the RFQ.

The proposal preparation period for responses to this RFQ for the solar power generation Project(s) at the Savannah River Site was established at approximately 42 calendar days.

Proposals shall be submitted to: SRSCleanEnergy@srs.gov no later than 11:59 p.m.

Eastern Time, April 19, 2024.

DOE looks forward to receiving proposals in response to the RFQ.

Sincerely, Larry Kelly, MBA, RECO, CRS Realty Officer/Asset Management Division U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC)

Enclosures:

Final RFQ (with Appendices A - E) Industry Comment Matrix