CSUB Solar & Battery Advanced Shovel-Ready SLPPA
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 0000039798
- State
- California
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdictions
- Point of contact
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- Andrew Duncan aduncan@csub.edu (661) 654-3182
Opportunity details come from caleprocure.ca.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Trustees of the California State University is requesting proposals for a 20-year Site License Power Purchase Agreement (SLPPA) to finance, construct, own, operate, and maintain a solar and battery energy storage system at California State University, Bakersfield, with proposals due September 16, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. and a mandatory job walk on August 5, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
The system comprises a 4.55 megawatt DC / 3.5 megawatt AC ground-mounted solar photovoltaic array paired with a 2.93 megawatt / 11.75 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system using three Tesla Megapack 2 XL units, ten CPS 350 kW inverters, and microgrid controls. The approximately 14.47-acre installation on the CSUB campus will interconnect to Pacific Gas & Electric at 21.6 kilovolts behind-the-meter with non-export capability. The selected provider must design, finance, construct, own, operate, maintain, and ultimately remove or transfer the system in accordance with the RFP and SLPPA documents.
The primary contractor must hold active California Contractors State License Board Class A General Engineering and C-10 Electrical Contractor licenses and demonstrate medium-voltage electrical experience at 12 kilovolts or higher, protective relay configuration and programming expertise, non-export and reverse-power control capability, intentional island operation experience, battery energy storage controls integration, and commissioning or acceptance testing experience. Prevailing wage compliance and Department of Industrial Relations registration are required.
The proposer must assume the bundled Project Advancement and Procurement Cost of $5.745 million, comprising a pre-Notice to Proceed payment of $1.996 million due November 18–24, 2026, and post-Notice to Proceed vendor-schedule procurement obligations of $3.749 million. An additional seven percent CSU Transaction Fee on the Construction-Cost Base applies. Year 1 solar production is guaranteed at 7,675,565 kilowatt-hours (90 percent of P50 with expected curtailment included), with 0.50 percent annual degradation thereafter. The battery energy storage system must maintain 98 percent annual availability. Liquidated damages of $3,500 per calendar day apply for failure to achieve the December 1, 2027 project completion deadline. The Notice to Proceed is anticipated for November 25–26, 2026. Written technical questions are due August 12, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
Opportunity text
TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. CSUB-RFP-11108 CSUB Solar & Battery Advanced Shovel-Ready SLLPA Project No. PR1467 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 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. Proposals must be submitted in a sealed package delivered to the University contact by the submission deadline of September 16, 2026 before 3:00pm. Delivered to: Andrew Duncan Contract Specialist Procurement & Contracts Administration West Building, Room 102 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, CA 93311 661-654-3182, aduncan@csub.edu Submit technical questions in writing to Andrew Duncan by end of day August 12, 2026. 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
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2_CSUB_RFP_Riders.pdf | ||
| 4._CSUB_SLPPA_Riders.pdf | ||
| 3._CSUB_SLPPA.pdf | ||
| 1._CSUB_SOLAR_RFP11108.pdf |
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