Request for Qualifications/Proposal for Solar Developers

The City of Norwalk, located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, has issued a Request for Qualifications/Proposal (RFQP) seeking solar developers to comprehensively design, finance, and implement solar photovoltaic electric generating systems for municipal buildings. The solicitation requires qualified vendors to perform a full range of services including financing, design, fabrication, delivery, installation, operation, and ongoing maintenance of both rooftop-mounted and ground-mounted solar arrays at identified city facilities. The procurement seeks developers with demonstrated technical capabilities and financial resources to execute a comprehensive solar infrastructure project. The solicitation period opened on August 26, 2022, and closed on September 20, 2022, with a vendor question and answer period running from August 26 to September 15, 2022. Two addenda were issued during the solicitation period (on August 30 and September 16, 2022), and interested vendors were directed to access detailed project specifications through the Bonfire procurement portal at norwalkct.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/74155. The contact person for this solicitation is Sharon Conners from the City of Norwalk Purchasing Department, who can be reached at 203-854-7712.

The solicitation documents do not specify any set-aside designations, disadvantaged business enterprise requirements, or restrictions on respondent types. No incumbent vendors or existing solar infrastructure details are provided in the available documentation. The RFQP does not include a specified award value, budget range, or total estimated project value. Interested solar developers were invited to submit qualifications without mandatory requirements or explicitly stated evaluation criteria. The solicitation appears to be open to all qualified solar development firms with the technical and financial capacity to design, implement, and maintain municipal solar photovoltaic systems. Vendors were expected to demonstrate their capabilities through a comprehensive qualifications package, with the city seeking to identify potential partners for solar infrastructure development across municipal buildings.