SLCo CLP133522 Clark Planetarium Solar Panel Expansion - RFB

Salt Lake County Contracts and Procurement, on behalf of the Clark Planetarium, is requesting bids for solar photovoltaic system expansion on the planetarium's roof at 110 South 400 West in Salt Lake City, Utah, with bids due October 8, 2026. A mandatory site visit at the Clark Planetarium is required; bidders must attend the specific date and time posted in the Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P) Bonfire system. Award will be made to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder based on total price, with evaluation conducted through a preference system that considers factors beyond price alone; the county reserves the right to select the bid deemed most advantageous after applying weighted evaluation criteria.

The scope encompasses design, permitting, and installation of a minimum of 48 new solar panels on a ballassed racking system at 5-degree tilt with minimum 2-foot row spacing in an approximately 30-by-76-foot rooftop area. The new system must produce a minimum of 27,200 kilowatt-hours annually and integrate SolarEdge inverters into the existing monitoring platform connected to the current array of 144 Evergreen Solar panels (190W each) with two SolarEdge 14.4kW inverters. Additional work includes replacing and upgrading the existing 100-ampere solar photovoltaic panel to a 200-ampere 120/208-volt panelboard with 200-ampere main breaker, new feeders and distribution connections, and shop drawing-level coordination drawings for Salt Lake City permitting. Bidders must provide certificates of insurance verifying workers' compensation, commercial general liability of minimum $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 general aggregate, and commercial automobile liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence, issued by A.M. Best A- or better-rated companies.

Pricing must include all delivery charges on FOB Destination, Freight Pre-Paid basis, acknowledging specialty equipment requirements for rooftop delivery. The county is exempt from all federal excise and state sales and use taxes; bidders must not include taxes in pricing. Payment terms are net 30 days following county acceptance. Questions must be submitted through the U3P system prior to the specified question due date. Contract pricing is firm for its duration, with termination for convenience available to the county on 30 days' written notice.