Lake County and its communities have a strong history of environmental sustainability and responsible stewardship of public assets, as well as a history of collaborating on joint procurement opportunities.  This collective approach to procurement and shared dedication to sustainable practices are combined in this Request for Proposal (RFP).  This RFP seeks to procure a portion of the participating entities’ electrical demand through solar power (Scopes 1 and 2) and to offer County- and municipally-owned land for solar power installations (Scope 3).  Proposers are permitted to submit proposals for any of the three scopes of work described herein without proposing on each.

The County is serving as the lead on this project and will manage the negotiation of a Master Service Agreement (“Agreement”) between the County and the selected Proposer(s). The Agreement will set forth the terms and conditions under which a Proposer will design, procure, and install solar photovoltaic systems for the participating communities (Scope 1), offer community solar subscriptions (Scope 2), or lease land for solar power installations (Scope 3).  Each participating community will establish a separate contract with the selected Proposer(s) in accordance with their respective procurement requirements, but in this County-led process, the Proposers’ capacity will be assessed, and the contract terms, rates, and fees will be established.